As the population of patients with adult congenital heart disease grows, they are presenting to adult cardiology clinics and being imaged with CT. Many also do not have access or cannot be imaged by MRI, said Renee Bullock-Palmer, MD.

The statement was written to fill gaps in recommendations from prior consensus statements and guidelines in regards to the use of CCT in cardio-oncology, including use of calcium scoring and ruling out coronary disease when cardiac function is impaired.

New data on the Medtronic Intrepid transcatheter mitral valve replacement system from the Intrepid Pilot Study and Intermediate-Term Outcomes of the Intrepid Early Feasibility Study, were presented at the 2022 Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) conference.

Dozens of medical societies have signed a new letter urging Congress to stop upcoming Medicare payment cuts. “The Medicare payment system remains on an unsustainable path threatening beneficiaries’ access to physicians," they wrote. 

Shockwave announced at TCT 2022 that it hopes to enroll up to 400 patients for a new all-female clinical trial.

Pulmonary artery denervation may offer a new therapy option for this difficult-to-treat population.

Comparison between transcatheter edge-to-edge repair (TEER) devices found Pascal was non-inferior compared with MitraClip in the CLASP IID pivotal trial.

The UNIVERSAL Trial, one of the largest multicenter randomized trials comparing ultrasound with fluoroscopic guidance vs. fluoroscopic guidance alone, found there was no reduction in major vascular access complications.