The emerging advantages of positron-emission tomography (PET) myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) for coronary artery disease (CAD) diagnosis and assessment of cardiovascular event risk has prompted ...

Coronary artery disease is the leading cause of death globally. One of the most common tools used to diagnose and monitor heart disease, myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) by single photon emission ...

Why Oxygen Delivery Matters in Repeat Heart SurgeriesHeart surgery is always a high-stakes endeavor, but when patients ...

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has conditionally approved TransMedics Group’s investigational device exemption (IDE) to commence the next-generation OCS ENHANCE Heart study. Part A of the ...

In places like Australia, where metropolitan areas are separated by an entire continent, donor hearts used to go unused simply because transplant teams couldn't get the organ to a recipient in time.

Using an organ from a donor who underwent cardiac death, Stanford Medicine surgeons transplanted a heart while it was beating—the first time such a procedure has been achieved. Initially performed by ...

The preferred timing of treatment of nonculprit lesions in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) remains uncertain. A comparison of immediate percutaneous coronary ...

A new medical technology expected to be on the market in 2027 is poised to help patients in middle America have greater access to heart transplants. Xvivo Perfusion, a leader in organ transplant ...

In this Journal feature, information about a real patient is presented in stages (boldface type) to an expert clinician, who responds to the information by sharing relevant background and reasoning ...