Healthgrades ranked the top 50 hospitals for cardiac surgery in 2023, including two in Indiana.
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Poplar Bluffs (Mo.) Regional Medical Center has added Michael Lim, MD, to its medical staff.
The American Heart Association has identified a significant association between cardiovascular disease, kidney disease, Type 2 diabetes and obesity, defining a new condition: cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic syndrome.
Cardiac Imaging Inc. and its founder and CEO, Sam Kancherlapalli, have agreed to pay more than $85 million to resolve allegations that they paid referring cardiologist excessive fees to supervise PET scans.
Kansas City, Mo.-based Saint Luke's Mid America Heart Institute has performed its 1,000th heart transplant, becoming the 23rd facility in the country to reach the milestone.
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The highest paid cardiologist in Philadelphia earns $770,300, according to Medscape's salary reporter tool, which is much higher than the mean annual wage of $421,330 cardiologists make according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Healthgrades ranked the top 50 hospitals for cardiac surgery in 2023, including six in Illinois.
Here are ten cardiology updates Becker's has reported on since Sept. 6:
Here are nine cardiologists that have joined new hospitals and organizations that Becker's has reported on since Aug. 10:
Sri Sundaram, MD, a cardiologist at South Denver Cardiology, is board certified in cardiology, cardiac electrophysiology and nuclear cardiology. He also serves as chief medical officer of Empower Medical Devices.