Artificial Intelligence
February 12, 2026
Google’s AMIE Shows Promise for Cardiology Care February 12, 2026
AI scribes and LLMs’ potential impact on cardiology just became a lot clearer after a Stanford RCT published in Nature Medicine demonstrated that Google’s AMIE system helped general cardiologists better diagnose and plan treatment for rare heart conditions. Researchers enrolled nine general cardiologists to evaluate 107 patients with suspected genetic cardiovascular disease. Each case was […]
Cardiology Pharmaceuticals
February 9, 2026
Statin Side Effects Might Not be So Bad February 9, 2026
New research in The Lancet suggests that statin underutilization might stem from unfounded safety fears rather than actual risk, after researchers found that 62 out of 66 the drugs’ package-listed adverse effects lack reliable evidence. In an attempt to clear statins’ name, researchers analyzed data from 19 large RCTs to distinguish real statin-associated risks from […]
Cardiology Business
February 5, 2026
Medtronic Acquires CathWorks, Expands Cath Lab Presence February 5, 2026
Using AI algorithms to diagnose and assess coronary artery disease for intervention is about to become more mainstream after medtech giant, Medtronic, agreed to exercise its acquisition rights on AI FFR specialist, CathWorks, for $585M up-front. Until now CathWorks’ FFRangio has only been available in the U.S., Europe, and Japan through Medtronic’s distribution network, but […]
