Cardiologists participating in MIPS in 2020 didn’t exactly plan on providing care during a global pandemic.

COVID-19 has disrupted routine cardiovascular care all over the world, with some procedures getting delayed for months and many hospitals reporting a significant drop in myocardial infarction patients.

The United States is expected to experience a colossal physician shortage in the years ahead, and new research suggests it will be felt in a wide variety of specialties, including cardiology. 

Dwight I. Peretz, MD, had a long career in cardiology, but he also lived an unforgettable childhood, one that included delivering undercover messages in Japanese-occupied Shanghai.

Adding lung ultrasound to a STEMI patient’s Killip classification leads to a more thorough, effective assessment, according to new findings published in Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging.

An inquest into the death of a 24-year-old scaffolder has found that the patient was “failed” by his healthcare providers.

As the COVID-19 pandemic rages on, it is difficult to know just how many healthcare workers have lost their lives battling this deadly virus. According to a new project, the number currently sits at 586—and it is expected to continue rising.

The hospital is accused of listing an acute myocardial infarction as the cause of the patient’s death and not mentioning COVID-19 at all.

The teams behind the ACC's National Cardiovascular Data Registry and SVS Vascular Quality Initiative will collaborate on the project.