A Washington woman was pulled over and arrested because a state trooper thought she was driving under the influence. It turned out that she was not drunk, but suffering from a frontal-lobe subdural hematoma. She has now filed a lawsuit against the county. 

The new algorithm from Viz.ai is capable of identifying, labeling and quantifying brain bleeds in noncontrast CT images.

Marielle Scherrer-Crosbie, MD, told Cardiovascular Business that the current lack of reimbursement for strain echocardiography has been a challenge for care teams. 

Lawrence Phillips, MD, president of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology, said that U.S. physicians are growing more and more frustrated by Medicare policies.

ISC 2024 in Phoenix has already featured several eye-opening late-breaking presentations. One study, for example, found that positioning a stroke patient's head differently before surgery can significantly decrease the risk of neurological complications. 

Hospital end users ranked the CVIS and hemodynamic systems they use, shedding light on their working relationships with IT vendors. 

The VIRTUE and POLARIS studies are both focused on evaluating how the Varipulse PFA Platform performs in a variety of clinical scenarios. 

Scot Pollard has a long family history of heart disease, and he’s been on a watch list for several years now due to his size. He's been in and out of hospitals for more than three years due to an ongoing fight with cardiomyopathy. 

TAVR continues to gain momentum as a go-to treatment option for severe AS, making it more important than ever to investigate long-term outcomes. This latest analysis, published in European Heart Journal, focused on 280 patients randomized to undergo either transcatheter or surgical aortic valve replacement.

Remote monitoring with the Reveal Linq insertable cardiac monitor can improve outcomes without breaking the bank, according to new data being presented at the International Stroke Conference in Phoenix.