Patient lifestyles represent a significant challenge when treating and managing heart patients, according to a survey of more than 400 cardiologists. 

DxEx, as the agency calls it for short, ensures that imaging and other tests are ordered, interpreted, communicated and acted upon appropriately. 

The University of Toronto has standardized processes related to multidisciplinary conferences, hoping to provide relief for participating abdominal specialists. 

The 59-year-old cardiologist was known for both his clinical knowledge and his warm personality. He practiced with the same city hospital for nearly three decades. 

Kees Wesdorp, PhD, will be based in the Netherlands, collecting an annual base salary of $705,000 and an incentive bonus equal to that amount. 

About 69% of radiologists surveyed in 2023 said their organization is understaffed, up from 67% the previous year, the two associations reported. 

The publicly traded, Los Angeles-based company is convening an all-day event in Maryland, where it operates nearly 60 outpatient imaging centers. 

Maros Ferencik, MD, noted that the Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography represents specialists from many different specialties, including cardiology, radiology and beyond.