The company's new AI offering, a product of its 2023 acquisition of Caption Health, will make its debut at ACC.24 in Atlanta.

SCAI and four other major healthcare organizations signed a joint letter in support of intravascular ultrasound. 

Leaders from the American Heart Association, American College of Cardiology, Heart Failure Society of America, Heart Rhythm Society and Society for Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions have shared their vision for a new, independent Board of Cardiovascular Medicine.

"I wasn’t expecting these results among women in this lower age group, because we usually see increased risk for heart disease among older women," one cardiologist said. "It was definitely surprising.”

The long-term impact of moderate PPM remains unclear. To learn more, researchers explored dozens of different studies from over the years, sharing their work in the Journal of the American Heart Association.

Research published in 2018 caused many in the cardiology community to shy away from using these devices, and the FDA even issued warnings about their safety. However, new data suggest paclitaxel-coated balloons and stents are safe. 

Hoping to gain a better understanding of how TAVR may impact a patient’s long-term cardiovascular health, researchers explored data from more than 200,000 patients and shared their findings in JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions.

"I see, at least for the next decade, this being a SPECT and PET world, not one or the other," explained Tim Bateman, MD.