The 57-year-old father of two is still in good health decades after receiving a new heart. 

The Department of Justice spent a substantial amount of time and energy targeting healthcare fraud in 2023, according to a new 80-page report. Some of the year's biggest settlements involved cardiac surgery and cardiac imaging. 

CT calcium scoring provides valuable evaluations of intermediate-risk patients in addition to making good business sense for hospitals. Nauman Mushtaq, MD, an interventional cardiologist with Northwestern, shared his own experience with this technology. 

The procedure, performed on Feb. 14, was part of an early feasibility trial developed with help from the FDA.

Startup vendor FIRE1 completed patient enrollment in its U.S. early feasibility study for a heart failure remote monitoring device that directly measures fluid volume inside the IVC.

The doctor appealed the hospital's decision in hopes of returning to work, but that appeal was ultimately denied. 

Joseph Swicklik, RT(R)(CT), Mayo Clinic, says magic tricks can help calm pediatric patients to overcome anxiety and make medical imaging exams run much smoother.

Any devices that claim to make blood glucose measurements without piercing the user's skin are associated with a heightened risk of error, the agency said.