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News You Need to Know Today
HCM care keeps evolving | FDA clears next-gen thrombectomy device | New IVL research | Medtronic leader named CEO of startup
Friday, August 14, 2026
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HCM care is evolving thanks to better data, new treatments

The standard of care for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy has undergone a lot of change in recent years. Many more changes are likely on the way.

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Florian Rader, MD, director of the Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Center, Cedars-Sinai Hospital, explains new horizons in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) and how the standard of care has changed.
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HCM care is evolving thanks to better data, new treatments

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Florian Rader, MD, director of the Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Center, Cedars-Sinai Hospital, explains new horizons in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) and how the standard of care has changed.
The standard of care for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy has undergone a lot of change in recent years. Many more changes are likely on the way.
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FDA clears next-gen peripheral thrombectomy device

The newly cleared pVasc NET includes a dual-layer filter not available on the company's previous devices. 

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pVasc NET
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FDA clears next-gen peripheral thrombectomy device

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pVasc NET
The newly cleared pVasc NET includes a dual-layer filter not available on the company's previous devices. 
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Medtronic veteran named CEO of medtech startup Versa Vascular

Bill Shields, who spent a 15 years with Medtronic’s structural heart division, will now be helping lead a startup focused on tricuspid valve treatments. 

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Versa Vascular, a California-based medtech company focused on tricuspid valve disease, has named Bill Shields its new CEO.
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Medtronic veteran named CEO of medtech startup Versa Vascular

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Versa Vascular, a California-based medtech company focused on tricuspid valve disease, has named Bill Shields its new CEO.
Bill Shields, who spent a 15 years with Medtronic’s structural heart division, will now be helping lead a startup focused on tricuspid valve treatments. 
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FDA approves pivotal trial for FastWave Medical's peripheral IVL system

The SPARC trial will enroll up to 125 patients with peripheral artery disease. 

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The FastWave Artero electric IVL system designed to treat calcified peripheral lesions.
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FDA approves pivotal trial for FastWave Medical's peripheral IVL system

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The FastWave Artero electric IVL system designed to treat calcified peripheral lesions.
The SPARC trial will enroll up to 125 patients with peripheral artery disease. 
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Featured Articles

Cardiologist questions Trump’s health in new editorial: ‘We have been kept in the dark too long’

Veteran cardiologist Jonathan Reiner, MD, a professor at George Washington University, shared his concerns about President Donald Trump's health. 

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Cardiologist questions Trump’s health in new editorial: ‘We have been kept in the dark too long’

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President Donald Trump, White House press photo.
Veteran cardiologist Jonathan Reiner, MD, a professor at George Washington University, shared his concerns about President Donald Trump's health. 
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Cardiologists develop new anchoring technique for challenging TAVR cases

TAVR can be especially challenging in patients with PAR and an enlarged LVOT. Specialists in China have developed a new technique that could improve outcomes for some of these patients without introducing new risks. 

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The NCPI-plus TAVR technique
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Cardiologists develop new anchoring technique for challenging TAVR cases

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The NCPI-plus TAVR technique
TAVR can be especially challenging in patients with PAR and an enlarged LVOT. Specialists in China have developed a new technique that could improve outcomes for some of these patients without introducing new risks. 
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Duke's digital twin technology could take hemodynamic assessments to a whole other level

Researchers at Duke are hard at work on digital twins that could help care teams make important treatment decisions. 

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Video: Amanda Randles, PhD, director of the Duke Center for Computational and Digital Health Innovation, and professor of biomedical engineering, explains how her lab created a digital twin technology that can take patient imaging and data to recreate a digital model of the patient's coronary blood flow. The computational platform called HARVEY can simulate a patient's hemodynamics so accurately, it may eliminate the need for invasive coronary FFR pressure wires to diagnose heart disease.
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Duke's digital twin technology could take hemodynamic assessments to a whole other level

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Video: Amanda Randles, PhD, director of the Duke Center for Computational and Digital Health Innovation, and professor of biomedical engineering, explains how her lab created a digital twin technology that can take patient imaging and data to recreate a digital model of the patient's coronary blood flow. The computational platform called HARVEY can simulate a patient's hemodynamics so accurately, it may eliminate the need for invasive coronary FFR pressure wires to diagnose heart disease.
Researchers at Duke are hard at work on digital twins that could help care teams make important treatment decisions. 
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Popular blood pressure drug recalled

Novartis recalled a single lot of valsartan, a blood pressure/heart failure drug the company sells under the brand name Diovan. According to the FDA, this is a Class II recall.

