Diagnostic and Interventional Cardiology

The Shockwave intravascular lithotripsy system produces a flash of light as it releases a sonic shockwave, as seen here as it is about to shatter a gypsum bead during a TCT 2019 demonstration at the vendor's booth. The technology combines a miniaturized lithotripsy system with a low-pressure balloon catheter to expand peripheral or coronary arteries without causing vessel trauma. Photo by Dave Fornell

Coronary Lithotripsy May Become a Paradigm Shift in the Cath Lab

After covering cardiovascular technologies for 14 years, it is rare that I find a new technology that might actually be ...

March 16, 2021

Cloud AI software-as-a-service (SaaS) can help streamline workflows and increase throughput, enabling echocardiographers to better measure global longitudinal strain (GLS) more routinely without impacting productivity. This is an example of the Ultromics EchoGo Core artificial intelligence algorithm with fully automates GLS.

Feature | Artificial Intelligence

Global Longitudinal Strain Echo and AI Can Aid Fight Against Heart Failure

Heart failure (HF) is a prevalent yet silent epidemic, affecting 26 million people and costing global healthcare systems ...

March 16, 2021

Example of an angioplasty balloon catheter being expanded inside an artery to push atherosclerotic plaque and thrombus out of the way to reopen the vessel lumen to increase or reopen bloodflow. Balloon catheters are used to revascularize patients with heart attacks and to deploy stents to prop open the expended vessel.

Feature | Balloon Catheter | By Dave Fornell, Editor

Overview of Angioplasty Balloon Technology Advances

The first devices developed for interventional cardiology were percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) ...

March 16, 2021

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Feature | Information Technology

SPONSORED CONTENT: Unveiling the Future of Cardiovascular Workflow

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March 21, 2024

A study from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis provides evidence that the coronavirus can invade and replicate inside heart muscle cells, causing cell death and interfering with heart muscle contraction. The image of engineered heart tissue shows human heart muscle cells (red) infected with COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) (green). Image by Lina Greenberg.

Feature | Coronavirus (COVID-19)

COVID-19 Can Kill Heart Cells and Interfere With Contraction

March 12, 2021 — Since early in the pandemic, COVID-19 has been associated with heart problems, including reduced ...

March 12, 2021

The Philips Stellarex low-dose paclitaxel drug-coated balloon prior to insertion in the cath lab. Five-year ILLUMENATE EU RCT and Pivotal Data Confirm Safety of Philips Stellarex Low-dose Drug-coated Balloon

News | Drug-Eluting Balloons

Five-year ILLUMENATE EU RCT and Pivotal Data Confirm Safety of Philips Stellarex Low-dose Drug-coated Balloon

March 12, 2021 — Philips Healthcare announced the final, five-year results of two major randomized controlled trials ...

March 12, 2021

Interactions between capillary function, inflammation, hypoxia, and neurotransmission. The expression of ACE2 and other SARS‐CoV‐2 entry factors on parenchymal cells and observations of infected cells in biopsy material hold important clues to understand COVID‐19‐related organ damage. COVID-19 Blood Vessel Damage May Cause Brain Fog and Other Long-hauler Symptoms

News | Coronavirus (COVID-19)

COVID-19 Blood Vessel Damage May Cause Brain Fog and Other Long-hauler Symptoms

March 12, 2021 — A new review suggests that blood vessel damage and impaired oxygen delivery related to COVID-19 play a ...

March 12, 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

Cardinal Health Sells its Cordis Cardiology Business to Hellman & Friedman

March 12, 2021 — Cardinal Health today announced that it is selling its Cordis cardiology and endovascular business to ...

March 12, 2021

An example of intra-cardiac echo (ICE) imaging from Siemens Healthineers showing color flow Doppler with severe valve regurgitation. ICE has seen wider use in transcatheter structural heart procedures because, unlike TEE, it can be used without deeper sedation of anesthesia.

Feature | Ultrasound Intra-cardiac Echo (ICE) | By Dave Fornell, Editor

Trends and Advancements in Intra-cardiac Echo Imaging Systems

Intra-cardiac Echocardiography (ICE) uses catheter-based cardiac ultrasound array to image anatomy and devices inside ...

March 11, 2021

The Teleflex Manta large-bore vascular closure device can seal holes between 12 and 25 French.

Feature | Hemostasis Management | Dave Fornell, Editor

Large Bore Closure in Structural Heart Interventions

While many cardiac and vascular procedures have largely moved to minimally invasive techniques, the size of these ...

March 09, 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

Ophthalmic optical coherence tomography (OCT) scan view of the macula in retina with vessels. Detecting heart disease with OCT imaging of the eye.Getty Images

News | Cardiac Diagnostics

Detecting Heart Disease Through an Eye Exam

March 8, 2021 — In a new study from Shiley Eye Institute at UC San Diego Health, researchers have identified a potential ...

March 08, 2021

News | Womens Cardiovascular Health

Kansas Cardiologist Improves the Stress Test Experience for Women With ECG Bra

March 8, 2021 — University of Kansas Health System Cardiologist Ashley Simmons, M.D., knew there could and should be a ...

March 08, 2021

News | Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Devices (CRT)

CRT May Benefit More Heart Failure Patients in New Analysis of REVERSE Trial

March 3, 2021 — Medtronic announced new results from the landmark REVERSE trial, evaluating outcomes of cardiac ...

March 03, 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

Impulse Dynamics Optimizer Smart device is an implantable device that helps optimize cardiac pumping action in heart failure patients.

News | Heart Failure

European Union Allows MRI Scans of Heart Failure Patients With Impulse Dynamics Implanted Optimizer Smart Devices

March 3, 2021 — Impulse Dynamics recently announced that DEKRA Certification B.V., a global regulatory organization ...

March 03, 2021

Alivecor's pocket ECG system allows consumers or cardiologists to record a single lead ECG. AI algorithms can determine if their ECG is normal or abnormal and identify the arrhythmia.

News | Cardiac Diagnostics

AliveCor Collaborates With AstraZeneca to Develop Noninvasive Potassium Monitoring Solutions

March 3, 2021 — AliveCor recently announced a new collaboration with AstraZeneca to research new disease management ...

March 03, 2021

News | Atrial Fibrillation

First AF Patients Treated With Farapulse Pulsed Field Ablation System

March 3, 2021 — Farapulse Inc. announced the first patients were treated in the ADVENT Trial, a U.S. Food and Drug ...

March 03, 2021