Cardiology

Minnesota Vikings linebacker Cameron Smith went for a routine COVID-19 screening test last week and left a changed man after a physician noticed an anomaly with his heart, the Minneapolis StarTribune reports.

Cardiothoracic surgeon Sulaiman Hasan, MD, joined Albany (N.Y.) Cardiothoracic Surgeons, the hospital announced Aug. 13.

U.S. News & World Report released its 2020-21 Best Hospitals rankings July 28, ranking systems by overall excellence and specialty effectiveness.

The Nash UNC Health Care Heart Failure Clinic in Rocky Mount added cardiologist Sudha Jaganathan, MD, to expand services as it nears its one-year anniversary, The Enterprise reports.

Tucson-based Arizona Vascular Specialists has a new home, according to Layla Lucas, president of the Rocky Mountain Vascular Society.

The Journal of the American Heart Association retracted a paper advocating for universities to end racial and ethnic preference programs for undergraduate and medical school admissions, Cardiac Rhythm News reports.

Philadelphia-based Main Line Health named Basel Ramlawi, MD, chief of cardiac surgery and co-director of the Lankenau Heart Institute, the Philadelphia Business Journal reports.

Health systems are increasingly prioritizing the delivery of high-value care, outpatient cardiovascular treatments and primary care "at the expense of hospital-based care," according to a new Global Healthcare Advisors report shared with Becker's ASC Review by JC Lupis, GHA's research…

The rate of mergers between health systems and independent cardiology groups over the past decade has been "staggering," according to a new report from Global Healthcare Advisors.

Five cardiology-focused partnerships that have transpired since the COVID-19 pandemic began: