The Medical Imaging & Technology Alliance praised the move, saying more patients will now have access to potentially lifesaving care.

Mount Sinai experts believe quantitative flow ratio may become a widely adopted alternative to angiograms and guide wires for patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention.

The analysis, presented at TCT 2021, included input from 400 patients with high blood pressure. 

The findings were presented at TCT 2021 and published in the New England Journal of Medicine.

The combined breast screening technique also improves cancer detection rates, new research shows.

Radiologists should consider a misdiagnosis on index imaging among those who come back to the ED for additional exams, experts said this week.

The policy covers all healthcare providers that participate in Medicare or Medicaid. 

"Every clinical outcome that we measured favored treatment with valsartan alone," one researcher said. 

The "right to repair" debate moves forward with a move that MITA has described as "misguided." 

Magnetic resonance imaging exams uncovered the most learning opportunities for providers, Brigham and Women's Hospital experts noted.