Cardiology
Branch of medicine dealing with the heart
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| June 30 2025 | Keith B. Churchwell's one-year term as volunteer president of the American Heart Association is set to conclude. |
| May 2025 | Santa Cruz implemented a voter-approved tax of 2 cents per ounce on sugar-sweetened beverages, with support from the American Heart Association, marking the first such measure in California since the 2018 statewide moratorium on local soda taxes. |
| May 17 2025 |
World Hypertension Day
World Hypertension Day 2025 was observed with the theme 'Measure Your Blood Pressure Accurately, Control It, Live Longer', focusing on raising global awareness about high blood pressure and its prevention for two decades.
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| March 2025 |
Artificial heart
St Vincents Hospital in Sydney announced a successful bridge to heart transplant using the BiVACOR artificial heart lasting over 3 months. The patient, an unidentified Australian man in his forties, became the first to be discharged from the hospital with the BiVACOR artificial heart still implanted.
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| March 2025 |
Lipoprotein
Eli Lilly announced an experimental drug, lepodisiran, which demonstrated promising results in significantly lowering Lp(a) levels for months after a single injection.
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| February 2025 | Uganda's Prime Minister Robinah Nabbanja officially flagged off the beginning of construction for the initial 250-bed hospital, which will include 40 acute care cardiac beds, three operating theaters, and two cardiac catheterization rooms. |
| January 2025 | Damar Hamlin partnered with the American Heart Association to create a Public Service Announcement (PSA) for the Nation of Lifesavers initiative, emphasizing the critical importance of immediate CPR and AED use in saving lives. |
| 2024 |
Roseto effect
A peer-reviewed article re-examined the Roseto Effect, attributing any difference in heart disease rates to moderate wine consumption rather than social factors.
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| 2024 | The American Heart Association was involved in supporting Measure Z in Santa Cruz, California, a local tax on sugary drink distributors aimed at reducing sugary drink consumption and funding community programs. |
| 2024 |
The Texas Heart Institute
U.S. News & World Report ranked the Texas Heart Institute at Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center number 19 in the United States for heart care in its annual survey of 'America's Best Hospitals'.
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| 2024 | AHA partnered with the Deloitte Health Equity Institute and the Society for Human Resource Management Foundation to launch the Health Equity in the Workforce initiative, providing tools to help employers improve workplace health equity. |
| 2024 | Keith B. Churchwell becomes the volunteer president of the American Heart Association |
| 2024 | American Heart Association launches its 2024 Impact Goal focused on advancing cardiovascular health equity, aiming to identify and remove barriers to health care access and quality for all people. |
| December 2024 |
Artificial heart
BiVACOR received FDA authorization to expand its early feasibility study to 15 patients following 5 total successful transplantations of its artificial heart.
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| November 2024 |
The Texas Heart Institute
The Texas Heart Institute and Baylor College of Medicine signed a strategic agreement to form a premier cardiovascular health and research center, with the new entity to be known as The Texas Heart Institute at Baylor College of Medicine, led by Dr. Joseph G. Rogers.
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| October 2024 | Construction of the Uganda Heart Institute is expected to commence, with Arab Contractors Uganda Limited awarded the engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contract at US$45.4 million. |
| October 2024 | The American Heart Association announced a grant to improve heart health in rural communities, funding initiatives that address healthcare access and education in underserved areas. |
| October 31 2024 |
Aortic valve replacement
Cardiothoracic surgeon Vinay Badhwar performed the first combined robotic aortic valve replacement (RAVR) and coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) using a da Vinci Xi robot through a single small incision at West Virginia University Heart and Vascular Institute.
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| July 2024 | Government tribunal ruled in favor of Arab Contractors regarding the Uganda Heart Institute construction contract dispute with two Chinese construction companies. |
| July 2024 |
Artificial heart
First successful implantation of the BiVACOR artificial heart in a 57-year-old man with end-stage heart failure at Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center as part of its first-in-human clinical study.
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| July 2024 |
Artificial heart
Second patient, a 34-year-old man, received a BiVACOR artificial heart at Duke University Hospital, successfully serving as a bridge to heart transplant 10 days later.
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| July 9 2024 |
The Texas Heart Institute
The Texas Heart Institute led the first-in-human implantation of the BiVACOR total artificial heart, a titanium-constructed biventricular rotary blood pump, as part of an FDA early feasibility study.
