Almost all of our top stories this month look forward to cardiology’s future. New SCAI recommendations, for example, tell us that interventional procedures such as PCI and coronary IVL will start being performed more and more at outpatient cath labs throughout the country. Meanwhile, two key trends we highlighted this month—the rise of private equity investments and the evolution of AI—are expected to radically change the specialty in the years ahead.

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The latest SCAI guidance on the safety of PCI procedures included a key change that could expand coronary IVL utilization throughout the United States. 

Private equity investors have grown more and more interested in cardiology in recent years. Why the sudden shift? And what does it mean for patient care going forward? 

Unlike other ICDs, the lead for this new-look device is placed under the patient's breastbone, outside of their heart and veins. 

The newly approved software uses artificial intelligence to provide users with real-time feedback related to image quality.

Can ChatGPT discuss preventive cardiology with patients? Cardiologists with Cleveland Clinic and Stanford University put the popular AI model to the test, sharing their findings in JAMA.

TEE has been used to guide most transcatheter structural heart cases over the past decade, but 3D ICE is changing how some centers image those patients. 

Minnesota-based Cardiovascular Systems Inc. is perhaps best known for its atherectomy devices designed to treat PAD and CAD.

According to a new analysis of data from nearly six million patients, experiencing long-lasting COVID-19 symptoms more than doubles the risk of cardiac complications. 

Morristown Medical Center first started performing TAVR procedures in 2011 and is now home to one of the largest TAVR programs in the United States. 

Both vendors used the four-day conference as an opportunity to provide key updates about their TAVR valves.