Diagnostic and Interventional Cardiology

The Philips Healthcare Stellarex drug-coated balloon (DCB). It is cleared for use in peripheral vessels and treatment of failing AV access.

Feature | Drug-Eluting Balloons | Dave Fornell, Editor

Recent Developments in Drug-Coated Balloons

Drug-coated balloons (DCB), also referred to as drug-eluting balloons (DEB), were created as a way to reduce very high ...

August 06, 2020

The Conformal Medical CLAAS device, a next-generation transcatheter left atrial appendage (LAA) closure occluder for patients with atrial fibrillation (AF). LAA occlusion allows AFib patients to go off of life-long anticoagulation therapy. #LAA #LAAC

News | Left Atrial Appendage (LAA) Occluders

Conformal Medical Secures $85 Million in Funding for Left Atrial Appendage Occluder Trial

August 6, 2020 – Conformal Medical Inc. announced it secured $85 million in Series C financing to support the company’s ...

August 06, 2020

CardioMech's transcatheter chordae tendineae repair system uses a catheter to attach an anchor on the mitral valve leaflet and then attaches it via a cord to the apex of the heart.

News | Heart Valve Technology

Transcatheter Mitral Valve Repair Startup CardioMech Raised $18.5 Million

August 5, 2020 – Minneapolis-based CardioMech AS, a medical device company developing a transfemoral, transseptally ...

August 05, 2020

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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 | Remote Monitoring

Wearable Sensors and AI App Used to Remotely Monitor Heart Failure Patients in NorthShore Health System

August 5, 2020 – NorthShore University HealthSystem , Carnegie Mellon University and physIQ are collaborating on a multi ...

August 05, 2020

Abiomed Impella is now authorized to treat critical ICU COVID-19 patients on ECMO who develop pulmonary edema or need cardiac decompensation from myocarditis. #COVID19 #SARScov2 #Impella

Feature | Coronavirus (COVID-19) | Dave Fornell, Editor

FDA Allows Emergency Use of Impella for COVID-19 Patients on ECMO

August 5, 2020 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued an emergency use authorization (EUA) this week for ...

August 05, 2020

TomTec offers innovations in cardiac ultrasound, including AI and auto quanitification of echo images.

News | Cardiovascular Ultrasound

TomTec Releases New Echocardiography Technologies With AI and Auto Quantification

August 4, 2020 — Imaging software company TomTec has released its new TomTec-Arena 2020 product, which offers new ...

August 04, 2020

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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

The TactiFlex PAF investigational device exemption (IDE) study will evaluate he investigational TactiFlex Ablation Catheter, Sensor Enabled (SE) to treat people suffering from paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (PAF).

News | Atrial Fibrillation

Study Evaluates Location Sensor Technology to Improve AFib Ablation Guidance

August 4, 2020 — Abbott announced the first enrollments in the TactiFlex PAF investigational device exemption (IDE) ...

August 04, 2020

Examples of allogeneic cardiac cells (also called cardiosphere-derived cells or CDCs).

News | Heart Failure

Three Years After Stem Cell Trial for Heart Failure was Abandoned New Evidence Shows it Works

August 4, 2020 - More than three years after a clinical trial was prematurely ended for failing to show progress in ...

August 04, 2020

News | Cardiogenic Shock

Large Study in Japan Finds High Survival Rates With Impella Heart Pump

August 3, 2020 — A three-year, investigator-led, prospective study of Japanese patients who received an Impella heart ...

August 03, 2020

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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

Two of the top pieces of content in July included the FDA clearance for the new Watchman FLX left atrial appendage occluder (left), which includes a video interview with one of the trial investigators. COVID-19 content remained among the top content in July, and one story explained the odd pattern of cardiac cell death in COVID-19 patient autopsies.

Feature | Dave Fornell, Editor

August 3, 2020 — Here is the list of the most popular content on the Diagnostic and Interventional Cardiology (DAIC) ...

August 03, 2020

Videos | TCT

VIDEO: What to Expect at the Virtual TCT 2020 Meeting

With COVID-19 forcing all medical conferences to go virtual in 2020, Juan F. Granada, M.D., CEO of the Cardiovascular ...

August 01, 2020

An example of perivascular fat attenuation index (FAI) imaging inside the coronary vascular wall to show areas of inflammation. #SCCT2020

Feature | CT Angiography (CTA) | Dave Fornell, Editor

Low-attenuation Coronary Plaque Burden May Become Next Big Cardiac Risk Assessment

There is a promising recent development in cardiovascular computed tomography angiography (CCTA) to analyze plaque to ...

July 30, 2020

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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

Left, a 3-D rendering of a heart from a cardiac CT exam. Right, a lung-CT exam showing the heart and ground glass lesions in the lungs of a COVID-19 patient. CT has become a front-line imaging modality in the COVID era because it offers both cardiac and lung information to help determine a patients disposition with chest pain, COVID-19 and COVID-caused myocarditis and pulmonary embolism.

Feature | Coronavirus (COVID-19) | Dave Fornell, Editor

Impact of Cardiac CT During COVID-19

July 28, 2020 — The use of cardiovascular computed tomography angiography (CCTA) is one of the areas that has seen a ...

July 28, 2020

Videos | EP Lab

VIDEO: Impact of COVID-19 on Electrophysiology Programs

Devi G. Nair, M.D., FHRS, director of cardiac electrophysiology, St. Bernards Heart and Vascular Center, Jonesboro, Ark ...

July 28, 2020

Dapagliflozin (Farxiga) heart failure drug performs very will to improve outcomes for patients with chronic kidney disease.

News | Pharmaceuticals

Dapagliflozin Meets All Endpoints to Treat Chronic Kidney Disease

July 28, 2020 — AstraZeneca's heart failure medication dapagliflozin (Farxiga) significantly reduced the worsening of ...

July 28, 2020