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St. Cloud (Minn.) Hospital recently became the first in the world to remove a heart tumor without open heart surgery, KNSI Radio reported July 29.

Los Angeles-based City of Hope has opened a comprehensive cancer center in Irvine, Calif.

Weill Cornell Medicine has selected Jedd Wolchok, MD, as the Meyer Director of the Sandra and Edward Meyer Cancer Center.

The American College of Cardiology has selected B. Hadley Wilson, MD, as its next president.

Below are four first achievements in the cardiology field that Becker's has covered since May 19:

A new program at the Stony Brook (N.Y.) Heart Institute is designed to care for patients with cardiogenic shock, the leading cause of death after a severe heart attack.

Iowa's first implant of a new leadless and retrievable pacemaker was performed at Des Moines-based MercyOne Iowa Heart Center.

Artificial intelligence (AI) technology is revolutionizing the entire spectrum of healthcare, from clinical specialties to administrative functions — but is still viewed with caution by cardiology departments.

A gene that is responsible for the deadliest type of brain tumor is also responsible for two forms of rhabdomyosarcoma, a childhood cancer affecting soft tissue, researchers at Charlottesville, Va.-based UVA Health found. 

Here are five oncologist appointments made by Yale Cancer Center since July 13: