Self-expanding and balloon-expandable TAVR valves are associated with comparable success rates and one-year outcomes when treating type 1 bicuspid aortic stenosis. However, each valve type comes with its own advantages and disadvantages.

Medtronic has launched new research into AI's potential to identify patients with severe aortic stenosis and other worrying symptoms. The company hopes to overcome longstanding health disparities and reach individuals who may otherwise go untreated.

Black-box outputs aren’t just a problem with AI. They’re also a problem with physicians. 

The pace of AI adoption is quickening in the sector, which includes biopharmaceuticals, digital health, clinical diagnostics and medical devices.

Vessel harvesting devices from Getinge have been recalled due to pieces breaking off during medical procedures. In some cases, surgeons were unable to retrieve the broken pieces. 

Demand for inpatient and outpatient cardiology services is expected to increase significantly in the next decade, putting hospitals and health systems in a position where they need to plan ahead or risk falling behind. 

Working with Medicare Advantage insurance plans is like playing poker in the Wild West. And it’s gotten a lot harder to win since the cowboys started using AI. 

If you work with healthcare AI, you owe it to patients, families and communities to keep certain principles top of mind in everything you do.