One of the new recommendations is to conduct baseline imaging with TEE or cardiac CT.

Patients hospitalized for severe infectious diseases are at heightened risk of major cardiovascular-disease events within a month of admission date. 

Evkeeza, which was previously approved for patients ages 12 and above, was shown to help lower cholesterol for children with homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia (HoFH), in conjunction with other therapies. 

Both cardiology and pediatric cardiology saw bumps in pay from 2021 to 2022. For many other specialties, however, that was not the case. 

Reviewing data from more than 800,000 patients, researchers also emphasized that patients vaccinated against COVID-19 are less likely to experience long-lasting symptoms.

A whopping 94% of health leaders in the survey said they plan to invest in software this year, partly to fend off clinician burnout and a looming recession.

Twenty-seven healthcare organizations signed the letter to CMS asking the agency to create a hybrid payment model, including the National Association of Accountable Care Organizations, AMGA, the American Academy of Family Physicians and the Primary Care Collaborative.

The generated report included indication, findings laid out numerically, TNM stage, impression and follow-up recommendations.