Diagnostic and Interventional Cardiology

The Abbott Vascular Xience Sierra drug eluting stent (DES). The XIENCE 28 and XIENCE 90 studies presented at TCT 2020 showed the stent can be used safely with only one month of dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT). #TCT #TCTconnect #TCT2020

Shorter DAPT With Xience Stent is Noninferior to Standard DAPT

October 16, 2020 – Results from the XIENCE 90/28 clinical trials have shown that a shorter course of dual-antiplatelet ...

October 16, 2020

The Abiomed Impella was highlighted in several sessions at the 2020 TCT Connect conference. #TCT #TCT2020 #TCTconnect

News | Hemodynamic Support Devices

Restore EF Study Demonstrates Impella Supported High-Risk PCI Improves Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction

October 16, 2020 — The Restore EF Study demonstrates the use of contemporary best practices, including attempting a more ...

October 16, 2020

The Keystone Heart TriGuard 3 (TG3) is a self-stabilizing cerebral embolic deflection filter used in patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR). The device is designed to reduce TAVR complications of cerebral embolization and ischemic stroke. #TCT #TCT2020 #TCTconnect

News | Heart Valve Technology

Keystone Heart TAVR Embolic Protection Device Did Not Demonstrate Superiority

October 15, 2020 – The REFLECT II randomized clinical trial evaluating the safety and efficacy of the Keystone Heart ...

October 15, 2020

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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

Philip's co-registration technology showing angiography overlaid with iFR in a coronary vessel segment with a system of dots that show regions where the hemodynamic pressure drops occur. This can aid in identifying culprit lesions. #TCT #TCT2020 #TCTconnect

News | FFR Technologies

DEFINE PCI Study One-year Data Show Potential of Treating Residual Ischemia to Improve Outcomes for Coronary Stenting

October 15, 2020 — The one-year results of the late-breaking DEFINE PCI study showed patients had improved outcomes and ...

October 15, 2020

GE Healthcare announced U.S. FDA 510k clearance for its Ultra Edition package on Vivid cardiovascular ultrasound systems, which includes new features based on artificial intelligence (AI) that enable clinicians to acquire faster, more repeatable exams consistently.

News | Cardiovascular Ultrasound

GE Healthcare Receives FDA Clearance for AI-powered Cardiovascular Ultrasound System

October 13, 2020 — GE Healthcare announced U.S. FDA 510k clearance for its Ultra Edition package on Vivid cardiovascular ...

October 15, 2020

The Boston Scientific Acurate neo self-expanding TAVR valve (left) did not perform as well clinically as the Medtronic CoreValve Evolut TAVR valve (right) in the SCOPE II trial presented at TCT 2020. #TCT #TCT2020 #TCTconnect

Feature | Heart Valve Technology

Acurate neo TAVR Valve Fails to Meet Noninferiority With Medtronic CoreValve Evolut

October 15, 2020 – The SCOPE II trial comparing the Boston Scientific Acurate neo vs. Medtronic CoreValve Evolut TAVR ...

October 15, 2020

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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

An illustration showing the MitraClip catheter entering the left atrium through a transseptal puncture. #TCT2020 #TCTconnect

News | Heart Valve Technology

Transcatheter Closure of Residual ASD After Transcatheter Mitral Valve Repair Was Not Superior to Medical Therapy

October 15, 2020 – The MITHRAS randomized clinical trial found that interventional closure of an iatrogenic atrial ...

October 15, 2020

TCT 2020 Late-breaking Study trial Presentations Announced. #TCTconnect #TCT2020 #TCT

Feature | TCT

TCT 2020 Late-breaking Study Presentations Announced

October 15, 2020 — The late-breaking studies are one of the hallmarks of the annual Transcatheter Cardiovascular ...

October 15, 2020

News | Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Effect of COVID-19 on Cardiology Highlighted in Research at ACC Quality Summit

October 14, 2020 — American College of Cardiology (ACC) Quality Summit virtual meeting Oct. 8-9, 2020, featured several ...

October 14, 2020

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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

Interventional cardiology and structural heart pioneer Martin Leon, M.D., is the name-sake of the new joint ACC-CRF Center for Cardiovascular Transformation.

News | TCT

ACC and CRF Create the Martin B. Leon Center for Cardiovascular Transformation

October 14, 2020 — The American College of Cardiology (ACC) and the Cardiovascular Research Foundation (CRF) are ...

October 14, 2020

Medtronic is starting a randomized, head-to-head study comparing the Medtronic CoreValve Evolut Pro and Pro+TAVR Systems against the balloon-expandable Edwards Sapien 3 and Sapien 3 Ultra Transcatheter Heart Valvestwo transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) systems in patients with severe symptomatic aortic stenosis (ssAS).

News | Heart Valve Technology

Medtronic Launches Head-to-Head TAVR Study Comparing the Corevalve Evolut vs Edwards Sapien in Small Annulus Patients

October 14, 2020 — Medtronic announced it is starting a randomized, head-to-head study comparing two transcatheter ...

October 14, 2020

News | Coronavirus (COVID-19)

COVID-19 Positive STEMI Patients Have Higher Mortality

October 14, 2020 – The first outcomes data from the North American COVID-19 ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction ...

October 14, 2020

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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

Flexible electronics have been developed to implant in patients to constantly monitor their cardiac condition.

Feature | Udi Nussinovitch M.D., Ph.D.

What is New in Cardiology? A Review of All Major Emerging Technologies for Heart Diseases

This is an overview of some of the biggest cardiology technology advances. These innovations are covered in more detail ...

October 09, 2020

The Philips Lumify point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) system uses an app and a transducer to convert a smartphone into a portable ultrasound system. Philips and GE Healthcare both offer small hand-held systems and are now facing increased competition from new POCUS vendors like Butterfly Network.

Feature | Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS) | Alan Stoddart, Signify Research

Point-of-care Ultrasound Sees Rapid Growth Amid COVID-19 and May be Poised for Consumers

For all the changes in medicine there are some things that seem resolutely stable. Chief among these is the idea that ...

October 08, 2020

News | EP Lab

First Patients Treated with Galaxy Medical Centauri Pulsed Electric Field Cardiac Ablation System

October 8, 2020 — Galaxy Medical, a developer of pulsed electric field (PEF) technology for the treatment of cardiac ...

October 08, 2020