Opelousas (La.) General Health System and Lafayette (La.) General Medical Center have established an affiliation agreement for their neurological and cardiology services, according to a Daily World report.
Cardiology
Roughly 12 percent of angioplasties performed in an elective, non-emergency setting may be inappropriate and not beneficial, according to a study in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
Mount Carmel St. Ann's Hospital in Westerville, Ohio, is set to break ground on its $110 million heart center project, according to a Columbus Dispatch report.
Progress West HealthCare Center in O'Fallon, Mo., part of BJC HealthCare, has added a 6,000 square-foot cardiac catheterization lab to its site, according to a PWHC news release.
According to a recent Health Affairs study, more than 300 new cardiac surgery programs opened between 1993 and 2004 even though the demand for bypass surgery declined.
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Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla (Calif.) has begun construction on its $456 million cardiovascular facility, according to a San Diego Times-Union report.
Going against national trends of cardiac rehab, the JFK Medical Center in Atlantis, Fla., closed its cardiac rehabilitation center, citing a lack of money as the main cause, according to a Palm Beach Post report.
Patients with pacemakers now may have a chance to undergo certain types of MRI scans, according to a Worcester Telegram & Gazette report.
A recent study published in the American Heart Journal found that almost 70,000 Americans die every year because they do not receive recommended, evidence-based therapies for heart failure.
St. Louis-based Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University's departments of cardiology, cardiothoracic surgery and vascular surgery have joined together to form a new Heart & Vascular Center, according to a hospital news release.