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.

Digisonics will exhibit its latest functionality for data-driven decisions at the American Society of Echocardiography 29th Annual Scientific Sessions, June 22-26 in Nashville, Tenn.

The American Society of Nuclear Cardiology (ASNC) has published an update to its 2010 guidelines for single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT), with a focus on advances in myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI). The 2018 guideline is designed to provide MPI guidelines for conventional and novel SPECT for all nuclear cardiology practitioners.