Cardiology

A Mayo Clinic study published this month in the journal Neurology provides guidance to physicians using therapeutic cooling to treat sudden cardiac arrest patients.

Overall heart failure-related hospitalization rates have dropped dramatically from 1998-2008, according to research published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

Marietta, Ga.-based WellStar Health System plans to finalize a $16 million-$20 million acquisition of physician group Solaris Heart & Vascular on Nov. 1, according to a Cherokee Tribune report.

Memorial Hospital of Union County in Marysville, Ohio, is developing closer clinical and financial ties with Ohio State University Medical Center in Columbus, according to a Memorial Hospital news release.

Grand Strand Regional Medical Center in Myrtle Beach, S.C., has completed its new hospital wing that consolidates the majority of its cardiac services, according to a hospital news release.

St. Mary's of Michigan in Saginaw is partnering with the Michigan CardioVascular Institute for cardiovascular care, according to a Saginaw News report.

Kentucky Children's Hospital, part of Lexington-based UK HealthCare, has opened the new Congenital Heart Clinic, according to a health system news release.

The practice Cardiovascular Care Group has finalized its acquisition of Louisiana Medical Center & Heart Hospital in Lacombe from MedCath, according to a news release.

Scientists at Johns Hopkins believe they have found a kinder and gentler alternative to cardiac defibrillator used to halt the rapid and potentially fatal irregular heart beat known as ventricular fibrillation, according to a Johns Hopkins release.

The Cleveland Foundation has given the Cleveland Clinic a $750,000 grant to create the Leonard Krieger Chair in Preventive Cardiology, according to a news release.