Diagnostic and Interventional Cardiology

President Joe Biden today announced his intention to nominate cardiologist Robert Califf, M.D., MACC, for the position of commissioner of food and drugs to lead the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

Feature | Cardiovascular Business | By Dave Fornell, DAIC Editor

President Biden Nominates Cardiologist Robert Califf for FDA Commissioner

November 12, 2021 — President Joe Biden today announced his intention to nominate cardiologist Robert Califf, M.D., MACC ...

November 12, 2021

Medtronic Apollo Intrepid TMVR is currently in the middle of a U.S. clinical trial. #TCT #TCT21 #TMVR

News | Structural Heart

Medtronic Intrepid Transcatheter Mitral Valve Successfully Uses Transfemoral Delivery

November 10, 2021 — Medtronic presented early data for its self-expanding Intrepid transcatheter mitral valve ...

November 10, 2021

News | Stethoscopes

eMurmur Open Digital Stethoscope Now Available in the U.S.

November 10, 2021 — eMurmur, a technology partner to the global healthcare community, announces the world’s first open ...

November 10, 2021

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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

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News | Drug-Eluting Balloons

First-in-man Study Shows Effectiveness of of Biolimus Drug-coated Balloon in Small Coronary Vessels

November 10, 2021 — Biosensors International Group Ltd., a developer and manufacturer of innovative medical devices ...

November 10, 2021

OCT imaging showing before and after images of a heavily calcified coronary artery treated using the Shockwave intravascular lithotripsy system. #TCT2021

News | Cath Lab

Shockwave Unveils First One-Year Results of Coronary Intravascular Lithotripsy

November 10, 2021 — Shockwave Medical a pioneer in the development of Intravascular Lithotripsy (IVL) to treat severely ...

November 10, 2021

An Abbott Vascular survey found one in four physicians surveyed feel lack of technology makes an accurate diagnosis of coronary artery disease and peripheral artery disease a key obstacle to an accurate diagnosis. Getty Images

News | Cardiac Diagnostics

Research Finds Challenges in Vascular Disease Symptom Recognition and Diagnostic Testing Impacts Patient Satisfaction

November 10, 2021 — Abbott released new global market research from its Beyond Intervention initiative, the company’s ...

November 10, 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

News | Cardiovascular Business

Medicare Increases Hospital Outpatient Payment for Peripheral Intravascular Lithotripsy

November 10, 2021 — Shockwave Medical, a developer of Intravascular Lithotripsy (IVL) to treat complex calcified ...

November 10, 2021

News | Heart Failure

Ancora Heart AccuCinch System Shows Positive 12 Month Outcomes in Multi-study Analysis

November 10, 2021 — Ancora Heart Inc., a company developing a novel therapy to address heart failure, announced results ...

November 10, 2021

#TCT2021 - Philips Image Guided Therapy System – Azurion

News | Cath Lab

Philips Announces New Innovations and Clinical Data Supporting the Treatment of Patients with Cardiovascular Disease

November 10, 2021 — Philips Healthcare announced North American availability of new innovations in its portfolio of ...

November 10, 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

News | Cardiac Imaging

Philips to Expand Its Cardiac Diagnostics and Monitoring Portfolio With the Acquisition of Cardiologs

November 10, 2021 — Philips, a global leader in health technology, announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire ...

November 10, 2021

TCT 2021 Announces Late-Breaking Clinical Trials

Feature | TCT

Links to all the TCT 2021 Late-Breaking Clinical Trials

November 10, 2021 — There were nine late-breaking trials and 13 late-breaking science presentations at the 2021 ...

November 10, 2021

The Teleflex Manta large bore vascular closure device #TCT2021

News | Vascular Closure Devices

Plug-based Vascular Closure Following TAVR Offers Shorter Hemostasis Time Than Suture-based Devices

November 9, 2021 — Results from the largest randomized trial available comparing different closure device strategies ...

November 09, 2021

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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

Antiplatelet Plavix (Clopidogrel). OPT-PEACE trial found that nearly all patients receiving antiplatelet therapy developed evidence of abnormal gastrointestinal (GI) mucosal findings on capsule endoscopy. GettyImages

News | Antiplatelet and Anticoagulation Therapies

Most PCI Patients on Antiplatelet Therapy Developed Abnormal Gastrointestinal Findings

November 9, 2021 — Utilizing a magnetically-controlled capsule endoscopy system, the double-blind, randomized OPT-PEACE ...

November 09, 2021

An illustration of the Recor renal denervation ablation balloon at work in the renal artery.. Renal Denervation Recor RDN ablation balloon #TCT2021

News | Hypertension

Renal Denervation Combined With Medication Can Treat Resistant Hypertension

November 9, 2021 — Six-month outcomes from the randomized RADIANCE-HTN TRIO Trial comparing endovascular ultrasound ...

November 09, 2021

$Abbott's fractional flow reserve (FFR) system. #TCT #TCT21 #FAME3$

News | FFR Technologies

FAME 3 Study Finds FFR Guided PCI Did Not Perform as Well at One-year Compared to Bypass Surgery

November 9, 2021 — The primary results of the Fractional Flow Reserve Versus Angiography for Multivessel Evaluation ...

November 09, 2021