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| June 2024 | The American Heart Association celebrated its 100-year anniversary, recognized as the nation's oldest and largest voluntary organization dedicated to fighting heart disease and stroke. The celebration included CPR training events where participants received take-home CPR kits. |
| June 13 2024 | President Marcos Jr. appointed Avenilo 'Jun' L. Aventura Jr. M.D. as the Executive Director of the Philippine Heart Center. |
| May 2024 | King Charles III became the Patron of the British Heart Foundation, succeeding Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. |
| April 2024 | Dr. Rob Beanlands, former Heart Institute Deputy Director General, became the fourth President and CEO of UOHI. |
| April 1 2024 |
Transcatheter aortic valve replacement
NOTION trial published in the European Heart Journal, presenting 10-year follow-up results showing similar outcomes for TAVI and surgical aortic replacement in 280 low surgical risk patients.
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| March 2024 | New Vision newspaper reported the total borrowed amount from three Middle Eastern lenders as USh223 billion (equivalent to US$61 million). |
| March 2024 |
Impella
FDA issued a warning about Impella left-sided blood pumps being linked to 49 deaths due to left ventricular perforation or wall rupture.
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| 2023 |
Remote ischemic conditioning
Two large clinical studies were completed, which re-ignited interest in remote ischemic conditioning (RIC) by producing positive results, marking a potential turning point in the experimental medical procedure's research and understanding.
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| 2023 | Leon Axel and John Greenwood jointly receive an award from the Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance |
| 2023 | Tiny Tickers was highlighted in Global's Make Some Noise Appeal, with charity staff and supporters interviewed on Heart Radio by Amanda Holden and Jamie Theakston. |
| 2023 | NFL player Damar Hamlin, who survived a cardiac arrest during a game, joined the American Heart Association at the Empire State Building for National Wear Red Day to raise awareness about heart health and emergency response. |
| 2023 | Launched the R.A.P.I.D.O. Campaign, a Spanish-language awareness campaign targeting Hispanic Americans about stroke symptoms and recognition, providing an educational acronym to help identify potential stroke signs. |
| 2023 | Announced the Second Century of Science Initiative to commemorate the AHA's first 100 years, awarding $20 million in grants to over 100 U.S. scientists across three award categories: Second Century Implementation Science Award, Second Century Early Faculty Independence Award, and Clinical Fellow Research Education Program. |
| 2023 | The CEO Roundtable expanded to include almost 50 Fortune 100 CEOs, demonstrating significant growth and corporate engagement in workplace health initiatives. |
| 2023 | Miss America's Scholarship Foundation announced a 3-year commitment to support the Go Red for Women initiative. |
| December 2023 | Professor Bryan Williams OBE was appointed as the charity's first Chief Scientific and Medical Officer (CSMO), replacing Professor Sir Nilesh Samani who had served as Medical Director for over 7 years. |
| November 10 2023 |
Artificial heart
BiVACOR heart received FDA authorization under the investigational device exemption for use in human trials.
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| October 24 2023 |
Transcatheter aortic valve replacement
PARTNER 3 study published in the New England Journal of Medicine, revealing no significant difference at 5 years between TAVI and surgery for 1,000 low surgical risk patients.
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| September 2023 | The AHA partnered with the National Association of Chain Drug Stores, American Cancer Society, American Diabetes Association, and Tufts University's Food is Medicine Institute to launch 'Nourish My Health', a national public education campaign promoting the health benefits of nutritious food. |
| July 2023 | The American College of Cardiology announced that Cathleen Biga, MSN, RN, FACC, would become president for the 2024-2025 term. |
| July 2023 |
Impella
FDA issued a Class I recall for all Impella left-sided blood pumps due to risk of motor damage during transcatheter aortic valve replacement.
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| May 2023 | Professor John Greenwood was appointed as the new Director of the Baker Institute, coming from the Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and serving as President of the British Cardiovascular Society. |
| April 2023 |
Artificial heart
SynCardia filed to become a publicly traded company via SPAC.
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| January 2023 | The American Heart Association launched the 'Nation of Lifesavers' program to educate teens and adults about responding to cardiac emergencies, aiming to improve survival rates for out-of-hospital cardiac arrests. |
| 2022 | BHF was named the official charity partner for the London Marathon, with an aim to raise £3m for clinical research. |
| 2022 | London to Brighton Bike Ride was expected to return with PureGym as the sponsor. |
| 2022 | The institute and The University of Western Australia announced an official strategic partnership, including the opening of an additional Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute laboratory at the university. |
| 2022 | James Moon and Robert R. Edelman jointly receive an award from the Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance |
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