Patients who saw a cardiologist were 35 per cent less likely to die within a year of surgery and 46 per cent less likely to ...

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 ...

The human body has the ability to do remarkable things. During complicated procedures like heart surgery, it does things that ...

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 ...

Sivelestat significantly reduced the incidence of postoperative ARDS, lowered 90-day mortality, and suppressed inflammatory biomarkers linked to lung injury.

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 ...

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 ...

Here are 13 ambulatory surgery centers that include cardiology and/or cardiovascular procedures. For comments or additions to this list, contact Laura Dyrda at ldyrda@beckershealthcare.com. 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 ...

The landscape of cardiology practice in the US is rapidly shifting from physician-owned models toward consolidation, hospital integration, and increasing private equity (PE) investment. Historically, ...

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 ...