Professional Associations

This page includes news coverage of medical associations and medical societies. Use these links to find focused news coverage from specific organizations: Cardiology Associations, Healthcare Associations, Radiology Associations.

Heart Rhythm Society legislative advocacy group raising funds for electrophysiology
This week, Heart Rhythm Advocates announced its establishment and called on cardiologists and EPs to support its efforts with membership and joining committees to guide efforts.
Key takeaways from ACC.25: Advances in cardiovascular science
Former American College of Cardiology president Hadley Wilson, MD, executive vice chair of Atrium Health Sanger Heart and Vascular Institute, explains his main takeaway messages from the ACC 2025 late-breaking trials.
New TAVR research explores adverse outcomes, disease progression in patients with asymptomatic severe AS
Two separate studies at ACC.25 explored data from the EARLY TAVR trial. One analysis included stroke findings that surprised researchers.
Dapagliflozin improves outcomes for elderly TAVR patients with heart failure
The positive data were presented as part of a late-breaking clinical trial at ACC.25 in Chicago. One cardiologist on stage for the presentation said these findings will impact the way he manages certain TAVR patients.
American Heart Association program leads to substantial improvements in stroke care
Cardiologist Gregg Fonarow, MD, reviewed decades of data and discussed the long-term impact of the AHA's Get With The Guidelines-Stroke program.

How to discuss routine X-ray shielding with patients: 2 views

A pair of Houston-based imaging providers shared their experience and best practices for managing one of the field's most controversial questions in JACR.

Interventional cardiologists back prior authorization bill, call current policies ‘costly' and ‘time consuming’

The Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions is the latest industry organization to show its support of the new legislation.

Health giant says the time for CDs is gone—$1M in savings underscores why

Burning studies and reports onto physical discs cost Yale New Haven Health nearly $550,000 in 2019 alone, one expert explained during the SIIM Annual Meeting.

‘Must be a more efficient way’: AI slashes turnaround times for radiology patient experience surveys

A data scientist at one Phoenix-area provider never anticipated he would enhance the customer experience after covering for a colleague vacationing in Thailand, he said at SIIM's Annual Meeting

Abbott’s TriClip a safe, effective treatment option for severe tricuspid regurgitation

According to the real-world analysis, treatment with TriClip was associated with no major adverse events and a procedural success rate of 100%.

Delaying rule to fast-track breakthrough devices only ‘kicks the can down the road,' imaging advocate says

CMS recently postponed the go-live date of the Medicare Coverage Innovative Technology rule for the second time.

Elective revascularization with PCI or CABG provides long-term cardiovascular benefits, new meta-analysis confirms

Researchers evaluated data from 25 different randomized clinical trials, sharing their findings virtually at EuroPCR 2021.

A milestone for Medtronic: Low-risk TAVR patients treated with Evolut ‘doing exceptionally well’ after 2 years

The two-year rates of all-cause mortality or disabling stroke were 4.3% for TAVR patients and 6.3% for SAVR patients.

Professional Associations

Heart Rhythm Society legislative advocacy group raising funds for electrophysiology

Key takeaways from ACC.25: Advances in cardiovascular science

New TAVR research explores adverse outcomes, disease progression in patients with asymptomatic severe AS

Dapagliflozin improves outcomes for elderly TAVR patients with heart failure

American Heart Association program leads to substantial improvements in stroke care