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FDA clears 2 new devices, grants breakthrough designation to AI model | Mitral annulus calcification & valve disease
Thursday, June 2, 2022
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Regulatory Roundup: FDA clears 2 new devices, grants breakthrough designation to advanced AI model

Catch up on several recent FDA announcements, including an update on the agency's response to the COVID-19 pandemic. 

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Regulatory Roundup: FDA clears 2 new devices, grants breakthrough designation to advanced AI model

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Abbott’s FreeStyle Libre 3 glucose monitor gains FDA clearance
Catch up on several recent FDA announcements, including an update on the agency's response to the COVID-19 pandemic. 
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Mitral annulus calcification more than doubles a patient’s risk of heart valve disease

"For clinicians, suspicion for valve diseases should be increased and evaluations carefully performed for patients with MAC," according to one Mayo Clinic cardiologist.

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Examples of mitral annulus calcification (MAC) visualized using echocardiography. Image from the journal Echocardiography.
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Mitral annulus calcification more than doubles a patient’s risk of heart valve disease

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Examples of mitral annulus calcification (MAC) visualized using echocardiography. Image from the journal Echocardiography.
"For clinicians, suspicion for valve diseases should be increased and evaluations carefully performed for patients with MAC," according to one Mayo Clinic cardiologist.
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Featured Articles

Survival on the rise among high-risk pulmonary embolism patients

The study's authors examined data from more than 1.4 million patients, noting that pulmonary embolism response teams appear to be playing a significant role. 

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Survival on the rise among high-risk pulmonary embolism patients.
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Survival on the rise among high-risk pulmonary embolism patients

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Survival on the rise among high-risk pulmonary embolism patients.
The study's authors examined data from more than 1.4 million patients, noting that pulmonary embolism response teams appear to be playing a significant role. 
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EHR alerts boost care for patients with HFrEF

Simple EHR alerts helped one health system get more guideline-recommended medications to its heart failure patients.

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EHR alerts boost care for patients with HFrEF

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Simple EHR alerts helped one health system get more guideline-recommended medications to its heart failure patients.
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In Case You Missed It

VIDEO: Contrast media shortage impacting cardiac CT imaging

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.

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Eric Williamson, MD, MSCCT, the 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. He discusses ways imagers can stretch they iodine contrast supplies and some technologies that might help conserve contrast. #contrastshortage
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VIDEO: Contrast media shortage impacting cardiac CT imaging

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Eric Williamson, MD, MSCCT, the 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. He discusses ways imagers can stretch they iodine contrast supplies and some technologies that might help conserve contrast. #contrastshortage
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.
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Empagliflozin may reverse vascular aging, lower CVD risk

The SGLT2 inhibitor is already known as an effective medication for both type 2 diabetes and heart failure.

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Empagliflozin may reverse vascular aging, lower CVD risk

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The SGLT2 inhibitor is already known as an effective medication for both type 2 diabetes and heart failure.
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In Other News

4 increasingly common uses for imaging AI in the ED

As FDA-approved AI software continues to proliferate in radiology—well more than 150 products to date and rising—a trio of Yale radiologists has compiled a status report focused on AI applications available to, specifically, emergency radiology.

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4 increasingly common uses for imaging AI in the ED

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As FDA-approved AI software continues to proliferate in radiology—well more than 150 products to date and rising—a trio of Yale radiologists has compiled a status report focused on AI applications available to, specifically, emergency radiology.
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