Diagnostic and Interventional Cardiology

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

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 ...

January 08, 2021

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 ...

January 06, 2021

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

News | Cardiac Diagnostics

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 ...

January 06, 2021

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Cardiac PET/CT — A New Standard for Cardiac Imaging

Cardiac PET/CT represents a major advancement in cardiovascular diagnostics, offering significant clinical and ...

November 12, 2025

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

News | Structural Heart

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 ...

January 06, 2021

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 ...

January 06, 2021

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

January 05, 2021

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Intuitive Imaging Workflow System Offers Improved Efficiency, Flexibility

SPONSORED CONTENT — Studycast is a comprehensive imaging workflow system that allows healthcare professionals to work ...

June 17, 2025

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

Blog | Coronavirus (COVID-19)

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 ...

January 04, 2021

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 ...

January 04, 2021

News | Structural Heart

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 ...

December 29, 2020

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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

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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 ...

December 29, 2020

Health Canada has approved the expanded use of the Edwards Lifesciences Sapien 3 and Sapien 3 Ultra transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) heart valves for the transfemoral treatment of patients diagnosed with severe symptomatic aortic stenosis who are at low risk for open-heart surgery. #TAVR #TAVI

News | Structural Heart

Edwards Sapien 3 TAVR Valve Receives Expanded Approval in Canada

December 29, 2020 — Health Canada has approved the expanded use of the Edwards Lifesciences Sapien 3 and Sapien 3 Ultra ...

December 29, 2020

COVID-19 related topics by far out-paced all other topics in cardiology in 2020 on the DAIC website. Several stories topped the list related to the cardiovascular issues with hydroxychloroquine being used as a treatment for the virus. Top new device technologies in 2020 included European approval of the Abbott Tendyne transcatheter mitral valve, FDA approval of Medtronic's new Micra AV pill-sized pacemaker, and FDA clearance of the first drug-eluting stent with short-duration dual-antiplatelet therapy.

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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

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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

This year's top videos are dominated by COVID-19's impact on cardiology and many of the videos from a series produced this year on Tuft Medical Center's cardiology program. Top DAIC cardiology videos from 2020 #TuftsmedicalCenter #Tufts #COVID19

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Top 25 Cardiology Videos on DAIC in 2020

Here are the top performing 25 videos on the DAIC website in 2020. The picks are based on Google Analytics of the DAIC ...

December 23, 2020

Demonstrations videos of new technologoies are among the most popular video content on the DAIC website each year. Included this year are videos showing how it install a subcutaneous ICD, CT photo-realistic rendering, How to implants the Micra leadless pacemaker and many others.

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Video Demonstrations of How Cardiovascular Technology Works

December 23, 2020 — Demonstrations of new technologies and explanations of how they work are among the most popular ...

December 23, 2020

Thrombus formation in the aortic arch in a 46-year-old COVID patients in the ICU. Three trials are underway to find which anticoagulant strategy is best to treat moderate and critically ill patients where COVID-causes venous thrombo-embolism (VTE) is a major cause of complications. Image courtesy of Margarita Revzin et al.

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NIH Pauses Anticoagulant Trial For Critically Ill COVID-19 Patients

December 23, 2020 — Three clinical trial platforms working together to test the effects of full doses of anticoagulants ...

December 23, 2020