Operators safely shaved a few minutes off heart attack reperfusion times by taking patients straight to culprit lesion percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) when they arrived at the catheterization ...

In 2018, Medicare established coverage and reimbursement for its first service using artificial intelligence (AI): computed tomography (CT) fractional flow reserve (FFRCT). FFRCT is used in ...

A routine strategy that assesses function of all epicardial vessels at the time of diagnostic angiography in patients with new-onset chest pain doesn’t cost any more than conventional diagnostic ...

Medtronic saw potential in CathWorks’ technology in 2018, becoming a minority investor with non-diluted funding before it was commercialized.

Every year, innovations in medical technology make it easier and more affordable for patients to access state-of-the-art health care. Procedures that once required months of waiting for hospital ...

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Late-breaking results presented today confirm that incorporating the HeartFlow ® FFRct Analysis into a coronary computed tomography angiogram (CTA)-led ...

Transradial access (TRA) results in a lower diagnostic success rate and longer procedural times compared with transfemoral access (TFA) in patients undergoing cerebral angiography, the randomized ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Adding fractional flow reserve assessment of all epicardial vessels at the time of diagnostic coronary ...

Long Beach, Calif. – May 2, 2024 – New insights from the AI-ENCODE study showed artificial intelligence (AI) successfully allowed the automated extraction of key functional and physiological data from ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . “The direct to angiography approach is known to hasten the time to procedure, but this approach's efficacy and ...

—Based on their findings, these investigators believe that the benefits of computed tomography pulmonary angiogram for detection of a suspected pulmonary embolism in hospitalized patients with chronic ...