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Popular blood pressure drug recalled

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Novartis recalled a single lot of valsartan, a blood pressure/heart failure drug the company sells under the brand name Diovan. According to the FDA, this is a Class II recall.
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In Case You Missed It

Opportunistic chest CT screening could identify undiagnosed heart disease in many patients

The greatest opportunity is detecting coronary atherosclerosis in younger patients undergoing CT for unrelated reasons, including trauma evaluations.

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Suhny Abbara, MD, FACR, MSCCT, FNASCI, senior associate consultant and professor of radiology, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida, and editor of the RSNA journal Radiology, gave high praises to opportunistic AI screenings for coronary calcium at SCCT 2026. He said there are more than 20 million chest CTs performed each year in the U.S., which holds a massive promise to detect millions of new patients with asymptomatic coronary artery disease that the patient is unaware of. #SCCT #YesCCT #Radiology
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Opportunistic chest CT screening could identify undiagnosed heart disease in many patients

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Suhny Abbara, MD, FACR, MSCCT, FNASCI, senior associate consultant and professor of radiology, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida, and editor of the RSNA journal Radiology, gave high praises to opportunistic AI screenings for coronary calcium at SCCT 2026. He said there are more than 20 million chest CTs performed each year in the U.S., which holds a massive promise to detect millions of new patients with asymptomatic coronary artery disease that the patient is unaware of. #SCCT #YesCCT #Radiology
The greatest opportunity is detecting coronary atherosclerosis in younger patients undergoing CT for unrelated reasons, including trauma evaluations.
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AI-based coronary inflammation imaging detects risk that may have otherwise been missed

FAI CCTA imaging uses AI to show coronary inflammation and a patient's specific residual risk of heart attack that is not available using current testing methods.

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Imre Hunyor, DPhil (Oxon), MBBS (Hons), explained Central Sydney Cardiology’s clinical implementation of Christo's CaRi-Heart fat attenuation index (FAI) imaging technology. It is the first clinical implementation in Australia. The technology uses artificial intelligence (AI) to review coronary CT angiography (CCTA) scans for inflammation in the fat surrounding the arteries. This can add additional, specific information on a patient's risk for heart attacks otherwise is not detectable using current tech.
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AI-based coronary inflammation imaging detects risk that may have otherwise been missed

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Imre Hunyor, DPhil (Oxon), MBBS (Hons), explained Central Sydney Cardiology’s clinical implementation of Christo's CaRi-Heart fat attenuation index (FAI) imaging technology. It is the first clinical implementation in Australia. The technology uses artificial intelligence (AI) to review coronary CT angiography (CCTA) scans for inflammation in the fat surrounding the arteries. This can add additional, specific information on a patient's risk for heart attacks otherwise is not detectable using current tech.
FAI CCTA imaging uses AI to show coronary inflammation and a patient's specific residual risk of heart attack that is not available using current testing methods.
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AI-powered CCTA plaque analysis advances personalized preventive cardiology

Matthew Budoff, MD, explains how AI-powered plaque analysis and FFR-CT are transforming cardiac preventive care.
 

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Matthew Budoff, MD, FACC, FAHA, FSCCT, a professor of medicine at David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and the Endowed Chair of Preventive Cardiology at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, and former SCCT president, explains how new CCTA technologies will change cardiac preventive care.
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AI-powered CCTA plaque analysis advances personalized preventive cardiology

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Matthew Budoff, MD, FACC, FAHA, FSCCT, a professor of medicine at David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and the Endowed Chair of Preventive Cardiology at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, and former SCCT president, explains how new CCTA technologies will change cardiac preventive care.
Matthew Budoff, MD, explains how AI-powered plaque analysis and FFR-CT are transforming cardiac preventive care. 
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In Other News

American Board of Radiology taking cautious approach to AI

Rather than moving quickly to adopt new tools, the Tucson, Arizona-based doc-certification organization is studying developments, engaging experts and establishing guardrails before introducing any change.  

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American Board of Radiology taking cautious approach to AI

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Rather than moving quickly to adopt new tools, the Tucson, Arizona-based doc-certification organization is studying developments, engaging experts and establishing guardrails before introducing any change.  
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UCHealth sued for allegedly sharing patient data with Facebook

The lawsuit touches on the common complaint of third-party tracking code being used on websites that in some cases captures sensitive information in patient portals and search forms. UCHealth denies the allegations.

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UCHealth sued for allegedly sharing patient data with Facebook

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The lawsuit touches on the common complaint of third-party tracking code being used on websites that in some cases captures sensitive information in patient portals and search forms. UCHealth denies the allegations.
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