Fort Myers, Fla.-based Lee Health is now an alliance member of Cleveland Clinic’s Sydell and Arnold Miller Family Heart, Vascular & Thoracic Institute.
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California cardiologist John Giacomini, MD, pleaded guilty to felony abusive sexual contact, the Justice Department said March 8.
Surgery Partners CEO Eric Evans said in the company's fourth-quarter earnings call that he expects cardiology to see a similar percentage of growth that orthopedics has since 2017.
An endovascular surgical device could benefit patients with severe deep venous insufficiency, according to a recent study published in Vascular and Endovascular Surgery.
Cardiology procedures are increasingly moving outpatient, and ASCs performing them stand to earn big reimbursements.
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Quincy (Ill.) Medical Group Surgery Center is the first freestanding ASC in Illinois to perform a cardiac catheterization, according to a March 7 news release shared with Becker's.
Forty-two percent of cardiologists reported experiencing burnout, with most of that 42 percent citing too many bureaucratic tasks, according to Medscape's 2022 "Cardiologists Lifestyle, Happiness & Burnout Report" released Feb. 18.
Banner Health's North Colorado Medical Center in Greeley, Colo., performed its first robotic-assisted mitral heart valve repair.
A Texas cardiologist called for a physician poaching lawsuit to be dismissed, and a judge dismissed a St. Louis cardiology practice's suit against a nearby health system.
The aftermath of contracting COVID-19 can negatively affect heart health, but one cardiologist has been at the forefront of treating those patients, according to a 12 News article.