The American Society of Nuclear Cardiology (ASNC) team at the 2024 AMA meeting, Georgia Lawrence, JD, ASNC director of regulatory affairs; Suman Tandon, MD, FASNC, delegate to the AMA HOD and cardiac imager at NYU Langone; and Kathy Flood, ASNC CEO.
The American Society of Nuclear Cardiology (ASNC) supports an AMA policy that condemns the use AI to make prior authorization decisions rather than a doctor or clinician.
Long-term continuous monitoring (LTCM) wearable devices now make up 40% or more of the remote ECG monitoring market due to ease of use and collection of more data.
Cardiac ultrasound exams often require the sonographer to reach over a patient and hold the probe firmly against the chest while their body faces a different direction to operate the ultrasound machine, which can lead to orthopedic issues over time. Photo at ASE 2023 by Dave Fornell
Orthopedic issues are the biggest work-related injury in cardiology, but this low cost intervention may help.
The WISEWOMAN program proved to be a useful intervention to screen low-income, uninsured women and offer them risk reduction counseling to improve blood pressure, diet and physical activity.
Matthew Reynolds, MD, Lahey Hospital and Medical Center, explains data from the EXCALIBER and CAMELOT studies that show ambulatory cardiac monitoring usage among more than 300,000 patients.
CT imaging showing the congenital heart defect of left heart hypoplastic syndrome. Researchers at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital think they found a way to treat the condition by returning the heart to a fetal state the heart to repair itself. Image courtesy of Renee Bullock-Palmer, MD
Gene manipulation can revert the cardiomyocytes back to a fetal state, allowing them to regenerate. Researchers are now looking for drugs to mimic the effect.
Three patient deaths, 31 injuries and 322 complaints led to an FDA Class 1 recall of Teleflex/Arrow International intra-aortic balloon pump catheter kits.
More than 5,600 cardiac ultrasound measurements are now automated using artificial intelligence in the new Siemens Acuson Origin echocardiography system. It is the first echo system to use AI to help automate workflows and and anticipate next actions to greatly speed efficiency and increase reproducibility between sonographers. Photo by Dave Fornell at ESC 2023
New cardiac ultrasound advances, from AI to completely study workflow, new 3D/4D catheters, virtual reality simulators, to robot-assisted ultrasound, will be presented on the expo floor of ASE 2024 this weekend in Portland.
The central illustration from a study that shows the impact of ECG AI algorithm study case and control selection to train artificial intelligence to better screen patients for cardiac amyloidosis. Image courtesy of JACC Advances.
Early detection of cardiac amyloidosis is leads to the best outcomes, but it is often missed until later stages. AI is being developed to help detect these patients earlier using ECG and echo.
![The American College of Cardiology (ACC) this week published a report card on highlighting the excess cardiovascular mortality among Black Americans between 2000-2022.[1] The ACC said it highlights the "persistent and tragic inequities" in cardiovascular care and outlines the years of life lost to the Black community because of their higher cardiovascular disease death rates. #healthdisparities](/sites/default/files/styles/top_stories/public/2018-08/blackpatientpills.jpg.webp?itok=6GMknDiV)
