Researchers have developed a decision support tool to identify patients with chest pain who have minimal risk of having abnormal coronary arteries and long-term clinical events.

A pooled analysis found that adults known as “weekend warriors” who perform all of their exercise during one or two days of the week had a reduction in the risk of all-cause, cardiovascular disease and cancer mortality. The results were similar even if participants had not previously adhered to physical activity guidelines.

Cabell Huntington Hospital in Huntington, West Virginia, offers a program that combines cancer treatment and cardiac services, a unique initiative among providers, reports the Herald Dispatch.

North Shore Medical Center (NSMC) in Salem, Massachusetts, has named Howard Waldman, MD, chief of cardiology, reports The Swampscott Reporter.

Berlin-based Biotronik has created an online tool that advises physicians on the appropriate MR-conditional heart monitor or pacing or ICD system for patients.

Nearly 15 percent of patients had a shock event after receiving an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD), according to a retrospective cohort study.

Northwestern University’s Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute in Chicago has received a $2.5 million gift to expand to three of the system’s suburban hospitals, reports Crain’s Chicago Business.

A case-crossover study in Canada found that 7.87 in. (20 cm) of snowfall was associated with a 16 percent higher risk of hospital admission and a 34 percent higher risk of death due to MI the following day among men compared to snowless days.