Study finds high endocarditis mortality rates for those who inject drugs, but treatment dramatically improves survival

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain People who inject drugs are dying at an alarming rate from endocarditis, a serious but treatable heart-valve infection. But their odds of survival improve dramatically, even

Could EKGs help doctors use AI to detect pulmonary embolisms?

Pulmonary embolisms are dangerous, lung-clogging blot clots. In a pilot study, scientists at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai showed for the first time that artificial intelligence (AI)

Procedure targeting diseased heart muscle not effective in persistent atrial fibrillation patients, researchers find

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain In patients with persistent atrial fibrillation (AF), standard treatment with pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) ablation resulted in similar outcomes to more extensive ablation in other areas