Results from the MERCURY PE study showed that low-risk pulmonary embolism (PE) patients treated with Xarelto (rivaroxaban) and discharged early from the emergency department had significantly reduced time in the hospital and a median savings of $2,496 per patient. MERCURY PE results were published in Academic Emergency Medicine.

A recent study conducted with the Minneapolis Heart Institute found that Bay Labs’ EchoMD AutoEF deep learning software has less variability in evaluating left ventricular ejection fraction (EF) than the average variability of cardiologists reported in literature. Results of the study were presented at the 2018 American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) Annual Scientific Sessions, June 22-26 in Nashville.

Results from a 902-person, five-country survey of people living with atrial fibrillation (AF) reinforce the importance of patient-physician discussion around the reversal of blood thinning (anticoagulant) treatments in potential emergency situations.

Northwestern Medicine Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute in Illinois received a $25 million gift from the Bluhm Family Charitable Foundation, formed by Neil G. Bluhm, a prominent Chicago philanthropist and real estate developer. The gift will fund, in part, a first-of-its-kind center that utilizes artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning to advance the study and treatment of cardiovascular disease.Northwestern Medicine Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute in Illinois received a $25 million gift from the Bluhm Family Charitable Foundation, formed by Neil G. Bluhm, a prominent Chicago philanthropist and real estate developer. The gift will fund, in part, a first-of-its-kind center that utilizes artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning to advance the study and treatment of cardiovascular disease.