Diagnostic and Interventional Cardiology

Many patients don’t receive much rehabilitation therapy following a stroke, despite strong evidence that higher amounts can reduce long-term disability, according to a new UCLA-led study that tracked over 500 patients across 28 acute care hospitals in their first year following a stroke.

Many Patients Receive Too Little Rehab Therapy Following Stroke, Study Finds

March 15, 2023 — Many patients don’t receive much rehabilitation therapy following a stroke, despite strong evidence ...

March 15, 2023

US hospital claims data reveals cardiogenic shock patients have an average hospital length of stay of 19.6 days making its intensive patient care cost very high

News | Cardiogenic Shock

Windtree Finds Cardiogenic Shock Has High Cost of US Patient Care and Plans Innovation with the Unique Profile of Istaroxime

March 15, 2023 — Windtree Therapeutics, Inc, a biotechnology company focused on advancing late-stage interventions for ...

March 15, 2023

For the first time, patients will no longer need to travel abroad for treatment of acute cardiac diseases, as the Gibraltar Health Authority prepares to provide local coronary angiography and angioplasty services in a new interventional cardiac suite

News | Cath Lab

Philips and Gibraltar Health Authority Announce 16-year Strategic Partnership, Transforming Patient Imaging and Cardiac Care at St Bernard’s Hospital

March 14, 2023 — Royal Philips, a global leader in health technology, and the Gibraltar Health Authority, announced they ...

March 14, 2023

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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

The Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) has developed and launched a new risk calculator to estimate the risk of mitral valve repair for patients with mitral valve prolapse and degenerative primary mitral regurgitation, or primary MR.

News | Structural Heart

New Online Tool to Help Clinicians Calculate Patient Risk Associated with Mitral Valve Repair Surgery

March 14, 2023 — The Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) has developed and launched a new risk calculator to estimate the ...

March 14, 2023

News | Drug-Eluting Balloons

Over 1,000 Patients Enrolled in Landmark SELUTION DeNovo Study

March 14, 2023 —MedAlliance has announced enrollment of over 1,000 patients in its ground-breaking SELUTION DeNovo ...

March 14, 2023

Results Suggest CardiAMP Cell Therapy May Have Ability to Restore and Maintain Heart Function to Previously Non-Functioning Areas of the Heart Up to Two Years After Treatment

News | Cardiovascular Clinical Studies

Positive Echocardiography Data from BioCardia Phase III CardiAMP Cell Therapy Heart Failure Trial Presented at American College of Cardiology Annual Meeting

March 13, 2023 — BioCardia, Inc., developer of cellular and cell-derived therapeutics for the treatment of ...

March 13, 2023

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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 three-decade-old international cutpoint for diagnosing children and adolescents with an enlarged heart misclassifies normal heart size as cardiac damage in adolescents, a paper published in the American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology concludes

News | Pediatric Cardiology

Researchers Suggest Novel Cutpoints for Diagnosing Cardiac Hypertrophy in Adolescents and Young Adults

March 13, 2023 — An enlarged heart, often described as left ventricular hypertrophy, is a sign of early cardiac damage ...

March 13, 2023

Additional studies presented at ACC.23/WCC reinforce the clinical value of the Zio suite of products and services

News | ECG

Large Real-World Evidence Analysis of Zio XT

March 13, 2023 — iRhythm Technologies, Inc., a leading digital health company focused on creating trusted solutions that ...

March 13, 2023

Leadership of the American College of Cardiology (ACC), acknowledged recipients of distinguished awards, recognized global partners and reinforced the value of collaboration during the 72nd Convocation held at the conclusion of its ACC.23 Together with the World Congress, ACC.23/WCC held March 4-6 in New Orleans, LA.

News | ACC

American College of Cardiology (ACC) Champions Distinguished Awards Winners at ACC.23/WCC Convocation

March 12, 2023 — As part of its ongoing news coverage of ACC23, the DAIC/dicardiology.com editorial team has condensed ...

March 12, 2023

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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

The first evidence that exceeding the World Health Organization (WHO) ozone limit is associated with substantial increases in hospital admissions for heart attack, heart failure and stroke

News | ESC

Ozone Pollution is Linked with Increased Hospitalizations for Cardiovascular Disease

March 10, 2023 — The first evidence that exceeding the World Health Organization (WHO) ozone limit is associated with ...

March 11, 2023

Researchers found evidence of heart muscle inflammation in a small number of patients with acute myocarditis after COVID-19 vaccination, but not in patients without acute myocarditis

News | Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Study Examines Heart Inflammation after COVID Vaccine

March 10, 2023 — Researchers found evidence of heart muscle inflammation in a small number of patients with acute ...

March 10, 2023

News | Pulmonary Embolism

FLAME Study Demonstrates 90% Survival Improvement in High-Risk Pulmonary Embolism with Inari Medical FlowTriever System

March 10, 2023 — Inari Medical, Inc., a medical device company with a mission to treat and transform the lives of ...

March 10, 2023

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Case Study | Hemodynamic Monitoring Systems

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

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November 14, 2023

A large UW Medicine-Kaiser Permanente study finds modestly increased risk, with a stronger link seen among younger, healthier people.

News | Atrial Fibrillation

Incident Atrial Fibrillation Appears to Heighten Dementia Risk

March 9, 2023 — People with a recent diagnosis of atrial fibrillation (AF), the most common irregular heart rhythm, have ...

March 09, 2023

News | Pediatric Cardiology

Researchers Suggest Novel Cutpoints for Diagnosing Cardiac Hypertrophy in Adolescents and Young Adults

March 9, 2023 — An enlarged heart, often described as left ventricular hypertrophy, is a sign of early cardiac damage ...

March 09, 2023

C. Noel Bairey Merz, MD, Director of the Barbra Streisand Women’s Heart Center at the Smidt Heart Institute, received the distinguished achievement of Master of the ACC (MACC) on March 6 during Annual Scientific Session

News | ACC

American College of Cardiology Honors Women’s Heart Disease Pioneer

March 9, 2023 — C. Noel Bairey Merz, MD, FACC, professor of cardiology and the director of the Barbra Streisand Women’s ...

March 09, 2023