Cardiology

Medable, a Palo Alto, Calif.-based developer of a cloud-based platform facilitating data-driven clinical trials, has joined the American Heart Association Center for Health Technology & Innovation's Innovators Network.

While Pfizer gained approval for its drug tafamidis to treat a rare and fatal heart disease, whether insurers and employers will cover the drug's list price — $225,000 — remains uncertain, according to Forbes contributor Bruce Japsen.

Fort Wayne, Ind.-based Lutheran Hospital will suspend its heart transplant program next month due to a cardiologist shortage, reports WANE 15 News.

Employees of grocery chain Kroger can access cardiac surgery care at Cleveland Clinic through a partnership with Anthem, the organizations said Feb. 5.

New research has potentially tied opioid use to an increased risk of developing atrial fibrillation.

One in seven older adults are discharged from the hospital with intensified blood pressure medication, leaving them at a higher risk for falls and adverse drug interactions, a study published in The BMJ found.

Garmin teamed up with app developer Cardiogram to integrate new heart health services into its wearables Aug. 9, building on Garmin's ongoing pivot toward the medical market.

A cardiologist at Houston Methodist Hospital, who once treated President George H.W. Bush, was fatally shot by a man on a bicycle near the flagship campus, according to a Click2Houston news report.

Lawrence Kudlow, director of the National Economic Council, has suffered a mild heart attack, according to The New York Times.

EarlySense, a continuous patient monitoring solutions vendor, signed a deal for exclusive global rights to eCART, a clinical predictive analytics tool developed by Dana Edelson, MD, executive medical director of rescue care at the University of Chicago.