Cardiology Business
December 18, 2025
Philips Acquires SpectraWAVE, Making Azurion Even Better December 18, 2025
After taking a two and a half year break since its last acquisition, Philips acquired SpectraWAVE for its HyperVue and X1-FFR technologies in a bid to extend its intravascular imaging lead. At the center of this acquisition, Philips’ Azurion is an image-guided therapy platform that already serves 7.6M patients annually. It combines coronary imaging and […]
Population Health
December 14, 2025
Masters Athletes’ Hearts are Different, Especially When Imaged December 14, 2025
A recent JACC state-of-the-art review suggests that older athletes might face some unique cardiovascular changes, and although medical imaging can help identify their risk, the results need to be carefully interpreted. To better understand these patients, researchers looked at how physicians interpret multiple cardiac imaging modalities for masters athletes especially for changes in heart structure […]
Surgeries & Interventions
December 11, 2025
CAD and Treating it With PCI has No Impact on TAVR December 11, 2025
New post-hoc results from SCOPE I suggest that patients who have obstructive coronary artery disease as well as symptomatic severe aortic stenosis have similar outcomes to patients without CAD three years after TAVR. The study also suggests performing PCI in parallel to TAVR provides no benefit to these patients. But does the presence of CAD […]
