Cardiology Testing January 8, 2026
A new registry analysis out of Japan suggests we may be able to simplify how we classify heart failure frailty without losing accuracy, allowing us to screen for HF mortality risk in faster and more practical ways. To see how CFS stacks up against comprehensive physical testing, researchers categorized 3.9k patients hospitalized with HF into […]
Cardiology Pharmaceuticals January 5, 2026
After years of dedicated research and careful science, Cytokinetics’ aficamten (Myqorzo) is officially FDA approved for obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, marking the company’s first-ever regulatory approval and ending BMS mavacamten’s reign as the only oHCM treatment. The FDA’s decision stemmed from the SEQUOIA-HCM trial, which demonstrated aficamten’s efficacy over 24 weeks in symptomatic obstructive HCM patients […]
Cardiology Business 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 […]