Stress cardiac MR (CMR) may prove useful for identifying patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) who are at low risk of adverse events, according to a meta-analysis published online June 14 in Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging.

Join Dr. Dinesh Thavendiranathan of the University of Toronto for a discussion on 3D volume echocardiography in the left heart.

Today, members of the Heart Rhythm Society (HRS) are visiting 35 congressional offices on Capitol Hill to raise visibility and support for two proposals: the “Medicare Program Integrity Improvement and Education Act” and the “Teaching Children to Save Lives Act.” HRS is advocating for the support of these two bills because both intend to deliver outcomes aligned with the Society’s mission to improve the care of patients by advancing research, education and optimal health care policies and standards. 

ATLANTA—Opportunities exist within many cardiovascular programs to trim out costs and add value. But where? Suzette Jaskie, president and CEO of MedAxiom Consulting, offered five “slam dunk” approaches June 13 at the Cardiovascular Service Line Symposium in Atlanta.

The Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI) is pushing the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to broaden its guidance on radiation protection to better address staff- and operator-related issues.

UltraSPECT, a leading provider of nuclear medicine (NM) image reconstruction technology that reduces radiopharmaceutical dose and acquisition time, announces today the installation of its proprietary Wide Beam Reconstruction (WBR™) software at nearly ten healthcare facilities.

Phase wave velocity (PWV) from the aortic arch obtained with phase-contrast MR imaging may prove a useful tool for determining the risk of cerebrovascular disease. In a study published in the June issue of Radiology, PWV was an independent predictor of subsequent white matter hyperintensity volume. 

Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine will study gender differences in how the heart uses and stores fat -- its main energy source -- and how changes in fat metabolism play a role in heart disease, under a new $2 million, 4-year grant from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute.