Cardiology

University of Cincinnati Medical Center performed the first ever endoscopic "triple valve" heart surgery, NBC affiliate WLWT5 reported Aug. 19.  

Danvers, Mass.-based medical device company Abiomed received the FDA's breakthrough device designation for its Impella ECP heart pump.

Practices issues, bad investments and real estate were among the top sources of financial loss for cardiologists in 2020, according to Medscape's "Cardiologist Wealth & Debt Report 2021."

Medscape's "Cardiologist Wealth & Debt Report 2021" provides insight into the financial landscape of physicians in the field, including net worth, salary and debt.

Cardiology procedures are increasingly moving to the outpatient setting, but state certificate-of-need laws could be preventing cardiologists from opening ASCs. 

An Arizona ASC performed its first atrial fibrillation ablation, and an Iowa health system filed a lawsuit to block a physician group from opening two cardiac catheterization labs in its ASC.

West Des Moines, Iowa-based UnityPoint Health filed a lawsuit to block a large physician group from opening two cardiac catheterization labs in its ASC, according to a report from the Iowa Capital Dispatch.

Peak Surgery Center of Avondale (Ariz.) performed its first atrial fibrillation ablation, the center's clinical director said Aug. 10. 

Medscape's physician salary explorer tool provides information about physician specialty pay based on years of experience, practice setting and location.

Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital in Santa Clarita, Calif., has begun offering transcatheter aortic valve replacements, scvnews.com reported Aug. 3.