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New York City-based NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital performed the first "domino" heart transplant on babies, according to an American Hospital Association report.

Researchers found no significant difference in patient outcomes or adverse events for acute heart failure patients treated at a short-stay unit instead of being hospitalized.

From joining physician networks to being named department chair, here are 124 of the latest moves from cardiologists and cardiology leaders:

Drugmakers have their sights set on a class of cancer drugs known as antibody drug conjugates, or ADCs, to drive growth, CNBC reported Jan. 14. 

Renton, Wash.-based Providence has been found liable by a Washington state judge for nearly $7.2 million in underpaid wages for thousands of hourly caregivers, Law360 reported Jan. 16. 

The expected increase in new cancer diagnoses this year is record-setting, even as overall cancer mortality is expected to continue its decline, the American Cancer Society said in its latest report.

Bruce Wilkoff, MD, a pioneer cardiologist with Cleveland Clinic, died of metastatic pancreatic cancer Jan. 7 at 69.

Hani Najm, MD, Cleveland Clinic Children's chair of pediatric and congenital heart surgery, was named the first winner of the Great Arab Minds award in medicine.

Ridgewood, N.J.-based Valley Health System appointed Suneet Mittal, MD, chair of the cardiovascular service line for the system.

Substance use disorders are highly variable among cancer patient populations, and new research points to five cancers with the highest prevalence of SUDs, according to a study published Jan. 11 in JAMA.