In a recent article, The New York Times dove into the topic of “post-hospital syndrome”—a term Yale University cardiologist Harlan Krumholz, MD, coined in 2013 to describe the period of vulnerability following a hospital discharge.

One-day multidisciplinary clinics at community centers can improve the quality of care for prostate cancer patients, according to a new study published in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.

LONDON—Aug. 6, 2018—LivaNova PLC (NASDAQ: LIVN) today announced the conclusion of the PRELUDE feasibility study for its Caisson Transcatheter Mitral Valve Replacement (TMVR) system.

The aftereffects of a hospitalization can leave many patients in a vulnerable state known as “post-hospital syndrome” that increases the likelihood of a readmission, The New York Times reported.

The Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) has launched new webinars and workshops aimed at educating radiologists, researchers and industry scientists about artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning in medical imaging, according to an Aug. 2 RSNA press release.  

Joseph James Pappas, the accused gunman in the shooting of former president George H.W. Bush’s cardiologist Mark Hausknecht, MD, shot himself in the head after being confronted by law enforcement officers who were attempting to arrest him in Houston. He was formally charged with the murder of Hausknecht on Thursday, August 2.

Participation in contrast reaction management simulations can help radiology residents provide better patient care, according to a new study published in Academic Radiology.

Current lung cancer screening guidelines, developed based on results from a 2011 study, may be inadequate for high-risk minorities and those in underrepresented communities, researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago reported in a JAMA Oncology study.

A New Jersey cardiologist specializing in electrophysiology was sentenced July 31 to 20 months in prison for billing the Veterans Affairs (VA) program hundreds of thousands of dollars for services he never performed.

Patients without electrocardiographic (ECG) evidence of left ventricular hypertrophy were significantly more likely to die in the two years after transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR), researchers reported July 30 in Clinical Cardiology.