Diagnostic and Interventional Cardiology

VIDEO: Photon Counting Detectors Will be the Next Major Advance in Computed Tomography

Todd Villines, M.D., FACC, FAHA, MSCCT, said photon counting CT detectors were a key new technology discussed at the ...

August 11, 2020

Videos | CT Angiography (CTA)

VIDEO: Key Cardiac CT Papers Presented at SCCT 2020

Todd Villines, M.D., FACC, FAHA, MSCCT, explains some of most influential cardiac CT clinical papers from the past year ...

August 11, 2020

Videos | CT Angiography (CTA)

VIDEO: Coronary Plaque Quantification Will Become Major Risk Assessment

Todd Villines, M.D., FACC, FAHA, MSCCT, explains how coronary plaque assessment will become a new risk assessment tool ...

August 11, 2020

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Feature | Information Technology

SPONSORED CONTENT: Unveiling the Future of Cardiovascular Workflow

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March 21, 2024

Videos | CT Angiography (CTA)

VIDEO: Increased Use of Cardiac CT During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Todd Villines, M.D., FACC, FAHA, MSCCT, explains some of the discussion on CT used for COVID-19 patients at the Society ...

August 11, 2020

Rafael Rivero, M.D., Global Head of Medical Affairs at MSI, said: "The importance of MyoStrain cannot be understated because of the test's immense clinical value and ability to quantify intramyocardial dysfunction across 48 segments of the heart. In a six-heartbeat MRI scan, MyoStrain arms physicians with novel clinical information about a patient's heart health."

News | Cardiac Imaging

Myocardial Solutions Announces Strategic Partnership with United Imaging

August 11, 2020 — Myocardial Solutions, Inc. and United Imaging, Inc. have formed a strategic partnership to open new ...

August 11, 2020

The Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai is working with the Keck Medicine of USC heart surgery team to expand care for children and adults with congenital heart disease. An echocardiographer helps with cardiac ultrasound imaging in a hybrid OR during a congenital case using a Siemens SC2000 imaging system. Photo by Cedars-Sinai.

News | Congenital Heart

Smidt Heart Institute Enhances Congenital Heart Program to Follow Patients as Neonates Through Adulthood

August 10, 2020 - The Guerin Family Congenital Heart Program in the Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai is expanding ...

August 10, 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

Part of a CDC inforgraphic on MIS-C based on reports from U.S. cases March-May 2020.[2] The full inforgraphic can be found at https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/covid-data/infographic-mis-c.html #COVID19

News | Coronavirus (COVID-19)

NIH-funded Project Wants to Identify Children at Risk for MIS-C From COVID-19

August 7, 2020 — The National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced research funding to encourage the development of ...

August 07, 2020

The Philips Healthcare Stellarex drug-coated balloon (DCB). It is cleared for use in peripheral vessels and treatment of failing AV access.

Feature | Drug-Eluting Balloons | Dave Fornell, Editor

Recent Developments in Drug-Coated Balloons

Drug-coated balloons (DCB), also referred to as drug-eluting balloons (DEB), were created as a way to reduce very high ...

August 06, 2020

The Conformal Medical CLAAS device, a next-generation transcatheter left atrial appendage (LAA) closure occluder for patients with atrial fibrillation (AF). LAA occlusion allows AFib patients to go off of life-long anticoagulation therapy. #LAA #LAAC

News | Left Atrial Appendage (LAA) Occluders

Conformal Medical Secures $85 Million in Funding for Left Atrial Appendage Occluder Trial

August 6, 2020 – Conformal Medical Inc. announced it secured $85 million in Series C financing to support the company’s ...

August 06, 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

CardioMech's transcatheter chordae tendineae repair system uses a catheter to attach an anchor on the mitral valve leaflet and then attaches it via a cord to the apex of the heart.

News | Heart Valve Technology

Transcatheter Mitral Valve Repair Startup CardioMech Raised $18.5 Million

August 5, 2020 – Minneapolis-based CardioMech AS, a medical device company developing a transfemoral, transseptally ...

August 05, 2020

News | Remote Monitoring

Wearable Sensors and AI App Used to Remotely Monitor Heart Failure Patients in NorthShore Health System

August 5, 2020 – NorthShore University HealthSystem , Carnegie Mellon University and physIQ are collaborating on a multi ...

August 05, 2020

Abiomed Impella is now authorized to treat critical ICU COVID-19 patients on ECMO who develop pulmonary edema or need cardiac decompensation from myocarditis. #COVID19 #SARScov2 #Impella

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

FDA Allows Emergency Use of Impella for COVID-19 Patients on ECMO

August 5, 2020 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued an emergency use authorization (EUA) this week for ...

August 05, 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

TomTec offers innovations in cardiac ultrasound, including AI and auto quanitification of echo images.

News | Cardiovascular Ultrasound

TomTec Releases New Echocardiography Technologies With AI and Auto Quantification

August 4, 2020 — Imaging software company TomTec has released its new TomTec-Arena 2020 product, which offers new ...

August 04, 2020

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