An example of a 80-year-old TAVR patient planning CT scan from Northwestern Medicine's Central DuPage Hospital. This was used in a heart team meeting with the TAVR staff, including a cardiac surgeon and interventional cardiologist, to determine if this patient was eligable for TAVR, the best access routes to deliver the valve, device valve size needed, and to look for any potential anatomical issues so they can be planned for. 
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Northwestern Medicine Celebrates 2000th Transcatheter Heart Valve Procedure

September 2, 2020 — Northwestern Medicine Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute physicians recently completed their 2,000th ...

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Researchers 3-D Print Lifelike Heart Valve Models with embedded sensor technology
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Researchers 3-D Print Lifelike Heart Valve Models

September 2, 2020 — Patient-specific organ models are being used by the University of Minnesota to better prepare for ...

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Tailor PCI trial showed genetic testing may play a role in personalizing antiplatelet therapy after PCI.
News | Antiplatelet and Anticoagulation Therapies
Trial Shows Benefit of Using Genetic Testing to Tailor Antiplatelet Therapy 

September 2, 2020 — An international, first-of-its-kind cardiology trial used personalized genetic testing to reduce by ...

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The Morristown Medical Center radial lounge uses recliner chairs rather than hospital beds for patients recovering from cath lab procedures using transradial access. The vascular access technique allows patients to immediately walk off the cath lab table following a procedure and they can use the bathroom and walk around during recovery. This is rapidly becoming the preferred access route in cath labs as opposed to the long-used standard of care of femoral artery access in the groin. #transradial
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Atlantic Health Morristown Medical Center Opens Radial Lounge for Post-procedure Recovery

August 25, 2020 – Atlantic Health System’s Morristown Medical Center has opened one of the region’s first radial lounges ...

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Selfied might be used with AI to identify patients with heart disease. Getty Images
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Selfies Might be Used to Detect Heart Disease

August 24, 2020 — Sending a photo selfie to the doctor could be a cheap and simple way of detecting heart disease using ...

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Navin Kapur, M.D., FAHA, FACC, FSCAI, executive director, The CardioVascular Center for Research and Innovation (CVCRI), explains the concpet of the Door-to-Unloading (DTU) Trial he is heading, one of several innovations at Tufts Medical Center in Boston. Kapur is also director, Acute Mechanical Circulatory Support Program; director, interventional research laboratories; director of Cardiac Biology Research Center, Molecular Cardiology Research Institute (MCRI), Tufts Medical Center. Photo by Dave Fornell
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Cardiovascular Innovation at Tufts Medical Center

The cardiology program at Tufts Medical Center in Boston is internationally recognized for being on the forefront of ...

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The Medtronic Heartware and Abbott Heartmate 3 LVADs and others currently cleared by the FDA might be easier to use in Medicare advanced heart failure patients under new guidelines proposed by CMS. Photo by Dave Fornell
Feature | Heart Failure | Dave Fornell, Editor
CMS Proposes Coverage Updates for Artificial Hearts and Ventricular Assist Devices

August 21, 2020 — The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed updates to coverage policies for ...

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Boston Scientific recently introduced the newst iteration of LAA occluder device, the Watchman FLX. It uses small spikes to help better anchor the device and prevent embolization.
News | Left Atrial Appendage (LAA) Occluders
COVID-19 Boosts Demand for Left Atrial Appendage Closure Devices Market

August 21, 2020 — According to a report published by Research Dive, the rising number of patients suffering from atrial ...

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Echocardiography strain imaging at ASE. #ASE2020
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ASE Features Top 20 Echocardiography Research Abstract Presentations

August 20, 2020 – More than 350 posters featuring cutting edge research on the advances in cardiovascular ultrasound ...

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A calcium scoring CT scan showing a segment of heavily calcified coronary artery.
News | CT Angiography (CTA)
CT Scan For Arterial Plaque is Better at Predicting Heart Attack Than Stroke

August 20, 2020 – The amount of calcified plaque in the heart’s arteries on computed tomography (CT) scans is a better ...

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The World Alliance of Societies of Echocardiography (WASE) Normal Values Study is a cross-sectional study designed to obtain universal global reference ranges for both 2-D and 3-D echocardiographic (2DE, 3DE) data to identify geographical differences in echocardiographic measurements. Launched in 2016, the WASE study prospectively enrolled healthy individuals free from cardiac, lung, and kidney disease from 19 centers in 15 countries. #ASE #ASE2020
News | Cardiovascular Ultrasound
WASE Study Finds Differences in How Right Atrial Size is Reported in Non-Asian and Asian Patients 

August 20, 2020 – The World Alliance of Societies of Echocardiography (WASE) Normal Values Study is a cross-sectional ...

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Videos | Remote Viewing Systems
VIDEO: How GE Healthcare’s Zero Footprint Viewer Supports Clinical Care

Enterprise viewers are designed to provide fast and easy access to a patient’s imaging history, and today’s modern ...

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In the era of COVID-19, remote technical assistance has become big deal. GE Healthcare showed its Digital Expert technology at the ASE 2020 virtual meeting, which allows remote one-on-one echo training or ultrasound machine technical assistance. It became an important service for GE since the start of the pandemic. 
Feature | ASE
Innovative Cardiovascular Ultrasound Solutions Showcased at ASE 2020 Virtual Meeting

August 19, 2020 — From point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) that has been a key technology during the COVID-19 pandemic, to ...

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aption Health a leader in medical AI technology, has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance for an updated version of Caption Interpretation, which uses artificial intelligence (AI) to enable clinicians to obtain quick, easy and accurate measurements of cardiac ejection fraction (EF) at the point of care.
News | Artificial Intelligence
FDA Clears Caption Health AI-assisted Point-of-care Ejection Fraction Evaluation

August 19, 2020 — Caption Health a leader in medical AI technology, has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ...

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In February 2020, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) cleared artificial intelligence software to assist in the acquisition of cardiac ultrasound images. The Caption Guidance software from Caption Health is an accessory to compatible diagnostic ultrasound systems and uses artificial intelligence to help the user capture images of a patient’s heart that are of acceptable diagnostic quality. It is aimed at point of care ultrasound (POCUS) exams, where users may not be regular sonographers.
Feature | Artificial Intelligence | Dave Fornell, Editor
Artificial Intelligence Applications in Cardiology

The No. 1 overarching hot topic at all the medical conferences over the past couple years has been artificial ...

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