Diagnostic and Interventional Cardiology

VIDEO: The Heart Team Approach in Congenital Structural Heart Interventions

Tom Jones, M.D., director, cardiac cath labs, Seattle Children’s Hospital, explains the importance of the heart team ...

September 15, 2021

Feature | Cath Lab | By Aaron Detate and Lars Thording

The Growing Need for Reprocessing in the Cardiac Cath Lab

In the electrophysiology (EP) lab, hundreds of thousands of used devices are sent to reprocessors every year to get ...

September 14, 2021

Us2.ai has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance for its artificial intelligence (AI) Us2.v1 software, a completely automated decision support tool for echocardiography.

News | Cardiovascular Ultrasound

FDA Clears Fully Automated Cardiac Ultrasound Solution to Measure 2D and Doppler

September 14, 2021 – Us2.ai, a Singapore-based medtech firm backed by Sequoia India and EDBI, has received U.S. Food and ...

September 14, 2021

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ASCEND provides the tools that not only address the unique needs of each cardiovascular subspecialty and to care for patients from infancy into their golden years, they also innovates next-generation solutions and services that empower the provider community to truly transform their cardiovascular services

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

MedAxiom conducetd a survey of hospitals that offer cardiac rehab, cardiovascular rehabilitation, programs to find out the costs, how they are staffed and how they are implemented.

News | Cardiac Rehabilitation

MedAxiom Survey Highlights Cardiac Rehab Industry Insights and Best Practices

September 14, 2021 – MedAxiom, an American College of Cardiology (ACC) company, released a report detailing cardiac ...

September 14, 2021

Non-invasive evaluation of heart valves using echocardiography first, and other cardiac imaging techniques when needed, is the key evaluation of heart valves in the new ESC and European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS) Guidelines for the management of valvular heart disease. Photo by Dave Fornell.

News | Structural Heart

New European Guidelines on Valvular Heart Disease Published

September 13, 2021 — The European Society of Cardiology (ESC) and European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery ...

September 13, 2021

A nurse at Banner Health ion Phoenix, Ariz., adjusts an ECMO unit being used to support a severely ill COVID-19 patient. A new study finds high levels of moral distress among clinicians who regularly care for patients receiving mechanical circulatory support such as ECMO.

News | ECMO Systems

Growing Use of Mechanical Circulatory Support Affects Clinician Well-Being, Moral Distress

September 13, 2021 — The growing use of mechanical circulatory support (MCS) may contribute to high levels of moral ...

September 13, 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 | Atrial Fibrillation

Ablation and Biventricular Pacing Boosts Survival in Selected Atrial Fibrillation Patients in APAF-CRT Trial

September 13, 2021 — Ablation plus cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) is superior to pharmacological rate control ...

September 13, 2021

Videos

VIDEO: Overview of CT Calcium Scoring Cardiac Risk Assessment for Patients

About 80% of cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are preventable. This is why it is important to identify the people at ...

September 13, 2021

Siemens Artis Q angiography system #ESC #ESCcongress

News | Sudden Cardiac Arrest

TOMAHAWK Trial Does Not Support Early Coronary Angiography in Cardiac Arrest Without ST-elevation

September 13, 2021 — Early coronary angiography in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) patients without ST-segment ...

September 13, 2021

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Blog

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

An example of artificial intelligence on the GE Healthcare Vivid E95 system shown at ASE 2019 where the AI automatically pulls in an exam, identifies the left ventricle and myocardial boards and then calculates all the strain measurements in less than 10 seconds. While AI automation can greatly speed workflow, there are questions about the accuracy of AI for the next step in making diagnoses. #ASE #ASE21 #ASE2021 #AI

Feature | Artificial Intelligence | By Dave Fornell, Editor

Challenges to Implementing Artificial Intelligence in Cardiac Ultrasound

Artificial intelligence (AI) is growing in all areas of medicine and was the topic of several advanced technology ...

September 08, 2021

News | FFR Technologies

Systematic FFR Assessment Did Not Add Benefit During Diagnostic Angiography

September 8, 2021 — Adding systematic fractional flow reserve (FFR) assessment to coronary angiography does not reduce ...

September 08, 2021

The Medtronic Linq II implantable cardiac monitor.

News | Atrial Fibrillation

Continuous Heart Rhythm Monitoring and Anticoagulation Does Not Prevent Stroke

September 8, 2021 — Continuous heart rhythm monitoring – with anticoagulation if atrial fibrillation is detected – does ...

September 08, 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

A 3-D CT reconstructed image showing a narrow lesion at the carotid bifurcation. ACST-2 was the largest trial to compare the long-term effect of carotid artery stenting (CAS) and carotid endarterectomy (CEA) on stroke in asymptomatic patients with a severely narrowed carotid artery that had not yet caused a stroke. Image by Canon

News | Stroke

Carotid Surgery Versus Stenting Have Similar Long-term Effects on Stroke

September 7, 2021 — Carotid artery surgery and stenting have comparable long-term effects on fatal or disabling stroke ...

September 07, 2021

The Medtronic Reveal Linq implantable cardiac monitor (ICM) was used in the SMART-MI study. It is inserted under the skin in a simple, fast outpatient procedure. The device is smaller than a AAA battery.

News | Implantable Cardiac Monitor (ICM)

Implantable Cardiac Monitors Predict Complications in Selected Post-myocardial Infarction Patients

September 7, 2021 — Remote monitoring of implantable cardiac monitors (ICMs) is highly effective for early detection of ...

September 07, 2021

COVID in cardiology was again a key driver of content pageviews on DAIC in August 2021. Also, a key new technology that cardiologists had a lot of interest in was the release of 3D/4D intra-cardiac echocardiography (ICE) to better guide EP and structural heart procedures without the need for transesophageal echo and its associated need for deep anesthesia.

Feature | By Dave Fornell, Editor

September 3, 2021 — Here is the list of the most popular content on the Diagnostic and Interventional Cardiology (DAIC) ...

September 03, 2021