Chicago-based Northwestern Memorial Hospital is opening a heart hospital after a $45 million gift from philanthropist Neil G. Bluhm and the Bluhm Family Charitable Foundation. 

Heart disease, including heart failure and death, occured 4 percent more in COVID-19 patients than in other people, a study published Feb. 7 in Nature Medicine found.

RWJBarnabas named Richard Lazzaro, MD, its Southern region chief of thoracic surgery, the system said Feb. 9. 

Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.-based Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center recently reached a 19,000 open heart surgery milestone, the facility said this week. 

Nearly 20 percent of Americans in 2011 did not have timely access to acute stroke care. Since then, stroke care access has improved significantly, according to a research letter based on 2019 data published Feb. 9 in JAMA. 

Experts have identified more cases of a potentially fatal stress-induced heart condition known as "broken heart syndrome," particularly in older women, according to research cited by ABC News. 

Houston-based Baylor College of Medicine named Marc Moon, MD, its new head of cardiothoracic surgery, the system said Feb. 7.

COVID-19's effect on complications among stroke patients and on stroke risk has been the focus of three recent studies. 

Several cardiologist leaders have joined Becker's "Cardiology and Heart Surgery" podcast to discuss innovations in the field in light of COVID-19.

The rate of intracerebral hemorrhage strokes has increased 11 percent over the last decade in people under 65, a study published Feb. 3 in the Journal of the American Heart Association found. 

A record long-distance lung and heart transplant was made in collaboration with four U.S. transplant centers using a temperature-controlled system to preserve the organs by Paragonix Technologies.

New Brunswick, N.J.-based Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital became the first in the U.S. to receive robotic telecardiac ultrasound technology from France for clinical use, the hospital said Feb. 2.

News that less than 20 percent of diabetes patients manage their heart disease risk was Becker's most-read cardiology story in January.

Cleveland Clinic's Weston (Fla.) Hospital recently completed its 200th heart transplant, according to a Feb. 2 news release obtained by Becker's.

Salem, Va.-based LewisGale Medical Center has launched a transcatheter aortic valve replacement program, the facility said Feb. 2. 

Below are six cardiologists who recently joined new practices or stepped into new roles. 

Blood pressure spikes, or hypertensive crises, hospitalizations nearly doubled in the U.S. from 2002 to 2014, a study published Jan. 27 in the Journal of the American Heart Association found.

The Imperial College of London and the UK National Health Service found an AI-powered device can screen for heart failure during physical exams, according to a study published Feb. 1 in The Lancet.

Forty-one percent of Americans have experienced at least one heart-related issue since the onset of COVID-19 in 2020, the Cleveland Clinic said Feb. 1.

A national clinical writing group updated information regarding cardiogenic shock, including a revised definition, in an expert consensus statement published Jan. 31 in the inaugural issue of the Journal of the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions.