Work-related musculoskeletal disorders are a major safety concern in the field of echocardiography, impacting up to 90% of all cardiac sonographers.

Treating asymptomatic patients with TAVR may cost more at first, but it appears to be a wise financial decision as time goes on.

ACC created a Medicare payment calculator for practices to see the possible impacts on their 2027 payments.

Low-risk patients face comparable outcomes after TAVR and SAVR, researchers wrote, making it important to highlight even the smallest differences between these two approaches. 

The registry has collected more than 1.6 million patient records from more than 800 hospitals. "We can do even better," one cardiologist said. "We have to treat heart failure with everything we've got."

The push to move certain procedures to ambulatory surgical centers is one of the biggest business trends in electrophysiology. Medical societies are watching this space closely to ensure high quality remains the goal.

Authorities believe a 47-year-old Michigan man killed his wife and six children before taking his own life. "This is an unspeakable tragedy that we may never completely understand,” one official said. 

Cardiac imaging experts have been excited about this technology for quite some time. The belief is that it could help transform how clinicians evaluate cardiovascular risk.