Brian Ghoshhajra, MD, MBA, division chief, cardiovascular imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital and associate professor of radiology, Harvard Medical School, explains the impact of the iodine contrast shortage on computed tomography (CT) and cardiac imaging.
 

Dozens of customers have reported issues with the device’s balloon or catheter hub separating from the delivery system, mostly during off-label use in a patient's blood vessels.

Researchers aimed to shine light on this key topic, tracking data from nearly 200,000 patients. 

The collaboration is aimed at improving patient outcomes after cardiac surgeries and other procedures. 

Production at the facility in Shanghai is expected to be near 100% starting on June 6.

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

A new study found Americans are more likely to have surgery during a pandemic if they are vaccinated, the hospital staff are vaccinated, the surgery is urgent and the surgery is an outpatient procedure.

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

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