A team from Washington University in St. Louis tested a holographic display device that they say helped improve the accuracy of physicians performing cardiac ablation procedures to treat abnormal heart rhythm.
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About 16 percent of more than 3,000 COVID-19 patients studied at a New York City health system had thrombosis, or blood clots, a new study shows.
A county judge ordered Greensburg, Pa.-based Excela Health and two formerly affiliated cardiologists to take the needed steps to resolve 35 outstanding lawsuits, most filed by patients in 2011, who claim they received unnecessary stents, according to the Tribune-Review.
A Washington, D.C.-based heart institute announced July 20 that it has performed 13 heart transplants between March and May, a record for the facility.
Baxter Regional Medical Center has confirmed that three employees in its heart clinic have tested positive for the new coronavirus.
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Mount Sinai Health System and Cross County Cardiology have partnered to expand advanced cardiac services in New Jersey.
New York City-based Northwell Health has named Ali Dodge-Khatami, MD, PhD, system chief of pediatric and congenital heart surgery at three of its hospitals.
These six cardiologists joined new practices, received new appointments or retired in the last four weeks:
Homelessness and poor housing quality can have a negative effect on a person's heart health, the American Heart Association says.
Heart scans for more than half of COVID-19 patients showed abnormalities in functioning, new research shows.