Category Archives: Cardiology

Many of the worlds leading interventional cardiologists and cardiovascular professionals will gather in New Orleans May 10-13 for the 40thAnnualSociety for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions(SCAI) Scientific Sessions. The meeting coincides with the 40thanniversary of the first coronary angioplasty, a procedure that revolutionized medicine. A key component of this international meeting is the SCAI Lecture Series, which will feature renowned speakers who will challenge current thinking in the field and inspire the next generation of interventional cardiologists. Long Beach VA Health Care System Chief of Medicine Morton J. Kern, MD, MSCAI,will deliver the Hildner Lecture. Kern will focus on how coronary physiology techniques can be effectively used and whats in the future, keeping with one of the main goals of the SCAI Scientific Sessions to provide a framework for attendees to learn about new techniques and how they can be applied. Interventional cardiology has matured in the field of coronary intervention, but is just now blossoming in the field of structural heart disease, said Kern. I think the next wave of advances to come will be an increasing number of sophisticated structural heart disease interventions performed using miniaturized equipment. Anne Le Grand with IBM Watson Health will present the featured lecture, … Continue reading →

HICKORY Frye Regional Medical Center (FRMC) hosted its annual Heart Walk on Saturday morning at the Hickory Foundation YMCA Walking Track to celebrate the hospitals heart center and educate the community on heart health. Our program is the only full service cardiovascular program, FRMC CEO Gar Atchison said. The FRMC Heart Center includes cardiologists, invasive cardiologists, interventional cardiologists, electrophysiology and cardiovascular surgery. We will have patients come through the emergency department showing signs of a heart attack, Atchinson said. Sometimes, interventional cardiology can put a stint in to stop the heart attack, but other patients need more. Patients who need more heart care at FRMC do not have to travel very far to receive the appropriate level of care. We have this integrated full-service team that works together to provide continuity so a patient does not have to be transported somewhere else to get the right kind of intervention, which delays the care, all of which creates poor outcomes, Atchinson said. FRMC works with Duke Lifepoint and its focus is on the cooperation between the various parts of the heart center to improve cardiovascular care. The heart program a Frye is one of the best around us, Ghassan Alkoutami, cardiologist … Continue reading →

NEW YORK, April 19, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Cardiology devices segment is anticipated to reach the highest market value during the projected period The Cardiology Devices segment is likely to create absolute $ opportunity of a little more than US$ 15 Mn in 2018 over 2017. By the end of 2027, Cardiology Devices segment is projected to reach a market valuation close to US$ 700 Mn, expanding at a CAGR of 18.4% over the forecast period. The Cardiology Devices segment dominated the Asia Pacific reprocessed medical devices market in terms of revenue in 2016, and the trend is projected to grow throughout the forecast period. Cardiology Devices segment is anticipated to be the most attractive segment, recording an attractiveness index of 4.3 over the period of assessment. Read the full report: http://www.reportlinker.com/p04833640/Reprocessed-Medical-Devices-Market-Cardiology-Devices-Segment-Slated-to-Dominate-the-Regional-Market-Through-Asia-Pacific-Industry-Analysis-and-Opportunity-Assessment.html Alternative product deployment and external partnerships are encouraging manufacturers to increase production focus on cardiology devices There has been an increasing healthcare spending by the governments of some of the developing countries such as Australia, India and China owing to a growing geriatric population and growing awareness among the population regarding health-related issues. However, despite increased healthcare spending in the Asia Pacific region, the growth rate is slow, which … Continue reading →

Amelia Allen FARMINGTON - Franklin Memorial Hospital is pleased to announce the addition of Amelia Allen, FNP, as a provider of cardiology specialty services. Allen, who is affiliated with Maine Medical Partners MaineHealth Cardiology, will provide patient care Monday through Thursday. Allen works jointly with cardiologists: Dr. Lesley West, Dr. Heinrich Grube, Dr. David Frost, and Dr. Laura Sullivan, caring for patients with heart conditions and performing exercise stress tests to monitor heart functioning. Allen received her masters degree in family nurse practitioner at Saint Josephs College of Maine. Prior to that she received her bachelors degree in nursing at the University of Maine at Fort Kent. Allen is based on the second floor outpatient specialty area at Franklin Memorial Hospital. A referral is needed for appointments. Allen grew up in New Vineyard and now resides in New Sharon with her husband Ryan Hutchinson and their four children. Read this article: Franklin Memorial Hospital adds nurse practitioner to Cardiology Clinic - Daily Bulldog … Continue reading →

The International Association of HealthCare Professionals is pleased to welcome Dr. Arthur E. Constantine, MD, Cardiologist to their prestigious organization with his upcoming publication in The Leading Physicians of the World. He is a highly trained and qualified cardiologist with extensive expertise in all facets of his work. Dr. Arthur E. Constantine has been in practice for more than 29 years and is currently serving patients within Saint Thomas Heart in Fayetteville, Tennessee. Dr. Constantines medical career began in 1987, when he graduated with his Doctor of Medicine Degree from the University of Alabama School of Medicine. An internship and residency then followed at the Carraway Methodist Medical Center, before Dr. Constantine undertook his fellowship training at the Medical College of Georgia. Dr. Constantine is board certified in Cardiovascular Disease by the American Board of Internal Medicine, and is renowned as an expert in both interventional and general cardiology. To stay current with the latest advances in cardiology, he maintains a professional membership with the American College of Cardiology. Dr. Constantine attributes his success to his diligence as a doctor, as well as his faith in God, and when he is not assisting his patients, he enjoys running and gardening. … Continue reading →

