A new paper published by cardiovascular experts advocates for healthcare policy makers to ensure women and minorities receive the same high-quality care that men receive.

The Huntsville Hospital Heart Center, the largest cardiology practice in Northern Alabama, recently named a new president.

Cardiologists know that eating right combats cardiovascular disease—but having the time and knowledge to council patients on nutrition can be challenging. Nursing teams are challenged too. I remember a conversation with a cath lab nurse a couple of years ago when the Affordable Care Act brought a flood of newly insured patients into the system. She and her team were frustrated by the surge of patients, many of lower socioeconomics, whom did not know what eating healthy was.

Medtronic Japan Co., Ltd. (head office, Minato-ku, Tokyo; president, Tony Semedo) will release a drug-eluting stent Resolute OnyxTM Coronary Stent System (hereafter, Resolute Onyx; Medical Device Approval No. 22900BZX00186000; product name, Resolute OnyxTM Coronary Stent System) on July 10th.

These days, the political establishment—in the United States and much of Europe—seems to be a little less established. Amid such upheaval, three prominent cardiologists are asking a simple question, “Is now the time to pursue tort reform?”

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--GE Healthcare and HeartFlow, Inc. announced today at SCCT2017, the annual scientific meeting of the Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography, that they have entered into a global collaboration agreement with the goal of increasing the clinical availability and adoption of HeartFlow FFRct, a proprietary technology that helps clinicians diagnose and treat patients with suspected coronary artery disease (CAD).

Black patients are more likely to die following a heart attack than patients of other races when emergency responders bypass hospitals because their emergency departments (EDs) are overcrowded, reports Reuters.

New research points to evidence that general practitioners could be putting patients at a higher risk for severe cardiovascular outcomes by missing initial signs and symptoms for heart disease that could lead to an early diagnosis.