Direct Flow Medical Inc. announced its transcatheter mitral valve (TMV) development program at the 2nd Annual Zurich Heart Team Mitral Valve meeting by featuring the Direct Flow Medical Transcatheter Mitral Valve in a preclinical case presentation.
AtriCure Inc. announced that the first patient was enrolled and treated at PinnacleHealth Hospitals in Harrisburg, Pa., in the ATLAS clinical study. This observational study explores the use of the AtriClip device to decrease complications associated with post-operative atrial fibrillation (POAF) by targeting specific cardiac surgery patient populations at the highest risk of developing POAF.
Laerdal Medical, provider of simulation solutions for healthcare, and SonoSim Inc., provider of ultrasound education and training, announced the commercial release of the Laerdal-SonoSim Ultrasound Solution for SimMan3G and SimMom.
Providing exceptional cardiovascular care for patients to achieve the best possible outcomes is the number one goal for ...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP), as part of a broad Core Quality Measures Collaborative of healthcare system participants, released seven sets of clinical quality measures. These measures support multi-payer alignment, for the first time, on core measures primarily for physician quality programs. This work is informing CMS’s implementation of the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA) through its measure development plan and required rulemaking.
Increasingly patients and providers are interested in using remote monitoring devices to help with their healthcare. Researchers at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) sought to determine if these devices could be useful in preventing 180-day all-cause hospital readmissions for heart failure patients.
Biotronik announced a partnership with Maquet Medical Systems USA to distribute Biotronik peripheral vascular devices in the United States.
Cardiac positron emission tomography (PET) is growing in popularity among cardiologists because it provides the ability ...
St. Jude Medical Inc. announced U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of the first-to-market MultiPoint Pacing technology featured on the Quadra line of cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillators (CRT-D) and pacemakers.
February 17, 2016 — Up to 10 percent of people with high blood pressure have resistant hypertension — high blood ...
For decades now, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has been noted for its excellent soft tissue imaging capability with ...
When performing radiofrequency (RF) ablation to treat cardiac arrhythmia, medical professionals must balance the safety ...
Apervita Inc. announced the American College of Cardiology (ACC) will add a recognized tool for predicting atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) to the growing body of analytics being distributed through the Apervita Marketplace.
By genetically reprogramming the most common type of cell in mammalian connective tissue, researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have generated master heart cells — primitive progenitors that form the developing heart.
(Read a 2018 update on cardiac ultrasound technologies "Recent Advances in Echocardiography Technology") There were some ...
Change Healthcare Cardiology Hemodynamics is an integrated hemodynamic monitoring system for monitoring vital signs and ...
Researchers funded by the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) used ultrasound-activated microbubbles to improve preservation of heart muscle and function in a pig heart attack model. Based on this success, the method is now in phase I human clinical trials.
Royal Philips announced U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance for the Expression MR400, a new technology that monitors patients undergoing magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).
February 10, 2016 — Fred Hoiberg, head coach of the National Basketball Assocation’s (NBA) Chicago Bulls, is launching a ...