Luke C Kohan,1,* Vijaiganesh Nagarajan,1,* Michael A Millard,2 Michael J Loguidice,2 Nancy M Fauber,1 Ellen C Keeley1 1Division of Cardiology, 2Department of Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA * These authors contributed equally to this work Objectives: To assess if a change in our cardiology fellowship program impacted our ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) program. Background: Fellows covering the cardiac care unit were spending excessive hours in the hospital while on call, resulting in increased duty hours violations. A night float fellow system was started on July 1, 2012, allowing the cardiac care unit fellow to sign out to a night float fellow at 5:30 pm. The night float fellow remained in-house until the morning. Methods: We performed a retrospective study assessing symptom onset to arrival, arterial access to first device, and door-to-balloon (D2B) times, in consecutive STEMI patients presenting to our emergency department before and after initiation of the night float fellow system. Results: From 2009 to 2013, 208 STEMI patients presented to our emergency department and underwent primary percutaneous coronary intervention. There was no difference in symptom onset to arrival (150102 minutes vs 154122 minutes, p=0.758), arterial access to first device (128 minutes vs 117 minutes, p=0.230), … Continue reading →

Alex Benchimol, Special for The Republic | azcentral.com Published 12:52 p.m. MT April 13, 2017 | Updated 2:42 p.m. MT April 13, 2017 Dr. Alberto Benchimol(Photo: Greater Arizona Savings and Loan) Phoenix cardiologist Dr. Alberto Benchimol, who helped develop the Valley's medical research culture when he arrived in 1966,passed away on March 30. He leaves behind a rich legacy ofpersonal relationships and countless lives saved through his thriving central Phoenixpractice, which he retired from at age 81 in 2013. Benchimol's private practice was housedin the shadow of the emerging downtown medical campus that his pioneering medical research played a key role in developing. I personally was honored to have met and worked with this very well-respected physician, said Dr. Nathan Laufer,founder and medical director of the Heart and Vascular Center of Arizona. He will be missed by his patients and the many physicians whose lives he touched." Benchimolwas bornin the Brazilian Amazon and attendedmedical school in Rio de Janeiro. He completed hisresidency at the University of Kansas Medical Center in the 1950sand conducted groundbreaking research under Dr. E. Grey Dimond inthe Institute for Cardio-Pulmonary Diseases at the Scripps Clinic and Research Foundation of La Jolla, Calif.in the early 1960s. He … Continue reading →

Photo: Christopher Jue/Getty Images Encouraging news for people who hate deep fryers. According to a new study published in the JAMA Cardiology journal, bans on trans fats in New York City and several New York counties have led to a decrease in heart attacks and strokes. This was the case, the authors found by examining hospital admissions data from 2002 to 2013, not just in the 11 counties that enacted bans but also in 25 counties that didnt. The bans resulted in, lead author Dr. Eric Brandt says, 43 fewer heart attacks and strokes per 100,000 people. The author and other scientists hailed it as positive news in advance of a nationwide ban on trans fats that the FDA will enact on American food producers starting next year. Former president of the American Heart Association Dr. Mark Creager told the AP that the study is consistent with the thinking of most scientists, but heart and nutrition expert Alice H. Lichtenstein, D.Sc., cautioned that smoking bans and mandatory calorie counts could have contributed. Morgensterns charred chocolate eggplant, Superiority Burgers expanded vegan offerings, and Mah-Ze-Dahrs housemade soft serve. He came in for a bottle of water, and left with a receipt seven … Continue reading →

The department of cardiology at the Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine has established a new endowed scholarship at the school. The scholarship is known as the Marshall Cardiology Scholarship. Faculty and staff from the department of cardiology, under the leadership of Chairman Mark A. Studeny, M.D., Class of 1986, created the scholarship to assist future physicians and reduce student debt. It is designated for a rising fourth-year medical student with financial need who is interested in pursuing a career in cardiology. As part of an endowment made possible by the generous support of the Bernard C. and Pansy P. Wellington Foundation, the department of cardiology is pleased to provide a measure of financial assistance to an outstanding fourth-year medical student who will pursue a career in cardiology, Studeny said. The department of cardiology follows in the footsteps of other medical school departments that have also established one or more endowed scholarships in honor of the department and/or a faculty member, including: For more information on the scholarship or to make a gift to the Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, please contact Linda Holmes at 304-691-1711 or go to http://www.jcesom.marshall.edu/alumni. Read more: Cardiology department establishes … Continue reading →

Interventional cardiology Increased risk of stent thrombosis with bioresorbable scaffolds Nature.com Bioresorbable vascular scaffolds are associated with a higher rate of device thrombosis than drug-eluting metallic stents. This finding comes from the AIDA trial, and is consistent with previous findings from the ABSORB II trial. In the AIDA trial ... View post: Interventional cardiology Increased risk of stent thrombosis with bioresorbable scaffolds - Nature.com … Continue reading →