With the right setting and monitoring, imaging via MRI is safe for patients with implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICD), according to a study published online Nov. 26 in Heart Rhythm.

Swiss researchers assessing carotid plaque stenoses using FDG-PET found the procedure accurate in detecting high-risk plaques. They also noted a strong correlation between uptake values of FDG and the presence of microembolic signals detected via transcranial Doppler.

Routinely screening patients with diabetes for asymptomatic coronary artery disease (CAD) failed to improve outcomes, results published online Nov. 17 in JAMA showed.

An increasing number of patients with cancer and cancer survivors live with cardiovascular disease.

The Affordable Care Act (ACA) mandates that health systems eliminate waste and across the country many have responded with innovative ways to cut billions of dollars in unnecessary costs.

The 2014 Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics conference held Sept. 13-15 in Washington, D.C., focused on the cutting edge in its late-breaking clinical trials and presentations. Here is a sampling.

Most operators realize that radiation exposure in the cath lab puts them, plus their staff, at risk of potential cancers in the future. What they may not know is that a number of strategies exist to reduce exposure, and many don’t cost a dime.

One party appears to be missing at the negotiating table as physicians and hospitals enter employment talks: Medicare, or rather, how and how much Medicare will pay providers a few years from now.