Leadership. Healthcare CEO turnover surged in the final months of 2022, indicating that the disruptive labor challenges that have defined this year may not be over.

Industry insights: 4 healthcare executives discuss the biggest challenges in cardiology today

We spoke to executives from some of healthcare's most prominent vendors to find out what challenges are on their radar in 2022 and beyond. 

October 4, 2022
Example of QFR technology, which uses a rotation of the C-arm around the patient to create a 3D model and a color coded map showing the FFR values and drops in blood flow.

FFR-angiography guided lesion selection for PCI improves two-year outcomes in TCT late-breaker

Two-year outcomes of a QFR-guided vessel and lesion selection strategy showed that the benefits of QFR guidance continued to accrue over time compared with standard angiography guidance in patients undergoing PCI.

September 27, 2022
AMA analysis of Medicare Trustee data shows Medicare updates compared to inflation 2001-2021.

More than 100 medical societies push Congress to end destructive cycle of annual Medicare cuts

More than 120 medical societies have joined the AMA in a letter urging congressional leaders to enact long-term solutions to the systemic problems in the Medicare physician payment system and to address cuts that are going into effect in 2023.

September 26, 2022
Medicare money payment physician. The CardioVascular Coalition and Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions have both issued new statements highlighting their issues with the 2024 MPFS proposed rule. 

The fight continues: Cardiologists turn up heat on Congress to stop Medicare payment cuts

Dozens of medical societies have signed a new letter urging Congress to stop upcoming Medicare payment cuts. “The Medicare payment system remains on an unsustainable path threatening beneficiaries’ access to physicians," they wrote. 

September 23, 2022
TCT 2022 Robert Califf FDA Commissioner. Robert Califf, MD, the 25th commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), delivered the keynote address in front of a packed room of cardiologists, surgeons and medical device manufacturers. A cardiologist himself—and an adjunct professor of cardiology at the Duke University School of Medicine. He spoke on innovation in cardiology and the need to stop misinformation..

FDA Commissioner Robert Califf delivers fiery speech on innovation, healthcare disparities and misinformation at TCT 2022

“The United States is essentially inventing the technology and then the rest of the world is figuring out how to use it better,” he said.

September 18, 2022
The Medtronic CoreValve Evolut and the Edwards Lifesciences Sapien 3 TAVR valves.

TAVR's success has changed how cardiologists and surgeons view aortic valve replacement

The standard-of-care thinking on TAVR has shifted from getting a valve implanted and managing immediate complications to looking decades down the road and considering the patient's long-term health. 

August 31, 2022
ESC Congress 2022 European Society of Cardiology. 6 key sessions from ESC Congress 2022: TAVR mortality, AI vs. sonographers, radial vs. femoral access and more

6 key sessions from ESC Congress 2022: TAVR mortality, AI vs. sonographers, radial vs. femoral access and more

ESC Congress 2022, the annual meeting of the European Society of Cardiology, was jam-packed with eye-opening new research from many of the leading voices in cardiovascular and vascular medicine. These six sessions were just some of the weekend's many highlights. 

August 29, 2022
Even patients who were never hospitalized for COVID-19 face a heightened risk of cardiovascular issues. #longcovid

Myocarditis risk higher after COVID-19 infection than after vaccination, new study of 43 million patients confirms

The new analysis, published in Circulation, confirmed that vaccine-related myocarditis is incredibly rare.

August 24, 2022

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The agency is urging healthcare providers to transition away from these devices and seek out alternatives. It is even working with other manufacturers to try and get similar products on the market as quickly as possible. 

Jeffrey Kuvin, MD, one of the leading voices behind efforts to create a new Board of Cardiovascular Medicine, spoke with Cardiovascular Business about where things stand today.

Half a year after President Biden officially directed federal agencies in the executive branch’s bailiwick to “seize the promise and manage the risks” of AI, the White House has posted a status report.

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