Cardiology

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.

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.

Among older adults, the use of cholesterol-lowering drugs lowered the risk of dying from a cardiovascular event by about 20 percent, a study shows.

Deborah Heart and Lung Center in Browns Mills, N.J., has partnered with Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University to enhance its graduate fellowship training programs.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been a significant increase in patients with stress cardiomyopathy, also known as broken heart syndrome, new research by Cleveland Clinic cardiologists shows.