In one year since the inception of its robotics program, Cleveland-based University Hospitals' Harrington Heart & Vascular Institute has performed more than 100 heart bypass surgeries using the Da Vinci surgical robot.

Scott Baldwin, MD, will step down as chief of the division of pediatric cardiology and co-director of the Pediatric Heart Institute at Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Nashville, Tenn.-based Vanderbilt University.

New Brunswick, N.J.-based Rutgers University's Robert Wood Johnson Medical School will establish a new cardiac specialty fellowship at the Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital with $80,000 from Pfizer. 

When compared to virtual cardiac rehabilitation, center-based cardiac rehabilitation was associated with a 38.4% higher hospital readmission rate, according to a study published Dec. 14 in the Journal of the American Heart Association. 

An estimated 15 million U.S. adults are at risk for heart failure, according to a study published Dec. 17 in Annals of Internal Medicine.

Remote patient monitoring reduced the readmission rates of cardiac surgery patients by 33%, according to a study published July 3 in Annals of Thoracic Surgery Short Reports.

The CDC used patient-level EHR data to plot hypertension rates across the U.S. with hopes the information will inform county-level public health programs and initiatives, according to a study published Dec. 5 in Preventing Chronic Disease. 

A team from Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City has become one of the first in the U.S. to successfully treat atrial fibrillation with a three-in-one mapping and ablation system.

The FDA has issued a safety alert for some Boston Scientific Accolade pacemakers after reports of a battery-related manufacturing issue causing the devices to initiate safety mode. The devices have limited functionality when in safety mode and may be unable to provide optimal cardiac support. 

New York City-based NYU Langone has expanded cardiology services at the NYU Langone Hospital—Brooklyn. Previously, NYU Langone patients living in Brooklyn were travelling to Manhattan to receive advanced cardiac care. 

Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Health's St. Mary's Regional Hospital in Grand Junction, Colo., recently became the first community hospital in the nation to receive vascular verification from the American College of Surgeons and the Society for Vascular Surgery.

Women in academic cardiothoracic surgery earn 80% to 87% of the salary men with equal academic rank earn, according to a study published Dec. 2 in The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 

After CMS released its finalized 2025 physician fee schedule, which will reduce reimbursements by 2.83%, some cardiologists are raising concerns over what they call an unstable healthcare system, according to a Dec. 9 TCTMD report. 

Experts agree more care should be given to cardiovascular safety concerns during clinical cancer trials. The Cardiovascular Safety Research Consortium published new recommendations for addressing those concerns Dec. 10 in JACC: CardioOncology. 

The American College of Cardiology has developed an Expert Consensus Decision Pathway for the diagnosis and management of adult patients with acute myocarditis. The pathway was published Dec. 10 in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 

Charleston, W.Va.-based Vandalia Health’s Mon Health Heart & Vascular Center has launched a new telecardiology service in partnership with the system's Webster Springs, W.Va.-based Webster Memorial Hospital.

Auburn (N.Y.) Community Hospital broke ground on an expansion to its heart institute while launching a $50 million fundraising campaign to support additional improvement projects, according to a Dec. 6 report from The Citizen. 

A team at Austin, Texas-based St. David's Medical Center became the first team in the U.S. to use a newly FDA-approved novel pulsed field ablation system to treat patients with atrial fibrillation.

A team at HonorHealth Scottsdale (Ariz.) Shea Medical Center performed the state's first tricuspid valve replacement using the Edwards Lifesciences' Evoque system outside of a clinical trial.

Cardiologists from Pediatrix Cardiology Associates and the Tampa Bay Adult Congenital Heart Center have joined Clearwater, Fla.-based BayCare Health System's physician practice, BayCare Medical Group.