Cardiology

Mercy Medical Center in Grand Rapids, Iowa, has announced that it has assumed ownership and operations of Cedar Rapids (Iowa) Heart Center, currently located on the Mercy campus.

Northside Hospital-Cherokee (Ga.) has announced the expansion of its cardiac catheterization laboratory.

Cardiovascular implantable electronic device infections were reduced by 95 percent when CIED replacement procedures were performed using AIGISRx Antibacterial Envelope by TYRX, according to the results of the Citadel & Centurion Study.

Newman Regional Health in Emporia, Kan., is scheduled to open a cardiac catheterization lab on June 3, according to an Emporia Gazette report.

Barbara Rossmann has served as president and CEO of Henry Ford Macomb Hospitals since January 2004. Henry Ford Macomb Hospitals is comprised of an acute-care hospital in Clinton Township, Mich., two specialty hospitals in Warren and Mt. Clemens, Mich., and…

In an effort to offer the latest therapies to a larger number of patients with heart disease, hospitals and health systems are expanding and renovating their cardiovascular centers. Here are six of the largest cardiology expansions in the past month,…

The largest cardiology clinic in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, will consolidate services at UnityPoint Health-St. Luke's in Cedar Rapids, according to a report in The Gazette.

California has the highest number of cardiologists, according to State Health Facts, a project of the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation.

Good Samaritan Hospital in West Islip, N.Y., named its new cardiology center after longtime donor Theresa Patnode Santmann in recognition of her $1 million donation.

Sharp Grossmont Hospital and the Grossmont Healthcare District announced the beginning of construction on a new Heart and Vascular Center located on the hospital's campus in La Mesa, Calif.