No medications are currently approved for the treatment of nonobstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Could a new drug from Imbria Pharmaceuticals be the first?
Imagers can now identify vulnerable plaques that were once very challenging to find. The next steps include improving the screening process and determining which lesions need to be treated right away.
TAVR may get more attention, but the Ross procedure has also gained significant momentum in recent years. Ismail El-Hamamsy, MD, PhD, detailed his own team's success with the complex procedure.
Mary E. Brunkow, PhD; Fred Ramsdell, PhD; and Shimon Sakaguchi, PhD, MD, will share the 2025 prize for research that has led to new treatments for autoimmune disease and cancer.
Two separate groups have published new research comparing early AVR with clinical surveillance for the treatment of asymptomatic severe aortic stenosis. Overall, the two groups found, early treatment was associated with multiple benefits—and no added risk of harm.
Researchers involved in its development are hopeful that the scanner could eventually lead to improved outcomes in cancer patients who require surgery to remove malignant tissue.
The Learning-based Inference of Longitudinal imAge Changes, or LILAC, system harnesses machine learning to review medical images that have been collected over a prolonged period.
These animals are virtually indestructible and have long outlived the dinosaurs due to their ability to withstand extreme cold, heat, natural disasters and even cosmic radiation.
The algorithm has an edge over standard black box-style artificial intelligence applications because providers are able to see how it reaches conclusions.
It can be difficult to deliver targeted therapy to the brain due to its protective barrier, which only allows certain nutrients and oxygen to pass through.
