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After Medtronic announced it was pulling its Heartware Ventricular Assist Device System from the market June 3, Abbott said it has the supply and capacity to fill the gap and meet the demand for mechanical circulatory support devices. 

Stan Holland, director of the cardiovascular service line at Harrisburg, Va.-based Rockingham Memorial Hospital, discussed big trends in cardiology and caregiver wellness during a recent episode of the Becker's Healthcare cardiology podcast.

The Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center in Philadelphia, part of Jefferson Health, has named Andrew Aplin, PhD, as deputy director of scientific strategy.

Cardiologists at Detroit-based Henry Ford Hospital are the first in the nation and second worldwide to implant a circulatory support device meant to improve blood flow among patients with acute decompensated heart failure and declining kidney function, known as cardiorenal…

Medtronic will no longer sell and distribute its Heartware Ventricular Assist Device System due to numerous reports of patient harm and death linked to the device, the company said June 3.  

After significant drops during earlier waves of the COVID-19 pandemic, emergency hospitalizations for heart attacks and suspected strokes have rebounded to pre-pandemic levels, according to research published June 2 in JAMA. 

Partho Sengupta, MD, will join New Brunswick, N.J.-based Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital as chief of cardiology effective July 1.

The National Cancer Institute removed Axel Grothey, MD, from his position as co-chair of a steering committee May 27 after reports surfaced that the physician had inappropriate sexual relationships with mentees while working at Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic, Medscape reported…

In an era of infinite challenges and finite resources, health systems must employ a rigorous approach to strategic and facility planning. This is particularly true for oncology, where the pace of change and innovation is unprecedented.

As a field, interventional cardiology needs to prove its relevance beyond improving patients quality of life, according to Khaldoon Alaswad, MD, director of the cardiac catheterization lab at Detroit-based Henry Ford Health System.