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.

United Imaging booth at RSNA. The Chinese company has established a U.S. factor so may be insulated from tariffs against Chinese products. Photo by Dave Fornell

Chinese radiology vendors dodge high tariffs with US-based factories

United Imaging and other manufacturers that have established American factories may remain insulated from the trade war.

Newsweek ranked the 50 best heart hospitals in the world

Proactive CAD strategies fueled by calcium scores lead to benefits for intermediate-risk patients

Up to 50% of all patients face an intermediate risk of developing CAD, and the optimal treatment strategy for that population remains unclear. For this study, researchers explored data from more than 400 intermediate-risk patients with a family history of premature CAD.

Society of Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI) President James B. Hermiller, Jr., MD, director of the transcatheter structural heart program at Ascension St. Vincent Heart Center in Indianapolis, explains SCAI's push for wider adoption of new, innovative cath lab radiation protection technology to reduce radiation exposure and the need for lead aprons that cause orthopedic injury.

SCAI pushes for better radiation protection in cath labs

Society of Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions President James Hermiller, Jr., MD, explains SCAI's push for wider adoption of new, innovative cath lab radiation protection technology to reduce radiation exposure and the need for lead aprons.

Deepak L. Bhatt, MD, MPH, MBA, Director of Mount Sinai Fuster Heart Hospital and the Dr. Valentin Fuster Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, explains what he sees as the top recent trials impacting acute coronary syndrome care (ACS).

Tracking major trends and clinical research in acute coronary syndrome care

Deepak Bhatt, MD, detailed several recent clinical trials that could reshape the way clinicians manage acute coronary syndrome (ACS) patients.

Medtronic Evolut FX TAVR valve

Oversizing reduces PVL when implanting Medtronic’s newer self-expanding TAVR valves

Paravalvular leak has been shown to impact patient outcomes after TAVR. Higher degrees of valve oversizing, however, can reduce the risk of post-treatment PVL without increasing the odds of adverse outcomes.

AI in nursing

Proposed HHS budget would close NINR, cut nursing programs

The American Nurses Association is warning that eliminating support for the training and research offered by the National Institute of Nursing Research could be devastating to the public, as many programs support specialties such as maternal and mental health. 

Gudrun Feuchtner, MD, MBA, HCM, assistant professor, cardiovascular imaging, Medical University Innsbruck, Department Radiology, explains how artificial intelligence-based quantitative computed tomography (AI QCT) coronary plaque features are better able to predict risk in women, according the the results of the late-breaking CONFIRM2 study at ACC 2025.

AI-based coronary plaque evaluations highlight elevated heart risks in women

“This is the perfect technique to identify high-risk patients who would benefit from intensive therapies,” imaging specialist Gudrun Feuchtner, MD, told Cardiovascular Business.

cardiologist viewing heart data

Death after 1 year more common for real-world low-risk TAVR patients than those treated in clinical trials

Real-world patients were still associated with "excellent" outcomes, but it is important for cardiologists and patients alike to know as much as possible about the odds of survival following treatment.