Cardiology

Hackensack (N.J.) University Medical Center has opened its Heart and Vascular Hospital, according to a news release.

Winfield, Ill.-based Central DuPage Hospital's Cleveland Clinic-Affiliated cardiac surgery program is now up and running, according to a news release.

A review team has determined two cardiologists at Westmoreland Hospital in Greensburg, Penn., implanted coronary stents in more than 141 patients who may not have needed them, according to a Pittsburgh Tribune-Review report. Two teams of nationally recognized cardiologists determined…

Physicians at William Beaumont Hospital in Troy, Mich. have performed Michigan's first minimally invasive robotic procedure to correct atrial fibrillation, according to a hospital news release.

Patient expectations were positively correlated with survival after coronary angiography, according to an Archives of Internal Medicine study published by researchers from Durham, N.C.'s Duke University Medical Center.

Eleven New Jersey hospitals without cardiac surgery centers have received clearance from the state’s department of health to continue performing non-emergency angioplasties until nine months after study results on the procedure are published, according to a Burlington County Times report.…

CardioVascular Associates of Birmingham, Ala., has announced it will develop a new 80,000-square-foot center in Birmingham intended to consolidate its group.

To prevent terms such as “Stroke Center of Excellence” being employed for hospital marketing purposes, the American Heart Association and American Stroke Association are developing a comprehensive certification program to reinforce standards for cardiovascular and stroke care, according to a…

For the first time, consumers are now able to view ratings for cardiac surgery groups for bypass surgery in a listing on the Consumer Reports website, according to a report by Consumer Reports.

The Health Alliance of Greater Cincinnati, two of its member hospitals — Fort Hamilton Hospital and University Hospital — and University Internal Medicine Associates have agreed to pay the United States $2.6 million to settle claims that they violated the…