The medication failed a routine dissolution test, meaning it could lose its effectiveness. 

Eric Williamson, MD, president of the Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT) and professor of radiology at Mayo Clinic, explains the rapid rise of interest in cardiac CT imaging following its inclusion as a top recommendation in the ACC 2021 Chest Pain Evaluation Guidelines.

There have been five reported incidents so far, including one patient injury.

The medication, sold under the name Mounjaro, will be available in six different doses and come in an auto-injector pen.

Researchers tracked data from more than 2,000 TAVR patients, focusing on cardiovascular mortality and hospitalizations for heart failure. 

The first two days of SCAI 2022 were jam-packed with innovative technologies and late-breaking research.

Eric Williamson, MD, president of the Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT) and professor of radiology at Mayo Clinic, explains how the iodine contrast shortage is causing issues for cardiac CT imaging and ways this can be mitigated.

The new software solution was designed with ventricular tachycardia ablation and other cardiac ablation procedures in mind.