A systematic approach to transitioning heart attack patients from the hospital to outpatient care helped the Sanger Heart & Vascular Institute in Charlotte, North Carolina, drop its 30-day readmission and death rates while increasing the likelihood of patients making and keeping follow-up appointments.

One in six patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) develops worsening HF within 18 months of an initial diagnosis, according to research published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, and these declining patients aren’t receiving the right standard of care.

Women with type 2 diabetes are more likely than those without to develop more advanced, aggressive forms of breast cancer, Reuters reported of a study Feb. 27.

A recently published mouse study may offer clues about why premenopausal women are less prone than men to “nondipping hypertension,” a condition in which blood pressure doesn’t drop its normal 10 to 20 percent at night.

With the American College of Cardiology’s annual congress fast approaching in March and two new JACC medical journals slated to launch later this year, the ACC is lining up its priorities for 2019.

Aidoc’s solution for flagging and prioritizing pulmonary embolisms is now commercially available in Europe

Menlo Park, Calif. — February 28, 2019 — iSchemaView, the worldwide leader in advanced imaging for stroke care and research, today announced RAPID ANGIO, a complete neuroimaging solution for the angiography suite that integrates iSchemaView’s RAPID software with syngo DynaCT Multiphase from Siemens Healthineers.

The global market for transcatheter treatment of the mitral and aortic valves is expected to double over the next five years, according to a new report from BCC Research. The industry analysis projects an increase from $4 billion in 2018 to $8 billion in 2023, at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 14.8 percent.

A small-scale study out of Germany has concluded thrombectomy—an already proven treatment for large intracranial vessel occlusions in adults—is also safe in children.

A new matchstick-sized continuous glucose monitor (CGM) can be implanted under the skin, allowing diabetics to track their blood sugar without the inconvenience of finger pricks and patches, according to a CBS report.