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GE Healthcare Launches New Cardiac PET tracer

DAIC

In 2024, the FDA approved Flyrcado for patients with known or suspected coronary artery disease (CAD), delivering higher diagnostic efficacy compared to single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) i myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI), the predominant procedure used in nuclear cardiology today. 2023 Oct, 82 (16) 15981610.

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HeartFlow Announces New Reimbursement Code and Increased Payment for FFRCT

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The new code, designated by The American Medical Association ( AMA ), supports FFRCT as the standard of care in assessing patients with suspected coronary artery disease ( CAD ). The new code can be used for hospital outpatient, physician offices, or imaging centers.

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Siemens Healthineers Announces FDA Clearance of Somatom Pro.Pulse Dual-Source CT Scanner

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milla1cf Tue, 12/19/2023 - 17:05 December 19, 2023 — Siemens Healthineers announced the Food and Drug Administration ( FDA ) clearance of the Somatom Pro.Pulse, a dual-source computed tomography scanner designed to be more affordable for a wide range of healthcare facilities, including outpatient diagnostic centers.

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Innovative Data Featuring Nanox AI Cardiac Solution Showcased at SCCT 2024

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algorithm is useful in the process of identifying patients with undiagnosed Coronary Artery Disease (CAD) and that AI integrated into the EMR can positively impact population health goals. 84 clinically relevant patients were classified as having high CAC levels and invited to a dedicated outpatient preventive cardiology clinic.

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Comorbidities prior to out-of-hospital cardiac arrest and diagnoses at discharge among survivors

Open Heart

Previously, 80% of sudden cardiac arrest have been attributed to coronary artery disease. Among hospitalised patients, 30% were diagnosed with AMI, 27% with hypertension, 20% with ischaemic heart disease and 18% with heart failure as discharge diagnoses.

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CMR is vital in the management of cardiology inpatients: a tertiary centre experience

The British Journal of Cardiology

The most prevalent diagnosis post-CMR in our cohort was ischaemic heart disease, including ischaemic cardiomyopathy and coronary artery disease. In conclusion, CMR is vital for the management of cardiology inpatients, having an impact that is at least as significant as in the management of outpatients.

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Physician Variation and the Impact of Payment Model in Cardiac Imaging

Journal of the American Heart Association

ConclusionsWe identified substantial variation in the use of outpatient cardiac imaging related to physician and site factors. Generalized linear mixed‐effects models estimated the association of payment model (including the ability to bill to interpret imaging tests) and the use of cardiac imaging and quantified variation in cardiac imaging.