Cardiovascular Business

4 days ago | cardiovascularbusiness.com | Dave Fornell

A new frontier in cardiovascular medicine is emerging with inflammation, not cholesterol, taking center stage as a key component in the prevention of heart disease. Paul Ridker, MD, MPH, the Eugene Braunwald Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and director of the Center for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, spoke with Cardiovascular Business about how coronary inflammation is reshaping how clinicians evaluate and reduce long-term cardiovascular risk.

4 days ago | cardiovascularbusiness.com | Michael Walter

As transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) continues to gain momentum as a go-to treatment option for patients with severe aortic stenosis, cardiologists and device manufacturers alike are working to identify new ways to make the procedure as safe and effective as possible.

5 days ago | cardiovascularbusiness.com | Dave Fornell

Patient data continue to underscore a growing health crisis in rural America, where residents are significantly more likely to die from cardiovascular disease than their urban counterparts.

1 week ago | cardiovascularbusiness.com | Michael Walter

BiVacor has received the FDA’s breakthrough device designation for its titanium Total Artificial Heart (TAH), which serves as a bridge to transplant for patients with end-stage heart failure. BiVacor’s TAH is based on rotary blood pump technology and approximately the size of an adult’s fist. It has no valves or flexing ventricle chambers, and its only moving part is a magnetically suspended double-sided centrifugal pump impeller.

1 week ago | cardiovascularbusiness.com | Dave Fornell

The growing footprint of private equity (PE) in healthcare has sparked a vigorous debate among clinicians, economists and policymakers. Over the past decade, more than 600 U.S. hospitals and 5,000 private practices have been acquired by PE firms, with cardiology increasingly being swept into the trend. But what does this mean for patient care? "If you look at cardiology practices, we've seen a surge in acquisitions of outpatient cardiology practices over the last three years.