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Despite the dangers associated with the condition, its presence can often evade detection during pregnancy.

A majority of medical devices involved in Class I recalls were never required by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to undergo premarket or postmarket clinical testing, according to new research published in Annals of Internal Medicine.[1]

Redo TAVR can be challenging, requiring a significant amount of preprocedural CT planning. This proposed framework was designed to simplify that planning and help interventional cardiologists thrive. 

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Experts believe the tool could better inform surveillance strategies in women who have been treated for breast cancer.

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Former NBA player Muggsy Bogues, who also acted in the 1996 film Space Jam, is one of many athletes now participating in the registry. "I’ve lost too many friends to cardiovascular disease," he said. 

Total plaque volume and total plaque burden can help find patients who may be closer to suffering a heart attack than they realize.

Researchers in the U.K. from Newcastle University, University of Leeds, and the University of East Anglia found they could use cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) T2 intracardiac blood pool data to create imaging-derived SvO2 (iSvO2) noninvasively.

Advanced imaging may be able to help certain heart patients avoid the risks and discomfort associated with right heart catheterizations.

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Amid work-from-home disparities between interventional and diagnostic rads, researchers recently interviewed hundreds of IRs to learn about the landscape. 

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Norwalk Radiology Consultants and Stamford Health recently held a ribbon cutting ceremony to celebrate the opening of their renovated joint venture location in Norwalk. 

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Researchers tracked short- and long-term data from nearly 2,000 patients, presenting their findings in JACC: Heart Failure

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Cardiologists are turning to leadless pacemakers more and more for cardiac pacing, but those devices have not previously been able to perform LBBAP. This new analysis includes new data on the world’s very first leadless LBBAP procedures. 

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However, health policy efforts initiated in 2021 appear to be reducing variation in imaging costs, experts contend. 

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Matt Damon, Pedro Pascal and Kevin Hart have invested in Function, which offers 100-plus lab tests to help its 200K members live "100 healthy years." 

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Despite the dangers associated with the condition, its presence can often evade detection during pregnancy.