Researchers examined data from 39 different studies, focusing on mortality rates and adverse cardiovascular outcomes. 

Ami Bhatt, MD, explained how the ACC is working to advance new technologies that can improve patient care.

Specialists used EHR data, imaging results and natural language processing to bring their advanced AI models to life. 

“These results provide reassuring data that may encourage patients with a history of myocarditis to get vaccinated against SARS-CoV-2,” one specialist said. 

Cardiothoracic surgeon Igor Mokryk, MD, spent last week taking his family to the Polish border. This week, he treated his first gunshot wound patient at the Heart Institute in Kyiv.

Telecardiology saw a major boost during the COVID-19 pandemic. Many health systems now want to keep it as a permanent treatment option. 

Mortality rates can be especially high for ischemic HF patients presenting with FMR and LVSD, but PCI may offer some relief. 

“This has the potential to change the face of solid organ transplantation in the future,” one surgeon said.