How the ACA impacts cardiovascular care | AI model reduces false-positive findings | Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest

Expanding Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has led to some improvements in cardiovascular care for underserved racial and ethnic patient populations—but there is still plenty of room for improvement.

An AI algorithm could limit false-positive AFib episodes detected by implantable loop recorders (ILRs), according to new research presented during the 2020 Heart Rhythm Scientific Sessions.

The Society of Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI) has shared a new guidance detailing the management of patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA).

This continues a steady rise in pay for the specialty—the same report recorded cardiology’s average salary as $430,000 in 2019, $423,000 in 2018 and $410,000 in 2017.

Omecamtiv mecarbil, a cardiac myosin activator being manufactured by Amgen and Cytokinetics to treat heart failure with reduced ejection fraction, has been granted a Fast Track designation by the FDA.

As COVID-19 patients begin to bounce back, they are sure to have plenty of important questions about the recovery process. 

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) age-adjusted mortality rates (AAMRs) were higher in rural areas than larger metropolitan areas from 1999 to 2017, according to new research published in JAMA.

Despite the inroads AI has made into many medical specialties, the technology has failed to find a foothold in primary care. Why is that?

Volunteers of an online survey prefer structured chest radiograph reports with less jargony language, and radiologists should take note, experts said in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.