Cardiology

In response to the decision by a region's largest group of heart specialists to move headquarters, Laura Kaiser, CEO of Pensacola, Fla.-based Sacred Heart Health System, is beginning to form its own cardiology group within the system, according to a…

The University of Michigan's Board of Regents has approved the creation of two new departments within the university's medical school, according to an AnnArbor.com report.

UT Erlanger Cardiology Group, part of Chattanooga, Tenn.-based Erlanger Health System, will provide cardiology services at Hutcheson Medical Center in Fort Oglethorpe, Ga.., according to a Chattanoogan report.

Slidell (La.) Memorial Hospital will undergo renovations, including a 56,000-square-foot expansion, according to a news release.

Aggressive medical management may be more effective than percutaneous transluminal angioplasty and stenting in treating patients with intracranial arterial stenosis, according to a study published in The New England Journal of Medicine.

The heart failure program at UCSF Medical Center has helped reduce readmissions by 30 percent, according to a New York Times report.

A study published in Annals of Neurology found that ischemic stroke hospitalization rates in adolescents and young adults aged 15-44 increased 37 percent from 1995-2008, according to a press release.

Connersville, Ind.-based Fayette Regional Health System has terminated its five-year contract with Reid Hospital in Richmond, Ind., for cardiology services, according to a Palladium-Item report.

Chicago-based Northwestern Memorial Hospital's Kovler Organ Transplantation Center performed more than 300 kidney transplants in 2010, making it a record year, according to a hospital release.

Cardiology programs at hospitals in the Cincinnati area are competing more heavily for heart patients than in the past, according to a Community Press report.