New technological developments in the cardiology field have increased collaboration to improve patient care, according to one cardiac surgeon. Frank Fazzalari, MD, who is the chief of cardiothoracic ...

An estimated 4.2 million people die within 30 days of surgery worldwide each year. A new study, published in the European Heart Journal today (Thursday), suggests that deaths and serious heart disease ...

Here are 13 ambulatory surgery centers that include cardiology and/or cardiovascular procedures. For comments or additions to this list, contact Laura Dyrda at [email protected]. 1. Alaska ...

Most heart specialists support angioplasty at hospitals without backup heart surgery if the hospitals meet the necessary criteria, according to a report by U.S. News & World Report. Three-hundred ...

Medicare reimbursements have fallen by 29% for cardiology, with even greater declines for cardiac and thoracic surgery, a recent study found. The study, published April 26 in INQUIRY: The Journal of ...

Many post-surgical heart injuries go unnoticed, but cardiologist input can change outcomes. Study: Peri-operative myocardial infarction/injury after non-cardiac surgery: association between ...

Among patients at high risk who developed perioperative myocardial infarction (MI) or myocardial injury after major noncardiac surgery, evaluation by a cardiologist after surgery was linked to lower ...

Healthline contributor and former editor David Mills shares how an annual checkup with his cardiologist resulted in a surprising diagnosis that required open-heart surgery. Open-heart surgery is not, ...

A cardiovascular surgeon with decades of experience says one common habit stands out as the most dangerous, warning it can harm nearly every organ in the body.

The new centers are drawing profitable procedures from outpatient departments in hospitals to lower-cost venues.

NEW HYDE PARK, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Two newly released New York State (NYS) Department of Health (DOH) reports rank four Northwell Health hospitals as among the state’s best for cardiac surgery and ...