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The new guidance, published in JACC, focuses on three classes of commonly used anticancer therapies.

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After an official request from Edwards Lifesciences, CMS is rethinking its coverage policy for the use of TAVR to treat asymptomatic severe aortic stenosis. The agency is accepting public comments on this topic until Jan. 14. 

A fifth-generation TAVR valve from Edwards Lifesciences was associated with improved outcomes compared to the device's predecessors in a new real-world analysis out of Cedars Sinai.

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On Dec. 11, the Alaskan cardiologist was captured as part of a months-long investigation and charged with 10 counts of possessing child sexual abuse materials. The fire at his home occurred two days later.

YNHHS Main Campus

Let’s conduct a quick thought experiment. We enter a time machine and set the controls for Connecticut in 2015. As luck would have it, we land in a meeting room of the imaging department at the Yale-New Haven Health system. There we overhear a conversation. Imaging aficionados that we are, we quickly realize two groups are present—IT leaders and ranking radiologists. It’s hard to make out the exact words through the time warp. However, we clearly hear one term repeated several times: “deconstructed PACS.” 

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The most funded categories across the specialty included medical devices ($3.2B), AI software ($2.5B), and biotechnology ($2.1B). 

Lumexa Imaging

“We view this as meaningfully credit positive for its financial policy because private equity investors tend to favor high leverage to enhance their returns,” S&P notes. 

IR Centers

IR Centers, a platform company dedicated to offering minimally invasive procedures in diverse outpatient settings, is teaming with doc groups in Alabama, Texas and Virginia. 

The cardiologist has been fasting in his office since May 11. He insists that he and his colleagues need more room to provide care for a growing patient population. 

Newsweek ranked the 50 best heart hospitals in the world

New York Valves: The Structural Heart Summit replaces the Transcatheter Valve Therapy conference CRF hosted for many years. The three-day event will include 12 late-breaking clinical trials focused on TAVR and new treatments for the mitral and tricuspid valves. 

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Buzzworthy developments of the past few days.

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ACR, the American Society of Neuroradiology and the Society of Interventional Radiology were among over 100 groups asking the feds for further details. 

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The new guidance, published in JACC, focuses on three classes of commonly used anticancer therapies.

After an official request from Edwards Lifesciences, CMS is rethinking its coverage policy for the use of TAVR to treat asymptomatic severe aortic stenosis. The agency is accepting public comments on this topic until Jan. 14. 

A fifth-generation TAVR valve from Edwards Lifesciences was associated with improved outcomes compared to the device's predecessors in a new real-world analysis out of Cedars Sinai.