Vascular surgeons perform procedures interventional cardiologists and interventional radiologists do not do—so why not make sure they are part of every heart team conversation?
The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) has tested nearly 40 APMs, of which only two turned out to be successful, which does not bode well for meeting a 2030 deadline to transition to value-based payments.
Afnan Tariq, MD, discusses early data on a passive, device-agnostic AI platform for heart failure monitoring. “When clinicians are empowered with insights and able to act earlier, you're able to have a durable impact," he said.
Cardiac sonographer Maddie Jankowski, BS, ACS, RDCS, joined us to explore key trends and updates for sonographers from ASE 2023 in National Harbor, Maryland.
The American Society of Echocardiography recognized the lack of training and standardization for point-of-care ultrasound users and decided to do something about it.
Advanced cardiac imager Roosha Parikh, MD, explained that cardiac amyloidosis is regularly misdiagnosed. It can often be identified in echocardiography results, however, if physicians know how to identify it.
American Society of Echocardiography President Stephen Little, MD, says several trends and technologies are coming together at once, leading to renewed interest in echo.
Roberto Lang, MD, has been closely involved with the development of AI technology that helps inexperienced ultrasound users perform high-quality echo exams. "It is an unbelievable thing when you see it working," he said.
