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Heart transplant volume decreased by 26 percent nationally from volumes in the first two months of the year to the months when COVID-19 was spiking in the U.S., a new study shows.

A team from Washington University in St. Louis tested a holographic display device that they say helped improve the accuracy of physicians performing cardiac ablation procedures to treat abnormal heart rhythm.

About 16 percent of more than 3,000 COVID-19 patients studied at a New York City health system had thrombosis, or blood clots, a new study shows.

Five cancer care specialists and oncology service line leaders discuss how they are taking care of patients as their states see huge spikes in COVID-19 cases.

Seth D. Cohen, MD, will serve as regional director of oncology services for the RWJBarnabas Health Southern Region, a newly created position.

A county judge ordered Greensburg, Pa.-based Excela Health and two formerly affiliated cardiologists to take the needed steps to resolve 35 outstanding lawsuits, most filed by patients in 2011, who claim they received unnecessary stents, according to the Tribune-Review.

A Washington, D.C.-based heart institute announced July 20 that it has performed 13 heart transplants between March and May, a record for the facility.

Tampa, Fla.-based Moffitt Cancer Center tapped Issam El Naqa, PhD, as the founding chair of its new machine learning department, according to a July 20 news release. 

Baxter Regional Medical Center has confirmed that three employees in its heart clinic have tested positive for the new coronavirus.

Mount Sinai Health System and Cross County Cardiology have partnered to expand advanced cardiac services in New Jersey.