Care Delivery

This channel includes news on cardiovascular care delivery, including how patients are diagnosed and treated, cardiac care guidelines, policies or legislation impacting patient care, device recalls that may impact patient care, and cardiology practice management.

World’s first telerobotic neurosurgery performed on stroke patient 120 miles away
Neurosurgeon Vitor Mendes Pereira, MD, was in Santiago, Panama, but his patient was in Panama City. "It is the highlight of my career to be involved in this historic achievement," Pereira said.
Cardiologists use endovascular device for brain aneurysms to treat high-risk heart patients
A multidisciplinary research team has found a new use for a reliable medical device. Multiple heart patients have already benefited for the group’s outside-the-box thinking.
When heart patients can’t wait: Urgent TAVR with self-expanding vs. balloon-expandable valves
The high-risk patients who require urgent or emergent TAVR are often excluded from major clinical trials. To learn more about this population, researchers explored data from nearly 600 patients treated at high-volume facilities.
More than 80% of clinicians have had to correct AI-supplied misinformation during patient visits: New patient + provider survey
Meanwhile members of Gen Z are twice as likely as other generations to get sneaky about their use of medical AI.
6 things Medicaid stakeholders can remind the world to always do with healthcare AI
U.S. healthcare will know it’s gotten AI right when the technology demonstrably improves care access, attentiveness and outcomes for the least financially healthy among us.

Aggressively treating blood pressure, cholesterol levels fails to improve cognitive function

Targeting key cardiovascular risk factors for two full years was not linked to a reduced risk of cognitive decline or dementia.

FTC homes in on healthcare

The federal regulatory agency that exists to protect consumers and promote competition across the economy is newly focused on patients and clinicians as well as taxpayers.

Cardiovascular Business announces its Forty Under 40 Class of 2026

The Cardiovascular Business Forty Under 40 Class of 2026 represents an accomplished group of clinicians, researchers, entrepreneurs and administrators who are redefining what cardiovascular leadership looks like under the age of 40.

FDA-approved surgical aortic valve implanted for first time in US

The next-generation valve from Corcym features a sutureless frame as well as laser-cut leaflets and thread holes.

Acute kidney injury after TAVR: Key risk factors every cardiologist should know

Multiple studies have linked acute kidney injury after TAVR to a heightened risk of short- and long-term mortality.

doctor with overweight patient who may be treated with TAVR or surgery

New obesity statistics highlight importance of preventive cardiology

Cardiovascular health is much worse in some parts of the United States than others. Cardiologists in those high-risk areas can make a world of difference by embracing preventive cardiology and working to treat patients before it is too late.

New dyslipidemia guideline puts add-on testing, early screening in the spotlight

The updated recommendations represent a collaboration between the American College of Cardiology, American Heart Association and several other U.S. healthcare organizations.

High costs may be keeping working-age heart patients from seeking care

When working-age adults develop cardiovascular disease, it often ends up eating up a significant amount of their income. Are insurance companies doing enough to help these patients?

Care Delivery

World’s first telerobotic neurosurgery performed on stroke patient 120 miles away

Cardiologists use endovascular device for brain aneurysms to treat high-risk heart patients

When heart patients can’t wait: Urgent TAVR with self-expanding vs. balloon-expandable valves

More than 80% of clinicians have had to correct AI-supplied misinformation during patient visits: New patient + provider survey

6 things Medicaid stakeholders can remind the world to always do with healthcare AI