Cardiologists at Wellspan York (Pa.) Hospital are working to change the standard of care for patients with heart complaints thanks to a new 4D cardiac CT scan machine.

Here are seven cardiologists stepping into new roles recently:

The American Diabetes Association released new standards of care for diabetes control and disease Dec. 12, including new, lower targets for blood pressure and cholesterol.

Researchers confirmed a link in some patients between postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome and COVID-19 infection and vaccination, though the risk was higher from COVID-19.

Here are 28 moves from the top heart centers across the nation throughout 2022:

Boise, Idaho-based Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center became the first in the state to perform a Tendyne mitral valve replacement, the Daily Fly reported Dec. 7.

Here are 42 cardiology firsts Becker's covered in 2022:

Almost half of all adults in the U.S. have at least one form of cardiovascular disease (CVD), making it hard to find someone that hasn't been affected by the disease in one way or another.[1] The U.S. spends $225 billion on CVD every year, and yet it remains the leading cause of death in the U.S. and around the world[2],[3]. Cardiovascular disease is deemed a "silent killer" because so many people aren't aware they have it, and it often shows its first symptom as a major cardiac event like a stroke or heart attack.

Here are seven heart center and program openings, closings, consolidations and expansions since Nov. 16:

Columbus-based Ohio State University's Richard M. Ross Heart Hospital is the first in the world to study the clinical benefits of a device used to treat diastolic heart failure.

NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn (N.Y.) Methodist Hospital named Sandhya Balaram, MD, PhD, chief of cardiothoracic surgery. Her hiring became effective Nov. 15.

Researchers developed a deep learning artificial intelligence model that can predict the 10-year risk of cardiovascular disease using a single X-ray.

W. Robin Howe, MD, a cardiac surgeon who performed the first open-heart surgery at Baptist Health Paducah in 1985, died last week at the age of 77, NBC affiliate WPSD reported Nov. 30.

Los Angeles-based Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai named Tyler Gunn, MD, director of the Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation program in the department of cardiac surgery, Diagnostic and Interventional Cardiology reported Nov. 30.

Cincinnati-based Mercy Health is consolidating its open-heart surgery program to two Ohio hospitals starting mid-2023.

Sunnyside, Washington-based Astria Health is ending all heart procedures and interventional cardiology services at its clinics and Astria Sunnyside Hospital, YakTriNews reported Nov. 28.

Here are seven cardiologists stepping into new roles since Nov. 16:

Dr. Samin Sharma was appointed director of New York City-based Mount Sinai Cardiovascular Clinical Institute.

Researchers from Boston-based Brighams and Women's Hospital found shingles led to an almost 30 percent higher risk of major cardiovascular events over 12 years.

Cardiac surgeons at Hackensack (N.J.) University Medical Center, part of the Hackensack Meridian health system, performed the first-in-human Impella RP Flex heart pump implant on Nov. 8.