Diagnostic and Interventional Cardiology

Cydar EV Maps assists in the planning, real-time guidance, and post-procedure review of endovascular surgery. It brings cloud-based AI and computer vision to mobile surgery, enabling reductions in radiation exposure, fluoroscopy time, and procedure time.

News | Cath Lab Navigation Aids

Endovascular 3D Image Guidance Added to Philips Zenition Mobile C-arm

January 18, 2022 – Philips Healthcare announced physicians will now have access to advanced new 3D image guidance ...

January 18, 2022

Photo from the first procedure to transplant a porcine heart into a human Jan. 7, 2022, at the University of Maryland Medical Center. All photos from the University of Maryland Medical Center.

Blog | Heart Failure

Pig Hearts Might Save the Bacon of Many Heart Failure Patients

After 15 years of covering new cardiovascular technologies, it is not often that something comes across my email, or I ...

January 17, 2022

The Endologix PQ Bypass System is a percutaneous femoral-popliteal bypass system that enables a minimally invasive, catheter-based procedure to put a graft in a patient's femoral vein to bypass blockages in the SFA.

News | Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD)

First-of-its-Kind Outpatient Transcatheter Leg Artery Bypass Procedure Performed

January 17, 2022 – The Vascular Care Group (TVCG) announced Stephen J. Hoenig M.D., successfully completed a ...

January 17, 2022

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ASCEND provides the tools that not only address the unique needs of each cardiovascular subspecialty and to care for patients from infancy into their golden years, they also innovates next-generation solutions and services that empower the provider community to truly transform their cardiovascular services

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

The ASE released new guidelines for pre-procedural structural heart echo imaging assessments. This image showing the aortic and mitral valves in life-like TrueView rendering is from a Philips Epiq CV version 9.0 system.

News | Structural Heart

New ASE Guideline Outlines Acquisition of Essential Transesophaegal Echo Images in Structural Heart Prior to Intervention

January 17, 2022 – As the increasing number of structural heart interventions are assisted by real-time imaging guidance ...

January 17, 2022

The Affera Inc. Sphere-9 pulsed field (PF) energy radiofrequency ablation system. Medtronic purchased the company in January 2022.

News | EP Lab

Medtronic to Acquire Affera to Expand Cardiac Ablation Portfolio

January 14, 2022 — Medtronic has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Affera Inc., a Boston area-based ...

January 14, 2022

$A new treatment to achieve return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) in refractory cardiac arrest patients is the use of resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta (REBOA). The images show the balloon seen deployed on an angiogram and an illustration showing its placement in the aorta.$

Feature | Sudden Cardiac Arrest | By Adam Power, M.D.

Will Resuscitative Endovascular Balloon Occlusion of the Aorta Move the Needle on Out-of-hospital Cardiac Arrest Mortality?

Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) continues to be overwhelmingly fatal despite cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) ...

January 14, 2022

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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

Videos | Artificial Intelligence

VIDEO: Examples of Artificial Intelligence PE Response Team Apps

Here are two examples of artificial intelligence (AI) driven pulmonary embolism (PE) response team apps featured by ...

January 13, 2022

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BLOG: Combining Local Impedance with Contact Force to Perform RF Ablation

When performing radiofrequency (RF) ablation to treat cardiac arrhythmia, medical professionals must balance the safety ...

December 11, 2023

Videos | Heart Failure

VIDEO: Details on the First Pig Heart Transplant Surgery in a Human

The University of Maryland Medical Center (UMMC) announced the first successful transplant of a genetically modified pig ...

January 11, 2022

The first pig heart to be transplanted into a human is moved from a perfusion transport system to the patient during the groundbreaking procedure January 7, 2022. This is the first human to receive a pig heart transplant. #Pigheart

Feature | Heart Failure | By Dave Fornell, DAIC Editor

First Human Receives a Pig Heart Transplant

January 10, 2022 — The University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) and the University of Maryland Medical Center ...

January 10, 2022

News | Thrombectomy Devices

Akura Medical Closes $25 Million in A1 Financing to Develop New Thrombectomy System

January 10, 2022 – Akura Medical Inc., a Shifamed portfolio company, announced the closing of its $25 million Series A1 ...

January 10, 2022

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Case Study | Hemodynamic Monitoring Systems

TECH BRIEF — Integrated Hemodynamic Monitoring System Helps Improve Lab Performance, Efficiency

Change Healthcare Cardiology Hemodynamics is an integrated hemodynamic monitoring system for monitoring vital signs and ...

November 14, 2023

The CSI Wirion atherectomy embolic protection device is being recalled due to complaints of filter breakage during retrieval.

News | Atherectomy Devices

Cardiovascular Systems Inc Recalls Wirion Embolic Protection Device Due Filters Breaking During Retrieval

January 10, 2022 — Cardiovascular Systems Inc. (CSI) is recalling the Wirion atherectomy embolic protection device ...

January 10, 2022

Abbott plans to expand the monitoring capabilities of its FreeStyle Libre device to enable people to make healthier decisions. The platform uses a disk that is adhered to the skin and uses wireless communication with the patient's smartphone to transfer data into an app where they can monitor their glucose levels in real time without the need for finger prick blood tests. This wearable technology is now being expanded to other areas of biohealth monitoring.

News | Wearables

Abbott Announces Future of Biowearables at Consumer Electronics Show

January 7, 2022 — Abbott announced it is developing a new category of consumer biowearables called Lingo, which is being ...

January 07, 2022

Khaldoun Tarakji is moving from Cleveland Clinic to Medtronic.

News | EP Lab

Khaldoun Tarakji Joins Medtronic as Vice President and Chief Medical Officer of Cardiac Ablation Solutions

January 7, 2022 — Khaldoun Tarakji, M.D., M.P.H., associate section head of cardiac electrophysiology at the Heart ...

January 07, 2022