Mitral valve operations are the fastest-growing type of heart procedure, according to an analysis of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons’ Adult Cardiac Surgery database—but researchers believe interventions at earlier stages could further improve outcomes.

The implementation of e-counseling, in addition to traditional medical therapy, improved systolic blood pressure, pulse pressure, and cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk reduction in the REACH (Reducing Risk with E-based support for Adherence to Lifestyle Change in Hypertension) trial.

An Australian hospital’s radiology department recently failed its college training accreditation after a 25-year-long run with an “A” rating, ABC News reported this week.

As the older members of Generation Z, now in their late teens and 20s, are starting to filter into universities, grad schools and medical programs across the country, the demographic is bringing an entirely new set of assets and challenges with it, according to an editorial published in the Journal of the American College Radiology this week.

Former President George H.W. Bush’s cardiologist was killed on July 20 in an apparent bicycle drive-by shooting near the Texas Medical Center (TMC) in Houston.

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has recently started using new Analogic 3D CT machines in a handful of U.S. airports to scan carry-on bags and spot explosives, according to a report published July 23 by CBS.

Less than half—only 43 percent—of physicians say at least some of their pay comes from value-based care, according to a new survey from national physician search firm The Medicus Firm.

The National Institutes of Health (NIH)'s Clinical Center made a dataset of more than 32,000 annotated lesions identified on CT images representing 4,400 patients available to the public, according to a July 20 release.

Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) patients who discharge against medical advice (DAMA) are twice as likely to be readmitted to the hospital, according to a new study published in JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions.