Category Archives: Cardiology

MORE than 300 runners joined the start line at an annual fun run this morning. The Royal Gwent Hospitals 34th cardiology fun run at Tredegar House raises money for the sites cardiology team. After a quick warm-up by the participants, councillor David Fouweather, the mayor of Newport, started the race - which included both 5k and 10k routes. He said: I think this is a particularly special event because it helps so many people who have some life-threatening conditions. The Royal Gwent is a wonderful people that helps people from all across Gwent and this is a fun way to raise funds. Organiser and cardiology fund chairman Steve Richards added: You just dont know who will turn up. I am delighted with the turnout and we will almost certainly do it next year, even bigger and better. Over 34 years we have raised over 2 million with this event, and we want to fund more mobile heart monitors so that nearly everybody has he opportunity to have that equipment. He added that the run is inspired by the cardiology fund's founder Dr John Davies OBE, who died in 2016. He established the fun run which used to start at the … Continue reading →

CHICAGO, June 12, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Like most Americans, even cardiologists fail to eat to enough fruit and vegetables. And, while cardiologists overwhelmingly believe their role includes personally providing patients with at least basic nutrition information, less than a third describe their nutrition knowledge as "mostly up to date" or better. These are among the findings from the report A Deficiency of Nutrition Education and Practice in Cardiology, published by The American Journal of Medicine and authored by a dozen physicians and healthcare professionals in the United States and Spain. "Although cardiovascular guidelines describe nutrition as a foundation of care, neither education nor practice among cardiologists and cardiovascular team members reflect that priority," said lead author Stephen Devries, M.D., executive director, Gaples Institute for Integrative Cardiology. The nonprofit provides advocacy and education that empowers healthcare professionals and the public to promote heart health through greater attention to nutrition and lifestyle. "While the report notes serious deficiencies, it highlights tremendous opportunities to improve cardiovascular care, save lives and reduce healthcare costs. We hope these findings serve as a call to action for much greater emphasis on nutrition in the training and practice of cardiovascular specialists." The report is based upon what … Continue reading →

Clinical The ASCVD Risk Estimator is published jointly by the American College of Cardiology (ACC) and the American Heart Association (AHA) to help health care providers and patients estimate 10-year and lifetime risks for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) using the Pooled Cohort Equations and lifetime risk prediction tools. This app is intended as a companion tool to the 2013 ACC/AHA Guideline on the Assessment of Cardiovascular Risk and the 2013 ACC/AHA Guideline on the Treatment of Blood Cholesterol to Reduce Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Risk in Adults. The ASCVD Risk Estimator provides easy access to recommendations specific to calculated risk estimates. Additionally, the app includes readily accessible guideline reference information for both providers and patients related to therapy, monitoring, and lifestyle. Find out more >>> New! The BridgeAnticoag app supports clinicians across specialties in safely managing anticoagulation around an invasive procedure for NVAF patients. The app calculates patient and procedural risk to provide individualized advice that balances bleed and stroke risk. Use the app to assess whether and how to: Email yourself a detailed report of the app assessment. The BridgeAnticoag app is available on the web, and all Apple and Android phones and tablets." Find out more >>> LDL-C Manager helps … Continue reading →

Patch.com New Cardiology Services Center Comes To East Cobb Patch.com EAST COBB, GA -- Northside Heart, a cardiology services center, has opened a location in East Cobb, the company announced Friday. Cardiovascular experts Dr. Michael Balk and Dr. Faresa Weragoda will lead the practice, which is located at 4800 Olde ... Go here to see the original: New Cardiology Services Center Comes To East Cobb - Patch.com … Continue reading →

Forbes Forbes Health Stories: New Tech Is Bringing Cardiology Into The Home Forbes Good morning, Forbes Health readers! Here are the great stories we published yesterday: Forbes Under 30 Alumni Score FDA Clearance For New Heart Monitor. The team is the second-youngest to gain a 510(k) clearance. The youngest? Themselves, with ... Read this article: Forbes Health Stories: New Tech Is Bringing Cardiology Into The Home - Forbes … Continue reading →

The Handoff: Your Week in Cardiology News - 6/9/17 The Cardiology Advisor (registration) The Handoff is a weekly roundup of cardiology news covering various developments in subspecialties, as well as pharmaceutical industry, association, and society news. The FDA has approved an expanded indication for the Sapien 3 transcatheter heart ... and more » See original here: The Handoff: Your Week in Cardiology News - 6/9/17 - The Cardiology Advisor (registration) … Continue reading →

A two-part webinar series on mitral valve disease (MVD) is being hosted on the Boehringer Academy website. The online webinars which each count towards approximately 20 to 30 minutes of CPD cover: MVD: understand the heart of the problem is available on demand and presented by Kieran Borgeat US, European and RCVS specialist in veterinary cardiology at Langford Vets, University of Bristol. The webinar enables veterinary professionals to learn more about MVD, how it can be diagnosed and why the early detection of asymptomatic disease is crucial for optimising the outcome of MVD patients. Meaningful murmurs will take place at 8pm on 27 June and will be presented by Nuala Summerfield US, European and RCVS specialist in veterinary cardiology at New Priory Vets Brighton. The webinar will help veterinary professionals to accurately detect and interpret heart murmurs in dogs. Dr Summerfield will also explain how to localise the heart valves, grade and describe murmurs, and diagnose asymptomatic MVD. Meaningful murmurs will also be available to view on demand. Read more: Boehringer to host cardiology webinars - vet times … Continue reading →

Island Packet Cardiologist joins Beaufort Memorial Hospital staff Island Packet Dr. Lee Butterfield, a board-certified cardiologist experienced in complex coronary interventions, will join Beaufort Memorial Cardiology in early June, where he will be working with board-certified interventional cardiologist Dr. David Harshman ... Go here to read the rest: Cardiologist joins Beaufort Memorial Hospital staff - Island Packet … Continue reading →

FirstHealth of the Carolinas and Pinehurst Medical Clinic Inc. have embarked on a new partnership to provide cardiac services to residents of the Sandhills region. The new affiliation, based on a professional services agreement (PSA) signed on June 1, is called FirstHealth Cardiology-Pinehurst Medical Clinic and affects Pinehurst Medicals cardiology locations in both Pinehurst and Sanford. With a few exceptions, the agreement with Pinehurst Medical Clinics cardiac specialists is similar to a partnership that FirstHealth has had for many years with Pinehurst Medical Clinics medical oncologists at the FirstHealth Outpatient Cancer Center. The administrations of both organizations agree that the new cardiology relationship will strengthen the areas delivery of high-quality care while guaranteeing a seamless transition. Our same group of specialty-trained providers will continue to provide their professional and technical services in their familiar locations in Pinehurst and Sanford, says Pinehurst Medical Clinic CEO Jim Faircloth. Patients will see no difference in the delivery of the high-quality care to which they have long become accustomed. This agreement helps strengthen our longstanding partnership with Pinehurst Medical Clinic and helps ensure that health care stays local in this community, says David J. Kilarski, CEO of FirstHealth of the Carolinas. Through this collaboration, … Continue reading →

Columbus Business First Husband-and-wife clinicians pairing cardiology and dentistry under one roof Columbus Business First At an annual medical conference, Dr. Eric Goulder and Barbara McClatchie often get called a "match made in heaven." It's not because of how well the married couple get along: He's a cardiologist, she's a dentist the exact pairing promoted by this ... View original post here: Husband-and-wife clinicians pairing cardiology and dentistry under one roof - Columbus Business First … Continue reading →