The Latest Cardiac and Vascular News
Dr. Johnston will serve as chief of cardiac surgery and surgical director of Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute CHICAGO, Oct. 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Nationally recognized cardiothoracic surgeon, Douglas R. Johnston, MD, has been named surgical director of Northwestern Medicine’s Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute and chief of the division of cardiac surgery at Northwestern Memorial Hospital and Northwestern University Feinberg School […]
System reduces radiation exposure, provides 3D, high-definition images of heart in real time CHICAGO, Aug. 17, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — A Northwestern Medicine Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute physician was the first in Illinois to use a new advanced imaging system during cryoablation, a minimally-invasive treatment for atrial fibrillation requiring precise images of the heart. Bradley Knight, […]
Number one cardiology and heart surgery program in Illinois for more than a decade; only program in Illinois with top 10 national U.S. News & World Report ranking CHICAGO, Feb. 14, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Illinois’ highest ranked cardiology and heart surgery program. Among the highest survival rates for heart failure and heart attack […]
CHICAGO, March 7, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Northwestern Medicine Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute is pioneering the use of artificial intelligence (AI) for cardiac screening in a new study of Eko’s cardiac monitoring platform. The study aims to demonstrate that Eko’s digital stethoscopes and AI algorithms can interpret heart sounds accurately to help screen for pathologic heart murmurs and […]
Clinical Trial Evaluates if AI Helps Certified Medical Assistants Perform Echocardiograms and Detect Heart Disease in Primary Care Settings SAN FRANCISCO – November 13, 2018 – Bay Labs, a medical technology company at the forefront of applying artificial intelligence (AI) to cardiovascular imaging, andNorthwestern Medicine, which includes the #7 nationally […]
CHICAGO, June 29, 2018 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The American Heart Association recently selected Northwestern Medicine as one of six centers to be part of a new, grant-funded national network dedicated to researching and understanding the causes of atrial fibrillation, the most common type of irregular heartbeat. At Northwestern, a $3.7 million grant will fund research specifically on […]
