The AHA and American Medical Society for Sports Medicine are collaborating to evaluate impact of COVID on the hearts of athletes, improve detection and inform safe return to play. #COVID19
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COVID-19 Registry Tracks Cardiac Health of College Athletes

January 12, 2021 — The American Heart Association (AHA) and the American Medical Society for Sports Medicine (AMSSM) are ...

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Medtronic Evolut TAVR Cleared in Canada for Both Bicuspid Valves in Intermediate or Greater Risk and for All Low Risk Patients for TAVR
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Canada Clears Medtronic Evolut TAVR for Both Bicuspid Valves and for All Low Risk Patients

January 11, 2021 — Medtronic has received a new expanded indication from Health Canada for its Evolut Transcatheter ...

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A device programmer showing the suspension of ICD therapies (orange bar, red arrow) with iPhone 12 laying over patient’s chest (green arrow) and fluoroscopy of iPhone 12 showing the circular magnet array (yellow arrow). iPhone 12 can cause ICDs to stop working
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iPhone 12 May Cause Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators to Malfunction

January 8, 2020 — A new study published this week in HeartRhythm, the journal of the Heart Rhythm Society (HRS), found ...

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While the FDA said the risk that SARS-CoV-2 virus mutations will only have a minor impact on testing accuracy is low, the agency singled out three tests are they had a higher concern. FDA warns PCR tests may be innaccurate with new UK virus varient.
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FDA Says New COVID Virus Mutation May Cause False Negatives

January 8, 2021 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is alerting healthcare providers that it is monitoring the ...

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The FDA has granted 510(k) clearance for the Inari Medical Inc. FlowTriever system for the treatment of clot in transit (CIT) in the right atrium. FlowTriever is the first thrombectomy system not requiring a cardiopulmonary bypass circuit to be FDA cleared for blood clots in the right atrium. 
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FDA Clears Inari Medical FlowTriever System for Treatment of Right Atrial Clot in Transit

January 8, 2021 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted 510(k) clearance for the Inari Medical Inc ...

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A new algorithmic module from OEM ultrasound AI software vendor RSIP Vision provides automated expert-level assessment of heart function from parasternal long axis view for point of care medical teams. Echocardiography artificial intelligence
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New Cardiac Diagnostic Tool Helps Automate Point-of-Care Ultrasound Screening

January 8, 2020 – RSIP Vision has launched a new artificial intelligence (AI) ultrasound module that enables fast and ...

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A coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) procedure where blockages in the coronaries are bypassed using a blood vessel harvested from elsewhere in the body and connected to the vessel past the blockage to supply blood to the heart. A new study shows better outcomes seen in multiple vs. single coronary artery bypass grafts (CABG) in men and sex appears to play a role in mortality. Getty Images
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Long-term Outcomes After Coronary Bypass Show Worse Outcomes for Women

January 6, 2020 — A new Weill Cornell Medicine found the risk of dying seven years after coronary artery bypass graft ...

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A new study highlights the importance of continued public education regarding the risks of cigarette smoking and the failure of dual use with vaping to reduce cardiovascular risk. Getty Images
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Vaping Combined With Smoking Likely as Harmful as Smoking Cigarettes Alone

January 6, 2021 — Smoking traditional cigarettes in addition to using e-cigarettes results in harmful health effects ...

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted the designation of breakthrough device to P+F Products + Features GmbH TricValve Transcatheter Bicval Valves System. The system uses two self-expanding valves in the vena cava for the treatment of patients with hemodynamically relevant tricuspid insufficiency without the need to touch the native tricuspid valve. #TTVR
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FDA Grants Break Through Device Designation for TricValve Transcatheter Bicaval Valves System

January 6, 2021 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted the designation of breakthrough device to P+F ...

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Ultromics will offer EchoGo Pro as a stress-echo module in the EchoGo suite alongside EchoGo Core, its AI solution for automated systolic function and strain analysis. The EchoGo suite is a cloud-based service that uses artificial intelligence to fully automate the pathway to diagnosis, providing near-instant reports for clinicians without any need for physical software on site.
News | Artificial Intelligence
FDA Clears Ultromics Echocardiography AI for Automated Identification of Coronary Artery Disease

January 6, 2021 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared Ultromics' EchoGo Pro, an artificial ...

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The most popular DAIC content in December 2020 included the Boston Scientific Lotus TAVR valve being taken off the market, CMS approving expanding coverage of LVADs for more Medicare patients and numerous COVID-19 related cardiology stories and videos.
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Most Popular Cardiology Technology Content in December 2020

January 5, 2021 — Here is the list of the most popular content on the Diagnostic and Interventional Cardiology (DAIC) ...

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The U.S. Government promised to have 20 million people vaccinated by Jan. 1, 2021 with just the Pfizer Vaccine. Even with two vaccines now approved, U.S. vaccinations for COVID stand at less than 4.5 million on Jan. 4, 2020. Getty Images The Pfizer and Moderna COVID vaccines were hailed as a major accomplishment in modern science and as the beginning of the end for COVID. This very well may be true, but it absolutely will not happen as fast as the government has led us to believe. #COVID19 #COVID #SARScov2
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COVID Vaccines May Make the Future Brighter in 2021, if They Ever Arrive

There was much fanfare over the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) emergency use authorizations (EUAs) in December ...

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Who Can Get the COVID-19 Vaccine? Roberto Lang, M.D., director of noninvasive cardiac imaging, University of Chicago Medical Center and former American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) president, received his first dose of the COVID vaccine in December. In addition to front line hospital workers, nursing home staff and residents also qualified for the first round of vaccinations. Right, Shannon Yaw, a nurse at a hard-hit nursing home in Michigan, received her first dose just before Christmas.
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Who Qualifies for the COVID Vaccine Under CDC Guidelines

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Dec. 3, released an interim guidance document to federal, state ...

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First Patient Treated With Harpoon Transcatheter Mitral Valve Repair Device in U.S. Trial. #TMVR
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First Patient Treated With Harpoon Transcatheter Mitral Valve Repair Device in U.S. Trial 

December 29, 2020 — Edwards Lifesciences announced Dec. 21 that the first patient was treated in the RESTORE clinical ...

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Coffee and tea are good for your heart, heart healthy. Top News Stories in 2020 From the European Society of Cardiology
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Top News Stories in 2020 From the European Society of Cardiology

December 29, 2020 — Here is a list of the top 10 news stories from the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) in 2020 that ...

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