Cardiac visualization and analysis software provider Epsilon Imaging announced the results of four studies presented at the ACC 2015 that demonstrated improved quality in assessment of heart function with EchoInsight visualization and analysis. These studies included:

A new expert consensus paper released by a coalition of cardiovascular organizations provides guidance on transcatheter pulmonic valve replacement (tPVR) for children and adults who were previously treated for congenital heart disease (CHD). The paper was jointly issued by the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI), American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS), American College of Cardiology (ACC) and The Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS).

Mount Sinai experts were the first in the eastern United States on March 23 to implant the Watchman device, a newly U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved device that prevents stroke in patients with arrhythmia.

Patients who experience the deadliest form of heart attack — ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) — and suffer from substantial narrowing in multiple heart arteries may benefit from receiving angioplasty in constricted arteries not affected by the heart attack, thereby reducing the need for future angioplasty, according to research presented at the 2015 American College of Cardiology (ACC) Annual Scientific Session.