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    Section snippetsKey points•Secondary mitral regurgitation (SMR) still remains a challenging disease and requires a multiparametric approach in imaging and diagnostic tools and a multidisciplinary heart team to individualize the treatment strategy for each patient.•Guideline-directed medical therapy remains the cornerstone of all treatment approaches of SMR.•Transcatheter edge-to-edge repair…

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    Echo Northwestern is in its 44th year and is the longest running echo course in the United States! We are excited to bring the conference back live and in person! The course faculty consists of renowned physicians and sonographers from Northwestern and from around the United States. This course will provide physicians and sonographers at all levels with the knowledge and insight into the…

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    The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) developed a new specialty code (C3) for interventional cardiology to reflect its distinction from other specialties. The ACC supported a request from the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions to obtain the new designation, which allows CMS to distinguish an interventional cardiologist from a clinical cardiologist…

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    • @OKhaliqueMD I fully agree. Along with this, should CMS update and recognize advanced cardiovascular imaging as it’s own speciality, distinct from clinical cardiology? This is what SCAI did in 2014 and I’m sure it helped with reimbursement. https://t.co/II6BweybKu