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GE HealthCare Optison ultrasound enhancing agent

Unlike other UEA options, GE HealthCare's Optison does not contain polyethylene glycol. The FDA approved its used for adult patients back in 1997.

blood test research laboratory

The FDA clearly sees significant potential in a new multi-protein blood test from Prevencio. The company's goal is to gain full approval and get the test in the hands emergency departments all over the United States.

Many attendees shot selfies in front of the the massive heart on display in the Cytokinetic booth at AHA 2022.

Cytokinetics announced positive results from a new clinical trial comparing aficamten monotherapy to the beta blocker metoprolol.

FDA artificial intelligence AI aggressive

For some, the FDA is moving too fast in its drive to adopt generative AI agency-wide. 

breast radiologist breast cancer mammography

A multidisciplinary team of breast radiologists, nurses, patient navigators, medical assistants and technologists worked to implement the program at Denver Health. 

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The American Society of Nuclear Cardiology wants the feds to protect these vital imaging products from tariffs, highlighting barriers to U.S. production. 

Kootenai Health imaging center

Hospitals are seeking to carve out women’s imaging into a separate capability, with mammo expected to see 9% volume growth through 2028, experts estimate. 

partnership business deal joint venture

The collaboration with Nvidia—a leader in AI solutions—was unveiled Monday during the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine's annual meeting. 

Short-term mortality, however, does not appear to change when TAVR patients present with active cancer. 

Lawrence Faucette, the pig heart transplant patient who died after six weeks.

Lawrence Faucette, the second patient to ever receive a genetically modified pig heart, died on Oct. 30. “He can never be forgotten," his wife said in a statement. 

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Intravascular lithotripsy therapy to break up calcified coronary lesions will now be reimbursed at a higher rate under new in-hospital codes the went into effect Oct. 1.

Annalise.AI

 Annalise.ai received "breakthrough designation" from the FDA for its radiology triage AI.

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Unlike other UEA options, GE HealthCare's Optison does not contain polyethylene glycol. The FDA approved its used for adult patients back in 1997.

The FDA clearly sees significant potential in a new multi-protein blood test from Prevencio. The company's goal is to gain full approval and get the test in the hands emergency departments all over the United States.

Cytokinetics announced positive results from a new clinical trial comparing aficamten monotherapy to the beta blocker metoprolol.