Greater Pittsburgh Vascular Associates has opened two new Pittsburgh-area locations, the company said Dec. 9.

Cardiology procedures are one of the biggest opportunities for growth for ASCs — with cardiovascular procedures in outpatient settings estimated to grow from 10 percent to as much as 35 percent by the mid-2020s.

Oklahoma City-based Cardiovascular Health Clinic is partnering with New York City-based healthcare investment firm Assured Healthcare Partners, the firm said in a Nov. 15 news release.

The Guardian, an implantable acute coronary syndrome event detector, has qualified for CMS' transitional pass-through payment as part of the 2022 Medicare Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System.

Doctors Hospital of Laredo, Texas, and the Laredo Physicians Group filed a lawsuit against an interventional cardiologist alleging anticompetitive conduct. 

Vascular Care Group has expanded in Massachusetts with the opening of a location in Worcester.

Cardiovascular Institute of the South is reportedly the first in the U.S. to use the Philips Laser System Neximer to reopen blockages in arteries, Biz New Orleans reported. 

Over the past several years, ambulatory surgery centers have experienced and championed the growth of cardiology procedures in the outpatient setting.

The Cardiovascular Institute of the South in Lafayette, La., is the first practice in the city to use the Avail surgical system.

Chad Dugas, MD, became the first physician along the Louisiana and Mississippi Gulf Coast to implant the Synergy Megatron coronary stent.

Houma, La.-based Cardiovascular Institute of the South named Ryan Hebert COO, Biz New Orleans reported Oct. 6. 

California has seven of the world's top 100 hospitals for cardiology, ranked by Newsweek in its World's Best Specialized Hospitals 2022 list.

Cardiology procedures are rapidly migrating to the outpatient setting, and ASC leaders see the specialty as one of the biggest opportunities for growth.  

Hospital outpatient departments are performing more cardiothoracic imaging than cardiology offices, according to a study published Sept. 30 in Radiology: Cardiothoracic Imaging.

Two hospitals in Boston and Cleveland were ranked best in the world for cardiology and cardiac surgery, respectively, by Newsweek in its World's Best Specialized Hospitals 2022 list.

Interventional cardiology is expected to have a deficit of 7,080 physicians by 2025, according to a report by physician search and consulting firm Merritt Hawkins.

Cardiologists and heart center administrators see a bright future for outpatient cardiology. But the optimal conditions for heart procedures to become more prevalent in ASCs are still evolving.

Paul Gagne, MD, will serve as founder and lead physician of Vascular Care Connecticut's new location in Darien, the organization said Sept. 20.

The Heart & Vascular Institute of Alabama in Montgomery has set aside its request to open an ASC for endovascular and cardiac catheterization procedures amid opposition from several hospitals and other organizations, according to business law publication Lexology.

An Orland, Fla.-based cardiologist paid millions to settle allegations he performed unnecessary ablations and vein stent procedures, the U.S. Justice Department said Sept. 15.