Talk about head-scratchers. High-risk patients admitted to teaching hospitals for heart failure and cardiac arrest didn’t appear to be the worse for wear if treated during the two largest cardiology meetings in the U.S. In fact, they had lower 30-day mortality rates while patients admitted for acute MI received more conservative care with no drop in survival. 

ZOLL Medical has continued its holiday shopping spree with the acquisition of a company that makes noninvasive circulatory therapies.

Some drugs don’t play well with others. Research published Dec. 22 in the Canadian Medical Association Journal suggests that clarithromycin may not be the best choice when paired with statins like rosuvastatin, pravastatin and fluvastatin. 

One third of cardiology departments have consolidated their cardiovascular information system (CVIS) vendors and 45 percent plan to do so, according to a recent survey.

Integrating a lean work design into cardiac surgery practices allowed one department to greatly increase the likelihood that patients would be extubated within six hours.

We are winding down to the end of the year, with daily publication taking a break after Dec. 24 and resuming Jan. 5, 2015. As you enter the New Year, here are a few things to consider.

First Washington, D.C., then metro New York and now Dallas. The Cleveland Clinic expanded the reach of Cardiovascular Specialty Network through an alliance with Baylor Scott & White Health, making the Dallas-based system the exclusive provider for Texas and Oklahoma referrals.

A renowned Henry Ford Hospital cardiologist helped perform the first successful transcaval valve replacement in Europe on Dec. 1, sharing his expertise on a pioneering way to access the heart.