A research team from Imperial College London believes a new software could speed up the diagnosis and treatment of patients with faulty cardiac rhythm devices in an emergency setting. The software has been able to identify the make and model of different devices, such as pacemakers and defibrillators, within seconds.

Training interventional radiologists to perform endovascular thrombectomies results in positive outcomes for patients experiencing stroke, according to a study presented at the Society of Interventional Radiology Annual Scientific Meeting, March 23-28 in Austin, Texas.1 Expanding access to this treatment provides patients timely access to this gold-standard treatment.

March 27, 2019 — The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed to update its national coverage policy ...

Johns Hopkins Medicine now has access to the first Ultra-High Resolution computed tomography (UHR CT) system for research capabilities, delivering twice the resolution of today’s CT systems, thanks to the installation of the Aquilion Precision from Canon Medical Systems USA Inc. The system will be used to expand research capabilities in studies of liver disease and bone loss, as well as investigations in lung disease and coronary artery disease.

March 26, 2019 — A toilet seat-based cardiovascular monitoring system created by a team of Rochester Institute of ...