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Michiel Voskuil, MD, PhD, an interventional cardiologist and professor at University Medical Center Utrecht in the Netherlands, presented his team’s data on the ACC.26 stage.

Patients with coronary artery disease and severe aortic stenosis often undergo PCI before TAVR. According to new data presented at ACC.26, however, deferring PCI is associated with comparable outcomes as well as a reduced bleeding risk.

Whoop, a Boston-based wearable technologies company, has raised $575 million in new financing at a $10.1 billion valuation. Investors include Abbott, Mayo Clinic, LeBron James and Cristiano Ronaldo.

Whoop, a Boston-based wearable technologies company, raised the new funding on a $10.1 billion evaluation.

Interventional cardiologist Roxana Mehran, MD, officially started her one-year term as the president of the American College of Cardiology (ACC) on the closing day of ACC.26, the group’s annual conference in New Orleans.

A prominent figure in the fields of interventional cardiology and women’s health is now leading the American College of Cardiology.

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“These increases likely indicate that the radiology workforce has reached maximum capacity," Neiman Health Policy Institute experts write in JACR. 

Man vs. Machine artificial intelligence AI

Mitchell H. Katz, MD, president and CEO of NYC Health + Hospitals, recently spoke during a panel discussion held by Crain’s New York Business. 

Department of Justice DOJ

Authorities claim NewYork-Presbyterian wielded plan restrictions to stop one insurer from steering beneficiaries to other imaging options. 

St. Anthony's Hospital BayCare

About $10 million of the total will cover construction, with BayCare adding two new bi-plane suites at St. Anthony's Hospital in St. Petersburg, Florida.

Happy doctor physician

Three-fifths of 14,000 physicians surveyed, 60%, enjoy a strong sense of belonging within their organization. Better yet, four-fifths, 80%, feel their teammates have their back.

The high-risk patients who require urgent or emergent TAVR are often excluded from major clinical trials. To learn more about this population, researchers explored data from nearly 600 patients treated at high-volume facilities. 

Xiaodong Zhang, MD, PhD,

The first FDA-approved pacing lead specifically developed for LBBAP is now being implanted throughout the United States. 

Guerbet

Regulators recently scolded the France-based pharmaceutical firm for safety issues that occurred at its plant in Raleigh, North Carolina, which produces imaging contrast agents. 

Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers Gail's Law

Dubbed "Gail's Law" after a breast cancer care advocate, the passage follows years of advocacy from radiologists and patients. 

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Patients with coronary artery disease and severe aortic stenosis often undergo PCI before TAVR. According to new data presented at ACC.26, however, deferring PCI is associated with comparable outcomes as well as a reduced bleeding risk.