Pei-Ni Jone, MD, FASE, director, echocardiography laboratory, Lurie Children’s Hospital Heart Center, member of the American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) Board, explains how 3D echo is being used to better plan, guide and follow up in congenital cardiac surgery.

Care teams can face alarm and cognitive overload, with an average of 350 alarms going off per patient per day. But Philips' new telemetry platform streamlines alarm management, delivers data-driven insights and automates clinical tasks—with operational simplicity and networking options.

The Stereotaxis MAGiC Sweep gained FDA clearance in July and its first commercial use was announced this week.

Jaime Warren, EdD, FACC, vice president of care transformation at MedAxiom, an ACC company, explains what is needed to address staffing shortages created by a 94% increase in cardiac CT volumes over the past 5 years. 

The Symphony Thrombectomy System eliminates tradeoffs between two priorities—leveraging large-bore power and ease of use vs. efficiently reducing clot burden and delivering improved speed. 

The European Society of Cardiology had nearly twice as many attendees as ACC this year, as the European meeting secures its place as the largest cardiology meeting in the world.

Prem Soman, MD, PhD, explained how early detection and new therapies have been game-changers for the treatment and diagnosis of cardiac amyloidosis.

The company also launched a new clinical trial designed to follow redo TAVR patients who present with symptomatic bioprosthetic valve failure for up to five years.

It's another big victory for Abbott's bioresorbable stent for BTK PAD. 

"We're constantly trying to keep our fingers on the pulse of what's happening in the real world," explained Joan Michaels, RN, director of the STS/ACC TVT Registry.  "This is not a trial; this is real-world experience."

Frustrated with burnout, mid-career inertia and the allure of temp work, many rads are only doing their minimum duties in order to survive. 

Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has directed the agency to increase resources dedicated to curbing the “harmful practice of information blocking.” 

In a press conference held by Gov. Ron DeSantis, Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo, MD, PhD, condemned all compulsory vaccinations, declaring that the “body is a gift from God.”

After several radiology patients were sickened following an injection of iodinated contrast, the hospital where the incidents occurred has revealed the culprit. 

This week, health officials in the United Kingdom shared how an artificial intelligence-enabled platform has drastically improved stroke outcomes in the region.

Whole-body MRI scans may not yield the kind of early detection rates their celebrity endorsers have led many to believe. 

NIH is hopeful the research will enable doctors to detect signs of stroke damage earlier, opening the door for them to initiate treatments in a timelier manner.