Diagnostic and Interventional Cardiology

Videos | Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS)

VIDEO: Examples of Lung B-lines and Cardiac Imaging on a Vscan Point of Care Ultrasound

Here are two quick clinical examples of point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) lung imaging and cardiac imaging using a GE ...

April 01, 2021

Polar maps demonstrating MBF, uptake, and retention along with their relationship to traditional relative MPI.

News | Nuclear Imaging

ASNC and SNMMI Issue Guide for Using PET Myocardial Blood Flow to Improve Coronary Artery Disease Diagnosis

April 1, 2021 – The ability to measure myocardial blood flow (MBF) as part of myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) is one ...

April 01, 2021

Sponsored Content | Sponsored Content | Case Study | Cardiovascular Information Systems (CVIS)

Single-Database Cardiology Platform Drives Efficient Workflow and Improves Data Access

Washington Health System (WHS) provides healthcare services at more than 40 offsite locations across three counties in ...

April 01, 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

The most popular content this past month included the release of the list of ACC 2021 late-breaking studies, the first AF patients treated with a new pulsed field ablation system, a blog on how the recently FDA cleared coronary lithotripsy balloon system may become a paradigm shift in the cath lab, and the development of engineered tissue valves that can grow with younger patients.

Feature | By Dave Fornell, Editor

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

April 01, 2021

Videos | Cath Lab

VIDEO: Example of Coronary Lithotripsy to Break up Calcified Lesion

This is a quick example of clinical use of the Shockwave Medical Intravascular Lithotripsy system that uses sonic wave ...

March 31, 2021

Researchers found a relationship between stress-associated neurobiological activity on 18F-FDG PET-CT imaging and risk for subsequent Takotsubo syndrome impacting the heart.

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PET-CT Shows Stressed Brain Linked to Broken Heart

March 31, 2021 — Heightened activity in the brain, caused by stressful events, is linked to the risk of developing a ...

March 31, 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

cImage Inc. celebrates its cloud partnership with Digirad Health after a year of successful deployment of PICOM365 for mobile imaging. Digirad’s fleet of mobile SPECT, echocardiology, vascular and general ultrasound units combined with PICOM365’s cloud image management workflow leverage each company’s strengths to create an exemplary reading and reporting environment.

News | Cardiac Imaging

ScImage Cloud Partnership With Digirad Aids Flow of Nuclear and Echo Imaging

March 31, 2021 — ScImage Inc. celebrates its cloud partnership with Digirad Health after a year of successful deployment ...

March 31, 2021

Driven by pandemic realities and clinical demand for portable and intelligent point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS), GE Healthcare unveiled Venue Fit, a streamlined and compact POCUS system, alongside an industry-first artificial intelligence (AI) offering for cardiac imaging on the Venue and Venue Go. The Venue Fit is the smallest system in GE Healthcare’s Venue Family, featuring an easy-to-clean touchscreen, intuitive scanning tools, and a small footprint designed to fit in tight spaces often found in point-of

News | Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS)

GE Healthcare Expands Ultrasound Family with New Point of Care System and AI Offering

March 31, 2021 — Driven by pandemic realities and clinical demand for portable and intelligent point-of-care ultrasound ...

March 31, 2021

The Medtronic Harmony Transcatheter Pulmonary Valve (TPV) System. It is first in the world non-surgical heart valve to treat pediatric and adult patients with a native or surgically-repaired right ventricular outflow tract (RVOT) to stop severe pulmonary valve regurgitation caused by congenital heart disease.

Feature | Structural Heart | By Dave Fornell, Editor

FDA Clears First Device to Treat Right Ventricular Outflow Tract Congenital Heart Disease

March 26, 2021 — Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) cleared the Medtronic Harmony Transcatheter ...

March 26, 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

The March April 2021 issue of DAIC, Diagnostic and Interventional Cardiology magazine, Dave Fornell is the editor.

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The DAIC March-April 2021 Digital Edition

View the March-April 2021 digital edition of Diagnostic and Interventional Cardiology (DAIC) magazine, including links ...

March 26, 2021

Virtual tour views of a University of Colorado cath lab during a CTO procedure (top left), the new robotic EP lab at Banner Health (top right), a bi-plane EP/cath combo lab at Baylor Heart Hospital Dallas (bottom left, and an ECMO procedure at Tufts Medical Center cath lab. Photos by Dave Fornell

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Virtual Tours of Cath and EP Labs

There is a lot of interest in how other hospitals organize and equip their cardiac cath labs and electrophysiology (EP) ...

March 25, 2021

Neonates and young pediatric patients with congenital heart disease have few options for implantable electrophysiology (EP) devices like pacemakers or ICDs.

News | Congenital Heart

Critical Need for Pediatric Electrophysiology Devices is Focus of Medical Device Competition

March 24, 2021 — Congenital heart disease (CHD) affects six out of 1,000 babies born in the U.S. each year and is often ...

March 24, 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

PA pressure-guided heart failure management is fast becoming the standard of care in NYHA Class III patients. The Cordella Pulmonary Artery Pressure Sensor enables clinicians to remotely monitor and proactively adjust therapy and medications remotely without the need for office visits.

News | Heart Failure

100th Patient Implanted With Cordella Pulmonary Artery Pressure Sensor For Proactive, Remote Heart Failure Management

March 24, 2021 — Endotronix Inc., a digital health and medical technology company working on advancements in treating of ...

March 24, 2021

Videos | Structural Heart

VIDEO: PFO Closure Shows Continued Stroke Prevention Benefit at 5 Years

Interview with Scott E. Kasner, M.D., who served as the principle investigator for the Gore Cardioform REDUCE trial, and ...

March 23, 2021

Top left, electromechanical wave imaging (EWI) isochrone renderings showing the activation points of the myocardium based on echocardiography axial strain measurements. Bottom right, EWI images overlaid on patient's CT scan of the heart.

News | EP Lab

New Ultrasound Technique Helps Pinpoint Source of Arrhythmias

March 23, 2021 — Researchers at Columbia University are using cardiac ultrasound to improve the critical need to ...

March 23, 2021