One heart retrieval method exhibited lower risk during donation after circulatory death, according to results from an international, multicenter study shared at the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation annual meeting and published April 27 in JACC. Researchers performed…
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A team from Children’s Hospital Los Angeles is the first in the world to study the use of genetically engineered pig hearts for infants waiting for heart transplantation. The study was led by John David Cleveland, MD, a congenital heart…
Tyler, Texas-based Christus Mother Frances Hospital had the lowest readmission ratio for coronary artery bypass graft surgery between July 1, 2020, and June 30, 2023, according to CMS data published Feb. 19. As part of its hospital readmissions reduction program,…
Miami Beach, Fla.-based Mount Sinai Medical Center earned The Joint Commission’s Comprehensive Heart Attack Center Certification April 19, according to a LinkedIn post from the health system. The certification is the first for a hospital in Florida and the eighth…
NYC Health + Hospitals/Elmhurst, the largest public hospital in the New York City borough of Queens, opened the Women’s Heart Health Institute in February. The hospital’s cardiology department serves about 7,000 patients annually, 30% of whom are women, according to…
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Cardiologists in Cincinnati earn the highest annual mean wage, according to data published April 2 by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The national annual mean wage for cardiologists is $432,490 and the national hourly mean wage is $207.93, without adjusting…
All 40 of Minneapolis-based Hennepin Healthcare’s emergency medical service vehicles are equipped with a tool so valued by paramedics, they did not want the devices removed for a necessary system update. “Our equipment manager tried to pull the ultrasounds off…
Researchers from New York City-based Mount Sinai have developed an AI algorithm to help physicians identify patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy by assigning a numeric probability risk assessment. The algorithm has received FDA approval for the detection of HCM on an…
Greensboro, N.C.-based Cone Health will open the Cone Health Steven D. Bell Family Heart & Vascular Center on April 28. The $100 million facility will consolidate the system’s cardiovascular care services into one location and serve about 120,000 patients each…
After making a $2.5 million investment in Cleveland-based University Hospitals Harrington Heart & Vascular Institute at the UH Portage Medical Center, which included establishing a catheterization lab and implementing preventive screening programs in 2016, the surrounding region saw a significant…