Cardiology

A team at the Houston-based Texas Heart Institute has performed a successful first-in-human implantation of the BiVACOR Total Artificial Heart.

Nearly 6.7 million adults in the U.S. have heart failure, with prevalence expected to rise to 8.5 million by 20301,2. While heart failure is a chronic, progressive disease, advances in technology are changing the way it is managed. There are…

Portland, Ore.-based Northwest Regional Heart and Vascular has been renamed Adventist Health Northwest Heart Center.

Tampa General Hospital researchers have developed a new device that could extend the usability of transplant hearts by three hours.

Financial incentives increase patient participation in cardiac rehabilitation programs, according to a clinical trial published July 22 in JAMA Internal Medicine.

U.S. News released its 2024-2025 ranking for heart, cardiology and vascular surgery hospitals — including the top hospital in every state.

George Washington University in Washington, D.C., has appointed Steven Boyce, MD, chief of its Division of Cardiac Surgery.

The American Society for Preventive Cardiology will recognize three cardiologists at the 2024 Congress on Cardiovascular Disease Prevention, according to a June 4 news release from the organization.

The Heart Failure Society of America recently appointed Kenneth Margulies, MD, a professor at Philadelphia-based University of Pennsylvania, as the board of directors' president-elect for the 2024-25 cycle, according to a July 18 news release from the organization.

The University of California Irvine has received a $50 million gift from businessman Joe Wen and his family.