News | Heart Failure

March 2, 2021 — Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center became the second hospital in the nation to implant a ...

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News | Ventricular Assist Devices (VAD)

March 1, 2021 — Medtronic is recalling the HeartWare Ventricular Assist Device (HVAD) Pump Implant Kit because the left ...

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The two biggest cardiac device technology stories in February included the Boston Scientific recall of its S-ICD system, and the FDA clearance of the Shockwave intravascular lithotripsy system to break up calcified lesions in the coronary arteries.
Feature | By Dave Fornell, Editor

March 1, 2021 — Here is the list of the most popular content on the Diagnostic and Interventional Cardiology (DAIC) ...

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News | Coronavirus (COVID-19)

March 1, 2021 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued an emergency use authorization (EUA) for the third ...

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News | ECMO Systems

February 25, 2021 — The first COVID-19 patient in the world was supported by the new Abiomed Breethe OXY-1 System, an ...

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Astronaut Jessica Meir “feeds” a set of the University of Washington’s engineered heart tissues (inside the green-topped case at center) riding aboard the International Space Station as part of a test of micro-gravity on heart health. Image courtesy of NASA. 
Feature | Stem Cell Therapies | By Andy Freeberg

The University of Washington (UW) in Seattle has developed engineered heart tissue that beats. Though minuscule, the ...

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News | Cardio-oncology

February 25, 2020 — Results of a multi-centre, international, clinical trial co-led by Peter Munk Cardiac Centre (PMCC) ...

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The January-February 2021 digital issue of DAIC magazine. Dave Fornell is the editor
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View the January-February 2021 digital edition of Diagnostic and Interventional Cardiology (DAIC) magazine, include ...

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News | Coronavirus (COVID-19)

February 24, 2021 — A study of admissions for acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and heart failure (HF) in the U.K ...

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News | Heart Failure

February 24, 2021 — Occlutech announced the completion of patient enrollment in the PRELIEVE trial, pilot study to ...

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News | Simulators

February 24, 2021 – German-based endovascular simulator specialist Cathi has launched a highly portable System in a ...

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News | Endovascular Aortic Repair

February 23, 2021 — Medtronic has voluntarily issued a global recall of unused Medtronic Valiant Navion thoracic stent ...

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Vaccinating patients against the flu can go a long way to helping cardiology patients stay healthy and out of the hospital during the COVID-19 pandemic, freeing up beds for COVID patients. Left photo, Getty Images, right image of COVID-19 virus from the NIH.
Feature | Coronavirus (COVID-19) | By William Schaffner, M.D., and Allen J. Taylor, M.D.

While influenza (flu) is unpredictable, the 2020-2021 influenza season may present an unprecedented dual threat: co ...

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News | Wearables

February 23, 2021 — Remote cardiac monitoring vendor RhythMedix released its next-generation RhythmStar wearable device ...

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News | Cardiovascular Ultrasound

February 23, 2021 — A recent article in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) Cardiology demonstrated ...

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