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Follow-up care after a successful heart transplant can be challenging—both for providers and their patients. Consider, for example, the fact that so many patients who develop complications never actually present with symptoms.  

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“Radiologists are well-positioned to contribute evidence-based guidance, promote transparency, and help patients make informed decisions," experts write in Clinical Imaging

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Lumexa hopes to open between 8 to 10 newly constructed, “de novo” centers in 2026, including multiple ones built in partnership with UPMC. 

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Vanderbilt experts have developed an assessment called MyProstateScore 2.0, which they say performs better than regular PSA-based testing and MRI for monitoring low-risk disease. 

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Private-equity acquisitions of primary-care provider practices neither alter hospitalization rates nor affect acute-care outcomes, according to new research out of Brown University. 

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Epic makes the list with its enterprise inpatient EHR and related platforms. So does PCC, aka Physician’s Computer Company, which supplies pediatric-specific ambulatory EHR and practice-management products and services. 

Siemens Healthineers nabs FDA clearance for 6 new IR systems

Each device comes equipped with a new AI feature designed to deliver high quality imaging at lower radiation doses during IR procedures.

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The overuse of CT scans on kids could be owed, at least in part, to the fear of missing a critical finding, new research suggests.

After years of implanting left atrial appendage occlusion (LAAO) devices in atrial fibrillation (AFib) patients, an interventional cardiologist with the University of Chicago Medical Center (UChicago Medicine) has developed a new device that could be a more affordable alternative to Boston Scientific’s Watchman and Abbott’s Amplatzer Amulet LAA Occluder.

After years of implanting and studying LAAO devices, an interventional cardiologist with the University of Chicago has designed a new alternative that could reduce the risk of bleeding and save health systems money.

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Funds will be directed toward the development of new point-of-care tools that reduce the reliance on operator experience, improve reproducibility and increase diagnostic speed. 

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Patients undergoing the procedures due to infection, chronic limb-threatening ischemia and other serious complications may not be receiving the follow-up care their need.

Michael Honigberg, MD, MPP, a preventive cardiologist and cardiovascular researcher at Massachusetts General Hospital, explains how preeclampsia and gestational hypertension during pregnancy can elevate cardiovascular risks later in life and how to best manage these patients.

Emerging research suggests that the early postpartum period may represent a critical window for influencing a woman's long-term cardiovascular health. 

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Follow-up care after a successful heart transplant can be challenging—both for providers and their patients. Consider, for example, the fact that so many patients who develop complications never actually present with symptoms.  

“Radiologists are well-positioned to contribute evidence-based guidance, promote transparency, and help patients make informed decisions," experts write in Clinical Imaging

Lumexa hopes to open between 8 to 10 newly constructed, “de novo” centers in 2026, including multiple ones built in partnership with UPMC.