Diagnostic and Interventional Cardiology

Philips to Expand Its Cardiac Diagnostics and Monitoring Portfolio With the Acquisition of Cardiologs

November 10, 2021 — Philips, a global leader in health technology, announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire ...

November 10, 2021

TCT 2021 Announces Late-Breaking Clinical Trials

Feature | TCT

Links to all the TCT 2021 Late-Breaking Clinical Trials

November 10, 2021 — There were nine late-breaking trials and 13 late-breaking science presentations at the 2021 ...

November 10, 2021

The Teleflex Manta large bore vascular closure device #TCT2021

News | Vascular Closure Devices

Plug-based Vascular Closure Following TAVR Offers Shorter Hemostasis Time Than Suture-based Devices

November 9, 2021 — Results from the largest randomized trial available comparing different closure device strategies ...

November 09, 2021

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Feature | Nuclear Imaging

Cardiac PET/CT — A New Standard for Cardiac Imaging

Cardiac PET/CT represents a major advancement in cardiovascular diagnostics, offering significant clinical and ...

November 12, 2025

Antiplatelet Plavix (Clopidogrel). OPT-PEACE trial found that nearly all patients receiving antiplatelet therapy developed evidence of abnormal gastrointestinal (GI) mucosal findings on capsule endoscopy. GettyImages

News | Antiplatelet and Anticoagulation Therapies

Most PCI Patients on Antiplatelet Therapy Developed Abnormal Gastrointestinal Findings

November 9, 2021 — Utilizing a magnetically-controlled capsule endoscopy system, the double-blind, randomized OPT-PEACE ...

November 09, 2021

An illustration of the Recor renal denervation ablation balloon at work in the renal artery.. Renal Denervation Recor RDN ablation balloon #TCT2021

News | Hypertension

Renal Denervation Combined With Medication Can Treat Resistant Hypertension

November 9, 2021 — Six-month outcomes from the randomized RADIANCE-HTN TRIO Trial comparing endovascular ultrasound ...

November 09, 2021

$Abbott's fractional flow reserve (FFR) system. #TCT #TCT21 #FAME3$

News | FFR Technologies

FAME 3 Study Finds FFR Guided PCI Did Not Perform as Well at One-year Compared to Bypass Surgery

November 9, 2021 — The primary results of the Fractional Flow Reserve Versus Angiography for Multivessel Evaluation ...

November 09, 2021

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Intuitive Imaging Workflow System Offers Improved Efficiency, Flexibility

SPONSORED CONTENT — Studycast is a comprehensive imaging workflow system that allows healthcare professionals to work ...

June 17, 2025

The Alvimedica Cre8 Evo Cre8 polymer-free amphilimus-eluting stent

News | Stents

Patients With Diabetes Undergoing PCI Have Less Target Lesion Failure With Amphilimus-eluting Stents

November 9, 2021 — Results from SUGAR trial, a randomized, controlled, multicenter trial conducted exclusively in ...

November 09, 2021

TAVR CT image reconstruction of an implanted Medtronic CoreValve. #TCT21 #TCT #TAVR #SURTAVI

News | Heart Valve Technology

Intermediate-risk Patients Have Similar Five-year Outcomes With Transcatheter or Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement

November 9, 2021 — New five-year data from the SURTAVI trial found that there was no difference in all-cause mortality ...

November 09, 2021

A PARTNER 3 trial economic analysis shows for low surgical risk patients, TAVR is cost-saving compared with SAVR. TAVR Sapien Valve visualized using a GE guidance software. #TCT2021

News | Structural Heart

TAVR Is Cost Effective Compared With Surgical Replacement for Low-risk Patients

November 9, 2021 — An economic analysis of data from PARTNER 3, a randomized trial comparing transcatheter aortic valve ...

November 09, 2021

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Feature | Information Technology

SPONSORED CONTENT: Unveiling the Future of Cardiovascular Workflow

Providing exceptional cardiovascular care for patients to achieve the best possible outcomes is the number one goal for ...

March 21, 2024

News | FFR Technologies

QFR Technology for Advanced Coronary Artery Disease Leads to Improved Outcomes

November 9, 2021 — Use of a novel technique called the quantitative flow ratio (QFR) to precisely identify and measure ...

November 09, 2021

The Cardiologs AI-enabled software being used to remotely monitor a cardiac patient. #Telecardiology, cardiac telehealth

News | Remote Monitoring

Philips Expand Cardiac Diagnostics and Monitoring Portfolio With Cardiologs Acquisition

November 20, 2021 – Philips announced it signed an agreement to acquire Cardiologs, a France-based medical technology ...

November 09, 2021

$Caption Health's AI automated ejection fraction software.$

News | Artificial Intelligence

Caption Health and Ultromics Partner to Wide Availability of AI-enabled Cardiac Ultrasound Tools

November 9, 2021 — Caption Health and Ultromics, developers of artificial intelligence (AI) to improve cardiac ...

November 09, 2021

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Cardiac positron emission tomography (PET) is growing in popularity among cardiologists because it provides the ability to diagnose cardiac disease with greater accuracy and precision

Feature | Cardiac Imaging

SPONSORED CONTENT: Finding the Right Solution

Cardiac positron emission tomography (PET) is growing in popularity among cardiologists because it provides the ability ...

March 05, 2024

SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) virus added to cells. Image from the Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland. Image of the COVID-19 Virus

News | Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Vascular Disease in COVID-19 is Not Caused by Viral Infection of Blood Vessels

November 9, 2021 — The COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) virus does not infect blood vessels, despite the high risk of blood clots ...

November 09, 2021

A new large-scale, real-world analysis of Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) outcomes data from of peripheral vascular interventions guided by intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) showed a 32% reduction in major adverse limb events, such as amputations, during lower extremity arterial intervention.

News | Intra-Vascular Ultrasound (IVUS)

IVUS Improved Outcomes in Largest Real-world Analysis of Lower Extremity Peripheral Vascular Interventions

November 9 2021 — A new large-scale, real-world analysis of Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) outcomes ...

November 09, 2021

The two FDA-cleared transcatheter LAA occlusion devices on the U.S. market were compared in the SWISS-APERO and SEAL FLX trials presented at TCT 2021. Left is the Abbott Amulet device, right is the newest generation Watchman FLX device.

News | Left Atrial Appendage (LAA) Occluders

First Comparison of Amulet and Watchman FLX LAA Closure Devices Found Similar Outcomes

November 8, 2021 – SWISS-APERO is the first randomized clinical trial comparing the Abbott Amulet left atrial appendage ...

November 08, 2021