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Stryker enters competitive IVL space with acquisition of Amplitude Vascular Systems

Stryker, one of the world’s largest medtech companies, has agreed to acquire a rising name in the field of intravascular lithotripsy. 

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FDA shares warning about cath lab procedure kits due to risk of patient injury

The syringes included in several convenience kits commonly used by interventional cardiologists and interventional radiologists should not be used. If treatment is necessary and no other devices are available, it should be done with “extreme caution and vigilance.” 

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New data highlight an unexpected link between hypercortisolism and resistant hypertension

Clinicians may need to broaden their diagnostic approach when treating and managing patients with resistant hypertension. 

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Radiology Partners reportedly eyeing international expansion

America’s largest radiology group has purportedly considered making a bid to buy its Australian counterpart, which tallied over $176 million in adjusted earnings last year. 

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9 questions radiology practices should ask when pursuing ‘disruptive innovation’

CHAMPIONSGATE, Fla. — Kaihan Krippendorff, MBA, spoke on April 12 during the opening keynote of the Radiology Business Management Association’s annual meeting. 

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RBMA Immediate Past President Pete Moffatt takes home association’s top honor

CHAMPIONSGATE, Fla. — Moffatt, currently president of radiology AI and coding firm Reasint, is the 2026 winner of the prestigious Calhoun Award. 

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FDA accepts previously rejected application for new PET imaging agent

Radiopharma firm Telix hopes to soon begin selling Pixclara (Floretyrosine F 18), an investigational product for glioma, a type of brain cancer. 

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Northwell Health opens $6M new interventional radiology suite

The 1,100-square-foot space is located at Long Island Jewish Medical Center, a 583-bed acute care facility that treats 80,000 patients per year.

The Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) has elected Joseph F. Sabik III, MD, a veteran cardiac surgeon with the University Hospitals (UH) Harrington Heart & Vascular Institute, to be its new president. Sabik officially began his one-year term Sunday, Jan. 26, during STS 2025, the group’s annual meeting.
Veteran heart surgeon elected STS president

Cardiac surgeon Joseph F. Sabik III, MD, is an established clinical researcher and has held several committee positions with STS over the years.

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New MRI technique spots signs of heart disease before symptoms emerge

Researchers with the University of Virginia Arlington are working to develop a new way of analyzing fat content around the heart. 

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Private equity-backed teleradiology group offers insights from global survey of 700 rads

Everlight Radiology recently hired research Censuswide to poll members of the specialty, sharing 5 key findings from the survey on Monday. 

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Imaging artificial intelligence firm Rad AI raises $60M, boosts value to $525M

Boston-based growth equity firm Transformation Capital led the Series C funding round, which increases Rad AI’s war chest to over $140 million. 

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Stryker enters competitive IVL space with acquisition of Amplitude Vascular Systems

Stryker, one of the world’s largest medtech companies, has agreed to acquire a rising name in the field of intravascular lithotripsy. 

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