Incidence of acute coronary syndrome (ACS) declined in Medicare beneficiaries in most age groups between 1992 and 2009, researchers reported online Aug. 11 in JAMA Internal Medicine.

University of Houston (UH) professor Suncica "Sunny" Canic is a mathematician, not a medical doctor, but her research could save the lives of heart patients. Working with collaborators from Houston Methodist Hospital on a minimally invasive experimental procedure for heart valve replacement, Canic's work could lead to optimal design of an alternative to open-heart surgery for treating failing heart valves.

Cardiology once again made the top 20 list of most requested specialties in a review of physician recruitment searches, but incomes slid along with the number of searches over the 12-month period.

When treating hypertensive patients, there may be a blood pressure (BP) goldilocks zone for best outcomes, results published Aug. 15 in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology suggest. 

The American College of Cardiology announced today that Rebecca Kelly has been named vice president for the Division of Advocacy. Kelly has held the position on an interim basis for several months.

Registered nurses (RNs) are retiring later than expected, providing a larger growth in the field than previously predicted for 2012, according to a study published in the August issue of Health Affairs.

Community Health System (CHS) agreed to pay more than $97 million to settle a suit alleging that it improperly submitted claims for several cardiac conditions as inpatient rather than outpatient services as well as violated the Stark Law with the director of a cardiac rehabilitation unit.

Congress may not be the only polarized entity in the U.S. An analysis of campaign donations by physicians showed a gap in political preference between high-income specialties such as cardiac and thoracic surgery compared with less lucrative specialties as well differences by sex and employment type.