The physician group IHA and Michigan Heart planned to be fully integrated by June 29, the two groups announced. The integration will expand IHA to 335 physicians at 54 practices across southeastern Michigan.

Whether patients required follow-up for statins, abdominal aortic aneurysm screening or one of 22 other care gaps, Kaiser Permanente unveiled electronic tools for catching outpatient problems early, as described in an article published June 26 in eGEMs.

Mount Sinai Heart at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai has created an innovative Center for Medical Devices (CMeD) to advance the field of cardiovascular medicine and accelerate the delivery of promising medical devices to cardiac patients. Julie Swain, MD, an experienced cardiothoracic surgeon and medical device expert has been recruited by Mount Sinai to help lead this pioneering initiative.

Young adults who watched three or more hours of television a day increased their risk of death from cardiovascular disease or cancer twofold, according to a study published online June 25 in the Journal of the American Heart Association.

LipoScience, Inc. today announced the publication of the first large-scale real world study evidencing a link between low LDL-P and reduced cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk.  Data in the study published in Atherosclerosis demonstrated that high-risk patients who achieved a low LDL-P level experienced a 22-25 percent reduction in CVD risk compared to high-risk patients that achieved a low LDL-C level.

All Children’s Hospital pediatric cardiovascular surgeon Jeffrey Jacobs, M.D., led a team of 60 physicians, nurses and other healthcare professionals from throughout the United States and world on a special medical mission to Kingston, Jamaica to treat children for a variety of cardiac related medical conditions.

The American Heart Association presented its 2014 Gold Heart Award to Baltimore executive Neil Meltzer, M.P.H., and Chicago cardiologist Clyde Yancy, M.D., M.Sc. The award is the highest honor the association gives in recognition of continued, distinguished service.

Neil J. Stone, MD, a Northwestern Medicine cardiologist for more than four decades, was named the American Heart Association's 2014 Physician of the Year, the organization's honor given annually to a physician who has rendered "outstanding accomplishments."