The Cleveland Clinic and the North Shore-LIJ Health System have agreed to a partnership that makes the 17-hospital system an exclusive member in an alliance with the clinic’s Cardiovascular Specialty Network.

A decade of efforts to improve outcomes for patients with acute MI and stroke have made significant progress, according to a study published Aug. 18 in Circulation.

An appropriate, risk-reducing goal for blood pressure (BP) in elderly hypertension patients is the heart of targets in a study that took recommendations by the 2014 Eighth Joint National Committee panel to task. The results were published in the Aug. 26 issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) closed its investigation into the pivotal PLATO trial and will take no further action, according the drug maker AstraZeneca.

A pilot project using robot-assisted echocardiography and videoconferencing chopped months off the time it took for patients with suspected heart failure who lived in rural areas to receive consultations with cardiologists.

While at-home partnerships can be difficult for physicians to balance, they can be key to a happy work-life balance, according to a study published online Aug. 5 in Academic Medicine.

If you haven’t heard, the federal government temporarily shut down the Open Payment System after physicians discovered data mix-ups. It is another blow to the credibility of Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) websites.

There can be too much of a good thing, but research finds that too little can be harmful, too. Against some guidelines, a study suggests that too little sodium also can increase the risks of cardiovascular events, stroke and death.