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Heated tension between state and federal AI regulators is coming, predict two attorneys subspecialized in AI startup success, data privacy and cybersecurity.

Valcare Medical’s Amend Transseptal System for mitral regurgitation

The Amend device from Valcare Medical has a closed ring shape designed to mimic the annuloplasty rings used to treat MR during open-heart surgeries. It was built to work on its own or in tandem with other interventional treatments. 

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A growing chorus of academic physicians, policy experts and public health specialists is harmonizing behind the idea of licensing medical GenAI models like they’re doctors or nurses.

The use of intravascular lithotripsy (IVL) during percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is still safe and effective when patients present with calcified nodules (CNs), according to new long-term data published in EuroIntervention.[1] Researchers compared outcomes from patients with and without CNs, highlighting key similarities in stent expansion and luminal gain.

Researchers explored data from more than 1,000 patients with calcified coronary artery disease (CAD) who required plaque modification. IVL and atherectomy were linked to comparable safety events, but IVL came out on top when it came to long-term safety.

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Cardiac complications after noncardiac surgeries are a significant concern, especially as patients keep living longer and surgical volumes continue to rise.

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The federal government recently released new data pertaining to the landmark legislation, meant to protect patients from receiving unexpected medical bills. 

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That’s according to the results of a new survey of academic U.S. imaging leaders, published Jan. 28 in JACR

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The Minnesota-baed imaging group called the continued contract with three major winter sports organizations a “coup” for the company. 

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The physician shortage that U.S. hospitals and health systems have been dreading is here—and its impact on cardiology could be quite significant.

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Boston-based Amplitude Vascular Systems is busy investigating the performance of its Pulse IVL platform in a wide variety of patient populations.

Jessica H. Porembka, MD, FSBI, associate professor, breast imaging division University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, and vice chair of strategy and quality, and quality assurance medical director, Parkland Radiology in Dallas, explains how an ultrasound-first strategy for noncalcified lesions in DBT proves cost-effective.

Jessica Porembka, MD, of the breast imaging division at University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, said an ultrasound-first strategy for these lesions in DBT is cost-effective and improves efficiency. 

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Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) Senior Vice of Government Affairs, Anders Gilberg, explains the frustration surrounding the Medicare Advantage program.

 

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Heated tension between state and federal AI regulators is coming, predict two attorneys subspecialized in AI startup success, data privacy and cybersecurity.