Cardiopulmonary medications made up 5.08% of pharmacy program participants' drug spend from April 2023 to March 2024, according to Vizient's "Summer 2024 Pharmacy Market Outlook" report. 

Hari Mallidi, MD, was drawn to Miami Transplant Institute after hearing about the voluntary pause of its adult heart transplant program.

Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Health has opened a new cardiac rehab clinic at the health system's Riverton (Utah) Hospital. 

A team at the Houston-based Texas Heart Institute has performed a successful first-in-human implantation of the BiVACOR Total Artificial Heart.

Portland, Ore.-based Northwest Regional Heart and Vascular has been renamed Adventist Health Northwest Heart Center.

Tampa General Hospital researchers have developed a new device that could extend the usability of transplant hearts by three hours.

Financial incentives increase patient participation in cardiac rehabilitation programs, according to a clinical trial published July 22 in JAMA Internal Medicine.

U.S. News released its 2024-2025 ranking for heart, cardiology and vascular surgery hospitals — including the top hospital in every state.

George Washington University in Washington, D.C., has appointed Steven Boyce, MD, chief of its Division of Cardiac Surgery.

The American Society for Preventive Cardiology will recognize three cardiologists at the 2024 Congress on Cardiovascular Disease Prevention, according to a June 4 news release from the organization.

The Heart Failure Society of America recently appointed Kenneth Margulies, MD, a professor at Philadelphia-based University of Pennsylvania, as the board of directors' president-elect for the 2024-25 cycle, according to a July 18 news release from the organization.

The University of California Irvine has received a $50 million gift from businessman Joe Wen and his family. 

Emergency air crews with AirLift Texas can now perform specialized transport of cardiac patients requiring intra-aortic balloon pumps.

Le Bonheur Children's Hospital and the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, both based in Memphis, Tenn., have named Bret Mettler, MD, as the new chief of pediatric cardiac surgery and executive co-director of the Le Bonheur and UT Health Science Center Heart Institute.

More than two-thirds of cardiology fellows receive industry payments, according to a study published as a research letter July 15 in JAMA Internal Medicine. 

Women are more likely to leave the cardiology field compared to their male peers, according to a research letter published July 10 in JAMA Cardiology.

Data from wearable devices predicted heart rates similarly to standard clinical measures for patients with cardiovascular disease, according to a study published July 15 in Nature Medicine.

Cleveland Clinic is once again the top-ranked heart hospital in the U.S., according to U.S. News' 2024-2025 ranking.

Kevin Cochran, MD, takes pride in prioritizing patient care "above all else," he told Becker's. But he has concerns about physicians' ability to provide quality care.

The American Board of Cardiovascular Medicine has appointed the final five members to its 15-member board of directors.