October 18, 2017 — Results from the pivotal Phase 3 COMPASS study found that the Xarelto vascular dose plus aspirin 100 ...

The American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association recently released updated clinical performance and quality measures to benchmark and improve the quality of care for adult patients hospitalized with ST-elevation and non–ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI and NSTEMI, respectively).

The American College of Cardiology (ACC), along with several partnering societies, recently released appropriate use criteria addressing the evaluation and use of multimodality imaging in the diagnosis and management of valvular heart disease.

October 16, 2017 — Medtronic announced the launch of the Concerto 3-D Detachable Coil System at the Cardiovascular and ...

The American Society of Nuclear Cardiology (ASNC) and the American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) jointly announced a partnership to develop an ASE Echocardiography Module to expand ASNC’s ImageGuide Registry. The Echo Module, ImageGuideEcho, will continue the registry’s mission to harness the power of patient data to accelerate research and technology development for improved patient outcomes in the field of cardiovascular imaging.

According to a recent survey, participation in bundled payments has improved the quality of care, and anticipation and preparation for new programs remains high. The survey — conducted by Archway Health, a Boston-based firm specializing in managing bundled payments programs — assessed the perceptions and efficacy of bundled payments ahead of the expected announcement of a new bundled payments program from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).

An analysis of more than 1,000 minimally invasive aortic valve replacements and more than 400 additional associated procedures over a five-and-a-half year period showed low stroke rates and high survival rates in all age groups within 30 days of surgery. All procedures were performed by Joseph Lamelas, M.D., professor and associate chief of cardiac surgery in the division of cardiothoracic surgery at Baylor College of Medicine. His report appears in the Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery.