“Many within the healthcare industry believe that cardiovascular care will be increasingly delivered in non-traditional ambulatory settings,” according to one author. “The cardiovascular care community must consider and prepare for this eventuality."

Michael Morris, MD, director of Cardiac MR and Cardiac CT at Banner Health and Wesley O'Neal, MD, director of cardiac CT and nuclear cardiology at Cone Health, discuss the results of SMART-CT Study.

The two anticoagulants are associated with similar mortality rates. However, a new meta-analysis in Circulation may have cardiologists favoring bivalirudin over heparin. 

What are the latest updates on treating tricuspid regurgitation? We spoke with a leading researcher at ESC Congress 2023 to find out. 

The investigation also used secure messaging, allowing clinicians to receive real-time alerts via their smartphones to notify them of a possible LVO minutes after the completion of a CT. 

Briya said its platform cuts through common challenges in the process, allowing organizations to generate “lucrative revenue streams." 

Do you know who owns your personal favorite doctor’s practice? Could it be a healthcare conglomerate? An insurance company? A private equity firm? Amazon?

While the numbers remain low, researchers believe they represent progress, especially when compared to other areas of medicine. 

Novo Nordisk is working with Valo Health to identify potential new treatments for cardiometabolic conditions. If it proves to be a fruitful collaboration, the initial payment of $60 million will be just the beginning. 

It’s easy to see the appeal of cross-market hospital mergers to the marrying partners. How these long-distance entwinements help patients is a separate question.