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U.S. healthcare is in the throes of an affordability crisis. The good news is that healthcare leaders have all the evidence, tools and expertise needed to keep the predicament from becoming a plight. Can they marshal the will to wield those weapons toward that end? 

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The move, once finalized, helps Johnson & Johnson add multiple FDA-approved technologies to its EP portfolio.

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He’s picking Nicole B. Saphier, MD, a board-certified breast specialist with Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and Fox News contributor, to fill the key role. 

HRS President, Mina Chung, MD, FHRS, staff cardiologist and Professor of Medicine in the Section of Pacing and Electrophysiology, Heart & Vascular Institute, Cleveland Clinic. Explains HRS accomplishments in the past year in terms of advocacy efforts and policy concerns impacting EP. #HRS2026 #EPeeps

Mina Chung, MD, who just concluded a one-year term as Heart Rhythm Society's president, spoke to Cardiovascular Business about successes from the past year as well as her goals for the future.

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According to a new survey, both cardiologists and noncardiologists feel good about the specialty's long-term health. 

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Researchers tracked real-world data from 600 TAVR patients, following each one for approximately five years. Survival rates were similar for men and women early on, but then women started experiencing better outcomes after three years.

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Corresponding with the change, the Chicago-based imaging manufacturer is combing two of its radiology-related business lines into a new segment worth $14.6 billion.    

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Funding will help the New York-based company expand into additional clinical indications and capabilities while also supporting further development of Aidoc’s CARE Foundation Model. 

Marijuana may cause less lung damage than cigarettes

Many have touted smoking marijuana as a safer alternative to cigarettes. New imaging data offer clarity on whether this notion is actually true. 

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Researchers explored the potential impact of more than 100 risk factors on a person's risk of sudden cardiac arrest. Some of their findings were what you may expect, but others were much more surprising.

Partho Sengupta, MD, DM, FACC, FASE, Henry Rutgers Professor of Cardiology and Chief of Cardiovascular Medicine, at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, and Chief of the Cardiovascular Service Line at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, offers an overview of the current state of artificial intelligence (AI) in cardiology. He offers insights from what he has seen from some of the more than 160 FDA-cleared algorithms specific to cardiovascular medicine and what is in development.

Partho Sengupta, MD, shared his perspective on the current state of artificial intelligence in cardiology. The technology continues to evolve, he said, though it does still face certain limitations.

Raj Kedar, MD, MBBS, FACR, vice chair of radiology and the University of South Florida, and chief of radiology at Tampa General Hospital, discusses how radiology and the hospital planned to continue operations, despite likely being cut off due to flooding and outside power loss during hurricanes Helene and Milton in the fall of 2024.

Raj Kedar, MD, chief of imaging, discusses how the hospital planned to continue operations last fall when faced with hurricanes Helene and Milton.
 

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U.S. healthcare is in the throes of an affordability crisis. The good news is that healthcare leaders have all the evidence, tools and expertise needed to keep the predicament from becoming a plight. Can they marshal the will to wield those weapons toward that end? 

The move, once finalized, helps Johnson & Johnson add multiple FDA-approved technologies to its EP portfolio.

He’s picking Nicole B. Saphier, MD, a board-certified breast specialist with Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and Fox News contributor, to fill the key role.