Diagnostic and Interventional Cardiology

The TactiFlex PAF investigational device exemption (IDE) study will evaluate he investigational TactiFlex Ablation Catheter, Sensor Enabled (SE) to treat people suffering from paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (PAF).

News | Atrial Fibrillation

Study Evaluates Location Sensor Technology to Improve AFib Ablation Guidance

August 4, 2020 — Abbott announced the first enrollments in the TactiFlex PAF investigational device exemption (IDE) ...

August 04, 2020

Examples of allogeneic cardiac cells (also called cardiosphere-derived cells or CDCs).

News | Heart Failure

Three Years After Stem Cell Trial for Heart Failure was Abandoned New Evidence Shows it Works

August 4, 2020 - More than three years after a clinical trial was prematurely ended for failing to show progress in ...

August 04, 2020

News | Cardiogenic Shock

Large Study in Japan Finds High Survival Rates With Impella Heart Pump

August 3, 2020 — A three-year, investigator-led, prospective study of Japanese patients who received an Impella heart ...

August 03, 2020

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Feature | Information Technology

SPONSORED CONTENT: Unveiling the Future of Cardiovascular Workflow

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March 21, 2024

Two of the top pieces of content in July included the FDA clearance for the new Watchman FLX left atrial appendage occluder (left), which includes a video interview with one of the trial investigators. COVID-19 content remained among the top content in July, and one story explained the odd pattern of cardiac cell death in COVID-19 patient autopsies.

Feature | Dave Fornell, Editor

August 3, 2020 — Here is the list of the most popular content on the Diagnostic and Interventional Cardiology (DAIC) ...

August 03, 2020

Videos | TCT

VIDEO: What to Expect at the Virtual TCT 2020 Meeting

With COVID-19 forcing all medical conferences to go virtual in 2020, Juan F. Granada, M.D., CEO of the Cardiovascular ...

August 01, 2020

An example of perivascular fat attenuation index (FAI) imaging inside the coronary vascular wall to show areas of inflammation. #SCCT2020

Feature | CT Angiography (CTA) | Dave Fornell, Editor

Low-attenuation Coronary Plaque Burden May Become Next Big Cardiac Risk Assessment

There is a promising recent development in cardiovascular computed tomography angiography (CCTA) to analyze plaque to ...

July 30, 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

Left, a 3-D rendering of a heart from a cardiac CT exam. Right, a lung-CT exam showing the heart and ground glass lesions in the lungs of a COVID-19 patient. CT has become a front-line imaging modality in the COVID era because it offers both cardiac and lung information to help determine a patients disposition with chest pain, COVID-19 and COVID-caused myocarditis and pulmonary embolism.

Feature | Coronavirus (COVID-19) | Dave Fornell, Editor

Impact of Cardiac CT During COVID-19

July 28, 2020 — The use of cardiovascular computed tomography angiography (CCTA) is one of the areas that has seen a ...

July 28, 2020

Videos | EP Lab

VIDEO: Impact of COVID-19 on Electrophysiology Programs

Devi G. Nair, M.D., FHRS, director of cardiac electrophysiology, St. Bernards Heart and Vascular Center, Jonesboro, Ark ...

July 28, 2020

Dapagliflozin (Farxiga) heart failure drug performs very will to improve outcomes for patients with chronic kidney disease.

News | Pharmaceuticals

Dapagliflozin Meets All Endpoints to Treat Chronic Kidney Disease

July 28, 2020 — AstraZeneca's heart failure medication dapagliflozin (Farxiga) significantly reduced the worsening of ...

July 28, 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

A cardiac CT of a patient with pacemaker leads, which can be challenging to get good images due to metal artifact. This image was rendered from using Canon's AiCE AI-assisted interactive reconstruction with Global Illumination 3-D rendering from a scan on an Aquilion One Genesis SP system.

Feature | CT Angiography (CTA) | Dave Fornell, Editor

Top 9 Cardiovascular CT Studies in Past Year

There has been tremendous growth in the field of cardiovascular computed tomography (CT) in the past two decades, with ...

July 27, 2020

Videos | Left Atrial Appendage (LAA) Occluders

VIDEO: Overview of LAA Occlusion Using the Watchman FLX

Devi G. Nair, M.D., FHRS, director of cardiac electrophysiology, St. Bernards Heart and Vascular Center, Jonesboro, Ark ...

July 24, 2020

News | Stents

CeloNova Completes Enrollment of First Randomized 14-Day DAPT Trial For a Stent

July 24, 2020 — CeloNova BioSciences Inc. announced it successfully completed enrollment of the COBRA REDUCE randomized ...

July 24, 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

Figure B — Top panel, neutrophils noted in collections within small vessels (blue arrow), plump endothelial cells (yellow arrowhead) and a single perivascular dying myocyte (blue arrowhead). Bottom panel, single myocyte undergoing degeneration (blue arrowhead) and plump endothelial cell (yellow arrowhead). Figure C — Electron microscopy, showing particles of SARS-CoV-2 virus present within a cardiac endothelial cell (blue arrowheads), but not present in neighboring cardiac myocyte. #COVID19

Feature | Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Autopsies Reveal Surprising Cardiac Changes in COVID-19 Patients

July 23, 2020 - A series of autopsies conducted by Louisiana State University (LSU) Health New Orleans pathologists ...

July 23, 2020

Hershey's Chocolate display with samples and coco pods at the American College of Cardiology (ACC) 2012 annual meeting. The company was making the case that chocolate can be good for your heart, which is now supported by several studies. Photo by Dave Fornell

News | Cardiovascular Clinical Studies

Eating Chocolate Once a Week May Reduce Risk of Heart Disease

July 22, 2020 — Eating chocolate at least once a week is linked with a reduced risk of heart disease, according to ...

July 22, 2020

A team from Purdue University developed self-powered wearable triboelectric nanogenerators with polyvinyl alcohol-based contact layers for monitoring cardiovascular health.

News | Wearables

Purdue Develops Self-powered Wearable Heart Monitor

July 22, 2020 — A team from Purdue University has developed self-powered wearable triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs) ...

July 22, 2020