A nuclear stress test called PET MPI can help identify diabetic patients who are at greater risk for coronary artery disease and heart attack. / PET MPI uses radioisotopes and a special camera to show how well blood is flowing in the heart when it is under stress. / The results showed that an abnormal PET MPI was associated with increased risk of cardiac death in all important clinical subgroups of diabetic patients.
Machine learning (ML) does better than conventional risk models at predicting heart attacks and other cardiac events. / Researchers compared the ML approach to other vessel scoring systems in almost 6,900 patients. / The ML approach better discriminated which patients would go on to have a cardiac event from those who would not.
Real-world data from Advocate Health Care and Abbott shows prioritizing nutrition care for home health patients helped keep them out of the hospital / Improved health outcomes from nutrition intervention and educational support could help save millions of dollars in healthcare costs annually
Medtronic plc (NYSE:MDT) today issued the following statement regarding the final decision memo updating the TAVR National Coverage Determination (NCD) 20.32 announced by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Premature death is three times higher in people with epilepsy / Stigma is widespread / Treatment for epilepsy can be integrated into primary health services / 25% epilepsy cases can be prevented
