The Boston Scientific Emblem MRI-safe S-ICD system does not require a transvenous lead, leading to fewer complications with this type of ICD.
Feature | Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD)
Head-to-head Comparison Shows Subcutaneous ICDs Safer Than Transvenous Defibrillators 

May 8, 2020 — A new clinical trial is the first to compare the safety and efficacy of subcutaneous implantable ...

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The Affera Inc. pulsed field (PF) energy radiofrequency ablation system. First-in-human trial shows new point-by-point approach provides increased flexibility and efficiency for physicians treating arrhythmia patients. #HRS #HRS2020 #HRS20 #heartrhythm20
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Pulsed Field Ablation Successfully Treats Atrial Fibrillation

May 8, 2020 — A new clinical trial effectively uses pulsed field (PF) energy to treat patients with persistent or ...

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Necklace Patient Monitor Detects Abnormal Heart Rhythm. An necklace has been developed that detects abnormal heart rhythm will be showcased for the first time on EHRA Essentials 4 You, a scientific platform of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC). This wearable necklace ECG monitor provides a new and easy method for detecting an abnormal heart rhythm called atrial fibrillation and is accurate, according to a new study from the University of Eastern Finland.
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Necklace Monitors ECG and Detects Abnormal Heart Rhythms

May 2020 — An necklace has been developed that detects abnormal heart rhythm will be showcased for the first time on ...

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Videos | Coronavirus (COVID-19)
VIDEO: CT and POCUS Emerge As Frontline Cardiac Imaging Modalities in COVID-19 Era

Interview with Geoffrey Rose, M.D., president of Sanger Heart and Vascular Institute with Atrium Health, in Charlotte ...

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FDA Clears Dapagliflozin to Treat Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction. This was based on data from the DAPA-HF Trial. John McMurray, M.D., presenting the DAPA-HF Trial at AHA 2019 last November. It was part of the late-breaking presentations in the "Outside the Box: New Approaches to CVD Risk Reduction" session. Photo by AHA/Phil McCarten
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FDA Clears Dapagliflozin to Treat Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction

May 6, 2020 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved AstraZeneca’s dapagliflozin (Farxiga) oral tablets for ...

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ESC Congress Goes Virtual Amid COVID-19 Concerns. #ESC #ESCcongress
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ESC Congress Goes Virtual Amid COVID-19 Concerns

May 6, 2020 — The European Society of Cardiology (ESC), one of the world's largest cardiovascular conferences, is ...

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EuroPCR Cancels Annual Meeting Due to COVID-19. #SARScov2 #COVID19
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EuroPCR Cancels Annual Meeting Due to COVID-19

May 5, 2020 — The large European interventional cardiology conference EuroPCR has been cancelled due to the contenting ...

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#COVID19 #Coronavirus #2019nCoV #Wuhanvirus #SARScov2 Chest CT findings of pediatric patients with COVID-19 on transaxial images. (a) Male, 2 months old, 2 days after symptom onset. Patchy ground-glass opacities GGO in the right lower lobe
News | Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Radiology: Cardiothoracic Imaging Releases New COVID-19 Findings in Children

May 5, 2020 — Children and teenagers with COVID-19 showed distinctive clinical and computed tomography (CT) findings ...

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FDA Grants Emergency Use Authorization to VitalConnect for Cardiac Monitoring in COVID-19 Patients. SARS-CoV-2 QT monitoring. #COVID19
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FDA Grants Emergency Use Authorization to VitalConnect for Cardiac Monitoring in COVID-19 Patients

May 5, 2020 — Wearable biosensor vendor VitalConnect Inc. was granted emergency use authorization (EUA) status by the U ...

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SCCT Plans to Make 2020 Annual Meeting Virtual Due to COVID-19. #SCCT2020 #SCCT20 #CCTfirst
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SCCT Plans to Make 2020 Annual Meeting Virtual Due to COVID-19

May 5, 2020 — The Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT) announced plans this week to hold its annual ...

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Figure 4 for the study. Images of a 65-year-old man (patient 6). (a) Cardiac MRI perfusion shows perfusion deficit of anterior/anterolateral wall attributed to left anterior descending artery/left circumflex artery (*). (b) CT coronary angiography. (c) Coronary angiography, left anterior oblique projection with caudal angulation. (d) Three-dimensional image fusion helped refine diagnosis: perfusion deficits (*) were most likely caused by narrow first diagonal branch and its first, stented side branch (arrow
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3-D Fusion Imaging Improves Coronary Artery Disease Diagnosis

May 4, 2020 – A new technique that combines computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging MRI can bolster ...

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Bilateral pulmonary embolisms seen on spectral CT. Photo courtesy of Siemens Healthineers.
Feature | Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Practical Diagnosis and Treatment of Suspected Venous Thromboembolism During COVID-19 Pandemic

May 4, 2020 — A committee comprised of vascular surgeons, medical physicians and technologists from the University of ...

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SCAI Issues Position Statement on Adult Congenital Cardiac Interventional Training, Competencies and Organizational Recommendations. A congenital atrial septal defect closed using a transcatheter occluder, visualized on 3-D TEE ultrasound.
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SCAI Issues Position Statement on Adult Congenital Cardiac Interventional Training, Competencies and Organizational Recommendations

May 4, 2020 – The Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI) has released a position statement on ...

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Cardiac Insight's Heart@Home ECG Test Kit can help address new telehealth demands placed on cardiology practices by the COVID-19 response using arrhythmia diagnosis technology of the wearable Cardea Solo Sensor.
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Cardiac Insight Launches New Telehealth Solution for Cardiology Practices with Heart@Home ECG Test Kit

May 4, 2020 — Cardiac Insight Inc., a U.S.-based digital healthcare innovator specializing in body-worn sensor ...

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This is one of the images from the NIH photo gallery of COVID-19 images it has captured as part of its research on the virus. The full gallery can be found at https://www.flickr.com/photos/nihgov/albums/72157713108522106/with/49807561242/. #COVID19 #SARScov2
Feature | Coronavirus (COVID-19) | By Dave Fornell and Melinda Taschetta-Millane
COVID-19 Clinician Update

In an effort to keep the imaging field updated on the latest information being released on coronavirus (COVID-19), the ...

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