ASE says new data may be a “wake-up call” to recognize the value of echocardiography.  

During intravenous microbubble infusion, high mechanical index (HMI) impulses from a diagnostic ultrasound transducer helped prevent microvascular obstruction and improved functional outcomes at one-month follow-up in patients with STEMI who underwent PCI.

A study of hemodynamic data from HeartFlow, Inc. may help predict which coronary plaques have the potential to rupture. Analyzing HeartFlow technology, the study was designed to predict the risk of developing acute coronary syndrome (ACS), a condition associated with sudden, reduced blood flow to the heart.

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) released a draft research plan on screening for cardiovascular disease risk and atrial fibrillation with electrocardiography. The plan is open for public comment until June 1 at 8:00 p.m. EST. The USPSTF will read and evaluate the comments and use them to develop a systematic review of the evidence.

President Obama’s initiative on finding a cure for cancer is coming at the right time, according to a letter written by the directors of the National Institutes of Health and National Cancer Institute to be published in the New England Journal of Medicine.

Three studies suggest previously accepted research on BRCA's limited connection to prostate cancers was incorrect.

South Carolina has become the latest state to enact mandatory breast density reporting with the May 13 passage of the Density Reporting Bill.

An international team of researchers from Purdue University in Indiana and the Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics in Shanghai, China, have developed a highly sensitive imaging probe capable of more accurately assessing impending risks to patients resulting from arterial plaques.