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Nichelle Nichols, who played Lt. Uhura on the original Star Trek series, at a sci-fi convention. Image from her website

Nichelle Nichols, who played Lt. Uhura in Star Trek, died from undiagnosed and untreated heart failure after seeking medical treatment.

Sudhir Srivastava performing a left internal mammary artery (LIMA) takedown robot-assisted heart procedure on a patient in India, with the surgeon located at Georgetown Public Hospital Corp. (GPHC) in Guyana, 12,500 miles away.

A left internal mammary artery takedown robot-assisted heart procedure is the latest milestone for an Indian robotics company.

Biotronik's LivIQ leadless pacemaker offers a single-device solution designed to deliver atrioventricular (AV) synchrony through advanced electrical atrial far-field sensing.

The LivIQ leadless pacemaker offers a single-device solution designed to deliver AV synchrony through far-field sensing. 

DDR dynamic cardiac X-ray for pulmonary valve regurgitation evaluation. Figure courtesy of RSNA

Moving X-ray images can help evaluate pulmonary regurgitation in Tetralogy of Fallot patients.

Cathie Biga, MSM, MACC, past president of the American College of Cardiology (ACC) and president/CEO of Cardiovascular Management of Illinois, spoke in a business session at ACC 2026 on the use of artificial intelligence analytics and said human interface is needed to make the data actionable.

While AI analytics has greatly increased the ease of access to vast amounts of cardiology data, action is still required to make it useful.
 

U.S. Supreme Court, SCOTUS. Photo by Dave Fornell

The decision clears the way for Hikma Pharmaceuticals' sale of icosapent ethyl in the U.S. market.

Innovation at work

Follow-up care after a successful heart transplant can be challenging—both for providers and their patients. Consider, for example, the fact that so many patients who develop complications never actually present with symptoms.  

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