The 57-year-old father of two is still in good health decades after receiving a new heart. 

In the absence of federal laws to address violence against healthcare workers, most state legislatures have taken up the cause on their own.

The Department of Justice spent a substantial amount of time and energy targeting healthcare fraud in 2023, according to a new 80-page report. Some of the year's biggest settlements involved cardiac surgery and cardiac imaging. 

A clinician trained to manage reactions should be on-site at any imaging facilities doing contrast studies to maintain patient safety.

CT calcium scoring provides valuable evaluations of intermediate-risk patients in addition to making good business sense for hospitals. Nauman Mushtaq, MD, an interventional cardiologist with Northwestern, shared his own experience with this technology. 

The procedure, performed on Feb. 14, was part of an early feasibility trial developed with help from the FDA.

Over the course of a decade, the number of CT exams leapt 353% by 2022, while MRI climbed nearly 283%, researchers detailed Wednesday. 

Buzzworthy developments of the past few days.