Using a standardized approach, including the cusp overlap technique, is associated with improved patient outcomes when implanting Medtronic's self-expanding TAVR valves. Researchers tracked data from more than 600 patients treated all over the world, presenting their findings in JSCAI.

A series of lawsuits has been filed against Plenary Health Care Partnerships, the consortium hired by the Ontario government to build Humber River Health’s new Toronto hospital, alleging floors are deteriorating and the water system was faulty.

The acquisition would allow Ascension—a nonprofit health system—to expand its outpatient surgery network, as Amsurg operates 250 centers nationwide. Sources said a final deal could be mere weeks away. 

The approval will make around 1 million more patients eligible to receive the specialized contrast, which enhances the evaluation of lung ventilation. 

Newsweek and Statista have crunched the data and ranked the top U.S. hospitals for cardiac care. Did your facility make the cut? 

Gretchen Green, MD, who attended space camp for the first time in 1986, described her time onboard the rocket as “unparalleled and amazing.” 

Rishi Wadhera, MD, detailed new data that show how socioeconomic factors are driving cardiovascular death rates, especially in younger adults.

Oklahoma Gov. J. Kevin Stitt first issued the decision May 5, contending the measure would impose “costly insurance mandates on private health plans” that would raise premiums.