When CMS released the 2020 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) proposed rule, it included revisions that could lead to technical component payment reductions of up to 80% for certain services related to myocardial PET scans.

A study funded by the Mayo Clinic and published in Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology this week suggests AI could be successfully applied to ECG data to measure a person’s overall health status.

A study published in JAMA Network Open August 11 suggests that, despite the growing use of imaging modalities like computed tomography and MRI, echocardiography remains the most popular method for imaging patients with heart failure.

Researchers at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston have developed an imaging technique that allows physicians to diagnose CAD without the risk of a contrast agent.

Newly diagnosed HF patients with concomitant mitral regurgitation can expect more admissions, longer hospital stays and pricier medical bills than HF patients without MR, according to an analysis published in the American Journal of Cardiology.

A study published this week in Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging details how one Canadian scientist and his team are using 2-minute video selfies to track patients’ blood pressure.

Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University’s College of Engineering have devised a way to 3D bioprint tissue scaffolds out of collagen, putting them one step closer to the goal of printing a full-sized, functional human heart.

Medtronic and Viz.ai, an AI-driven tech company, have joined forces to promote the adoption of imaging software that could drastically cut the time it takes physicians to identify suspected large vessel occlusion.