The updated reader is 60% smaller and offers built-in WiFi connectivity. It works with an implantable sensor to monitor a patient's PA pressure. 

The annual meeting at the Los Angeles Convention Center just wrapped up. Here’s a small sample of some of the biggest announcements.

Patients electing to undergo a whole-body MRI at one Florida facility are now able to undergo a CCTA exam at the same time. All results are interpreted by a cardiologist, and the patient meets with a physician for a one-on-one consultation.  

The years-long scheme involved sending kickbacks to physicians who ordered unnecessary transcranial doppler exams. Two conspirators have now been sentenced to prison and ordered to pay substantial fines.

The recall has been designated as the most serious, Class I, but the issue can be remedied with a software update. The affected devices are Ivenix Large Volume Pumps manufactured by Fresenius Kabi.

Cardiovascular disease is already the No. 1 killer among women—and new projections from the American Heart Association suggest things are going to get much worse. There are certain things that clinicians and patients can do, however, to help reverse this trend and save countless lives.

A civil trial in Maine is underway, where a 71-year-old patient alleges that in 2019, her surgeon read the wrong X-ray, leading to a delayed second procedure that would have put her on the road to recovery. 

Both treatment options were found to be effective in a new meta-analysis of nearly 20,000 patients.  Surgery, however, had the most substantial long-term impact.