Diagnostic and Interventional Cardiology

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New Expert Consensus Document on Coronary CT Imaging of Atherosclerotic Plaque

January 18, 2020 — The Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT), in collaboration with the North American ...

January 18, 2021

A recent Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI) survey found nearly 40 percent of Americans still do not feel safe going to the doctor's office while coronavirus is still a risk. Survey respondents also said they are more afraid of catching the virus than they are of a heart attack or stroke, which may delay critical treatment. Getty Images

News | Coronavirus (COVID-19)

SCAI Study Shows COVID Fears Continue to Cause Americans to Avoid Doctor Visits

January 18, 2021 — According to a new national survey released Jan. 13 by the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and ...

January 18, 2021

The FineHeart Transcutaneous Energy Transfer (TET) System for the ICOMS cardiac assist device. 1. The ICOMS heart pump. 2. The implanted TET transfer pad. 3. The external energy transfer pad.

News | Heart Failure

Wireless Transcutaneous Energy Transfer (TET) System for Powering a LVAD is Successful

January 13, 2021 — FineHeart, a preclinical-stage medical device company developing a novel left ventricular assist ...

January 13, 2021

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SPONSORED CONTENT: Unveiling the Future of Cardiovascular Workflow

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March 21, 2024

Myocarditis among recovering COVID-19 athletes less common than previously reported

News | Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Cardiac MRI Shows Lower Degrees of Myocarditis in Athletes Recovered from COVID-19

January 11, 2021 — In a letter published in the December issue of the American Heart Association (AHA) medical journal ...

January 12, 2021

The AHA and American Medical Society for Sports Medicine are collaborating to evaluate impact of COVID on the hearts of athletes, improve detection and inform safe return to play. #COVID19

News | Coronavirus (COVID-19)

COVID-19 Registry Tracks Cardiac Health of College Athletes

January 12, 2021 — The American Heart Association (AHA) and the American Medical Society for Sports Medicine (AMSSM) are ...

January 12, 2021

Medtronic Evolut TAVR Cleared in Canada for Both Bicuspid Valves in Intermediate or Greater Risk and for All Low Risk Patients for TAVR

News | Structural Heart

Canada Clears Medtronic Evolut TAVR for Both Bicuspid Valves and for All Low Risk Patients

January 11, 2021 — Medtronic has received a new expanded indication from Health Canada for its Evolut Transcatheter ...

January 11, 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

A device programmer showing the suspension of ICD therapies (orange bar, red arrow) with iPhone 12 laying over patient’s chest (green arrow) and fluoroscopy of iPhone 12 showing the circular magnet array (yellow arrow). iPhone 12 can cause ICDs to stop working

News | Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD)

iPhone 12 May Cause Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators to Malfunction

January 8, 2020 — A new study published this week in HeartRhythm, the journal of the Heart Rhythm Society (HRS), found ...

January 08, 2021

While the FDA said the risk that SARS-CoV-2 virus mutations will only have a minor impact on testing accuracy is low, the agency singled out three tests are they had a higher concern. FDA warns PCR tests may be innaccurate with new UK virus varient.

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FDA Says New COVID Virus Mutation May Cause False Negatives

January 8, 2021 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is alerting healthcare providers that it is monitoring the ...

January 08, 2021

The FDA has granted 510(k) clearance for the Inari Medical Inc. FlowTriever system for the treatment of clot in transit (CIT) in the right atrium. FlowTriever is the first thrombectomy system not requiring a cardiopulmonary bypass circuit to be FDA cleared for blood clots in the right atrium.

News | Thrombectomy Devices

FDA Clears Inari Medical FlowTriever System for Treatment of Right Atrial Clot in Transit

January 8, 2021 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted 510(k) clearance for the Inari Medical Inc ...

January 08, 2021

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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

A new algorithmic module from OEM ultrasound AI software vendor RSIP Vision provides automated expert-level assessment of heart function from parasternal long axis view for point of care medical teams. Echocardiography artificial intelligence

News | Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS)

New Cardiac Diagnostic Tool Helps Automate Point-of-Care Ultrasound Screening

January 8, 2020 – RSIP Vision has launched a new artificial intelligence (AI) ultrasound module that enables fast and ...

January 08, 2021

A coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) procedure where blockages in the coronaries are bypassed using a blood vessel harvested from elsewhere in the body and connected to the vessel past the blockage to supply blood to the heart. A new study shows better outcomes seen in multiple vs. single coronary artery bypass grafts (CABG) in men and sex appears to play a role in mortality. Getty Images

News | Womens Cardiovascular Health

Long-term Outcomes After Coronary Bypass Show Worse Outcomes for Women

January 6, 2020 — A new Weill Cornell Medicine found the risk of dying seven years after coronary artery bypass graft ...

January 06, 2021

A new study highlights the importance of continued public education regarding the risks of cigarette smoking and the failure of dual use with vaping to reduce cardiovascular risk. Getty Images

News | Cardiac Diagnostics

Vaping Combined With Smoking Likely as Harmful as Smoking Cigarettes Alone

January 6, 2021 — Smoking traditional cigarettes in addition to using e-cigarettes results in harmful health effects ...

January 06, 2021

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November 14, 2023

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted the designation of breakthrough device to P+F Products + Features GmbH TricValve Transcatheter Bicval Valves System. The system uses two self-expanding valves in the vena cava for the treatment of patients with hemodynamically relevant tricuspid insufficiency without the need to touch the native tricuspid valve. #TTVR

News | Structural Heart

FDA Grants Break Through Device Designation for TricValve Transcatheter Bicaval Valves System

January 6, 2021 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted the designation of breakthrough device to P+F ...

January 06, 2021

Ultromics will offer EchoGo Pro as a stress-echo module in the EchoGo suite alongside EchoGo Core, its AI solution for automated systolic function and strain analysis. The EchoGo suite is a cloud-based service that uses artificial intelligence to fully automate the pathway to diagnosis, providing near-instant reports for clinicians without any need for physical software on site.

News | Artificial Intelligence

FDA Clears Ultromics Echocardiography AI for Automated Identification of Coronary Artery Disease

January 6, 2021 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared Ultromics' EchoGo Pro, an artificial ...

January 06, 2021

The most popular DAIC content in December 2020 included the Boston Scientific Lotus TAVR valve being taken off the market, CMS approving expanding coverage of LVADs for more Medicare patients and numerous COVID-19 related cardiology stories and videos.

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January 5, 2021 — Here is the list of the most popular content on the Diagnostic and Interventional Cardiology (DAIC) ...

January 05, 2021