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NewsHospital nearly doubles pay to hang onto heart surgeon
When UNC Hospitals had to choose between paying more to retain its only heart surgeon and losing the revenue he brought in, the decision was easy. The CEO gave the heart surgeon, Brett Sheridan, a Read more...
Small hospitals may be safe to do angioplasties
Generally speaking, states ban hospitals performing angioplasties in non-emergency situations unless there's a heart surgeon available to step in if things don't go well. However, smaller hospitals Read more...
| Press ReleasesEge University Hospital Implants Turkey’s 1st SynCardia Total Artificial HeartTotal Artificial Heart Only Suitable Device for 47-Year-Old Patient with Less Than Two Weeks to Live TUCSON, Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- On Sept. 30, Ege University Hospital in Izmir performed Turkey’s Read more >> CHRU Tours Performs 1st Implant of SynCardia’s Total Artificial HeartHospital is 30th in the World and 3rd in France to Become a SynCardia Certified Center TUCSON, Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- On April 1, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire et Régional de Tours (CHRU Tours) Read more >> Russia Performs 1st Implant of the World’s Only Approved Total Artificial Heart60-Year-Old Woman is World’s 850th Total Artificial Heart Recipient TUCSON, Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- On March 23, the Bakoulev Scientific Center for Cardiovascular Surgery (BSCCS) in Moscow performed Read more >> |
