Cardiology

While hospitals without emergency heart surgery backup and those with this service may have similar quality outcomes for elective angioplasties, hospitals without surgery backup have higher costs, according to clinical trial research presented at the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions…

Saint Louis University Hospital announced the creation of the Center for Comprehensive Cardiovascular Care, or "C4," to provide comprehensive cardiovascular services in a patient-focused center.

Saint Vincent Health System in Erie, Pa., and Cleveland Clinic have agreed to a clinical affiliation focused on cardiovascular services, according to an Erie Times-News report.

Iowa City-based University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics is planning a $24.4 million renovation of its cardiovascular intensive care unit, according to a Press-Citizen report.

Community Medical Center in Toms River, N.J., part of West Orange, N.J.-based Barnabas Health, has withdrawn its application for an open-heart surgery program, according to a PhillyBurbs.com report.

Walmart has expanded a Centers of Excellence program involving bundled payments that will offer heart, spine and transplant surgeries at certain high-profile health systems and hospitals at no cost to the Walmart associates, according to a news release published in…

Louisville-based KentuckyOne Health announced that it will invest an additional $30 million in its KentuckyOne Heart and Vascular Institute over the next three years.

Coosa Valley Medical Center in Sylacauga, Ala., will open its new cardiac catheterization lab tomorrow, according to a Daily Home report.

Many hospitals have organized their services as service lines with their own governance and operations that report back to senior hospital leadership. Three common service lines are cardiovascular, orthopedics and neuroscience. Ross Swanson, senior vice president of Corazon, a national…

The partnership between Yakima (Wash.) Valley Memorial Hospital and the Yakima (Wash.) Heart Center has begun as the heart center welcomed the hospital's Cardiovascular Imaging Center to its facility, according to a KAPP TV report.