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Here are five recent cardiology grants Becker's has covered since Aug. 25:

Winston-Salem, N.C.-based Wake Forest School of Medicine received a $30 million, five-year federal grant to study cardiac rehabilitation for patients with heart failure, the Winston-Salem Journal reported Oct. 10.

Here are four cardiologists who have stepped into new roles since Oct. 6:

Tulsa-based Oklahoma Heart Institute cardiologists were the first in the world to use a new heart valve implant, News on 6 reported Oct. 7.

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Decatur, Ga.-based Emory Heart and Vascular Center completed its 500th left ventricular assist device implantation.

Christ Hospital Health Network launched its new heart transplant program at Christ Hospital Heart & Vascular Institute in Cincinnati on Oct. 6.

Harvard researchers found particle radioactivity may be a cause of pollution-associated heart attacks and strokes, the American Heart Association reported Oct. 5.

The American Heart Association's Social Impact Funds reached $32 million in donations to address health disparities.

Bernard Lown, MD, inventor of the direct-current defibrillator, will likely be featured on the U.S. dollar coin in 2024, the Sun Journal reported Oct. 4.

Historically, cardiologists have conducted most cases in a hospital setting.

University of Chicago Medicine's heart transplant program was rated one of the best in the country for low heart transplant waits and high survival rates, according to an analysis of Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients data.

Researchers at Ann Arbor-based University of Michigan found heart risk factors such as age and smoking frequency are more likely to increase chances of death from COVID-19 than heart disease itself, the American Heart Association said in an Oct. 4 news release.

Chapel Hill, N.C.-based UNC Children's Hospital implanted its first artificial heart into a 5-month-old girl with severe heart failure.

Rock Island, Ill.-based UnityPoint Health-Trinity Heart Center celebrated its 1,500th graduate from the Pritikin Intensive Cardiac Rehabilitation program, ourquadcities.com reported Oct. 4. 

Here are five cardiologists who have stepped into new roles since Sept. 27: 

Mineola, N.Y.-based NYU Langone Hospital-Long Island has named Mohammed Imam, MD, chair of its department of cardiothoracic surgery, effective Oct. 1. 

A Cleveland Clinic trial found the salt intake of heart failure patients may not be as harmful as previously thought.

A study published in Circulations found gene abnormalities may make some people more susceptible to myocarditis, the American Heart Association reported Sept. 26.