Diagnostic and Interventional Cardiology

The Aria CV Pulmonary Hypertension System (Aria CV PH System) received FDA Breakthrough Device status.

Aria CV Receives FDA Breakthrough Designation for Device to Treat Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

February 7, 2020 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Breakthrough Device Designation for the Aria ...

February 07, 2020

Videos | Hemodynamic Support Devices

VIDEO: Door-to-Unloading (DTU) Trial May Change STEMI Care

Interview with Navin Kapur, M.D., FAHA, FACC, FSCAI, executive director, The CardioVascular Center for Research and Innovation (CVCRI), director, Acute Mechanical Circulatory Support Program; director, interventional research laboratories; director of Cardiac Biology Research Center, Molecular Cardiology Research Institute (MCRI), Tufts Medical Center. He explains the Door-to-Unloading (DTU) Trial...

February 07, 2020

New SIR position statement and quality documents highlight interventional radiology effective use of nonsurgical ablation to treat kidney cancer in selected patients

News | Interventional Radiology

Interventional Radiologists Increasingly Using Ablation to Treat Kidney Cancer

February 4, 2020 — For some patients, kidney cancer can be effectively treated without surgery, according to the Society ...

February 04, 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

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a the CATALYST trial designed to assess Abbott's Amplatzer Amulet left atrial appendage (LAA) occluder for people with atrial fibrillation (AF or AFib).

News | Left Atrial Appendage (LAA) Occluders

Amplatzer Amulet LAA Occluder Will be Compared to Anticoagulants in CATALYST Trial

February 3, 2020 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a the CATALYST trial designed to assess ...

February 03, 2020

The Abbott Tendyne transcatheter mitral valve replacement (TMVR) system, left, became the first TMVR device to gain commercial regulatory clearance in the world. It gains European CE mark in January. Another top story in January was the first use of the Robocath R-One robotic cath lab catheter guidance system in Germany. Watch a VIDEO of the system in use in one of those cases.

News | Dave Fornell, Editor

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

February 03, 2020

Raj Makkar, M.D., led a multicenter national study comparing outcomes for minimally invasive heart valve replacement to open-heart surgery. Photo by Cedars-Sinai. TAVR performs as well as surgery for aortic valve replacement.

News | Heart Valve Technology

January 31, 2020 — A new study from the Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai and other centers nationwide shows that ...

January 31, 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

Medtronic's PulseSelect Pulsed Field Ablation (PFA) System

News | Atrial Fibrillation

Medtronic FDA Trial Evaluates Pulsed Electric Fields to Treat Atrial Fibrillation

January 31, 2020 – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has given Medtronic approval to proceed with an ...

January 31, 2020

Nuance Communications Inc. introduced Nuance Cardiovascular CAPD, a new computer-assisted physician documentation (CAPD) solution designed to help cardiologists improve the quality of complex documentation and the accuracy of reimbursement for cardiac catheterization procedures. The Nuance Cardiovascular CAPD solution is available through a partnership with ZHealth for this solution, which is based on patented algorithms built with ZHealth’s interventional documentation and coding expertise.

News | Cath Lab

Nuance Adds Cardiovascular Computer-Assisted Physician Documentation for Cath Lab Reporting

January 29, 2020 – Nuance Communications Inc. introduced Nuance Cardiovascular CAPD, a new computer-assisted physician ...

January 31, 2020

Thoracic abdominal aortic stent graft used to treat Type B aortic dissections (TBAD). The STS and SVS released new reporting standards for TBAD.

News | Endovascular Aortic Repair

New Reporting Standards for Type B Aortic Dissections

January 31, 2020 – The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) and Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) released new reporting ...

January 31, 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

Abbott Tendyne TMVR, TMVI system received European CE mark clearance in January 2020. The Abbott Tendyne transcatheter mitral valve replacement (TMVR) system uses an anchor attached to the apex of the heart with a whether line attached to the valve. This helps to keep the valve anchored in the mitral annulus and prevent embolization. This anchor system was used because, unlike the aortic valve, the mitral valve has a very thin landing zone to secure the valve. Prevents LVOT obstruction.

Feature | Heart Valve Technology

World's First Transcatheter Mitral Valve Approved in Europe

January 30, 2020 — The Abbott Tendyne Transcatheter Mitral Valve Implantation (TMVI) system received European CE mark ...

January 30, 2020

Easy access, anywhere to the ECG management system is helpful in patient care. This is the GE Muse system accessed at the patient bedside.

News | ECG Management Systems | Dave Fornell, Editor

Trends in ECG Management Systems

The movement from paper electrocardiogram (ECG) review to electronic ECG management systems in the past decade has helped improve efficiency and complete the patient electronic medical record (EMR). Current ECG management systems now offer improved workflow efficiencies, greater interoperability and integration into...

January 29, 2020

The researchers used high resolution cross-sectional imaging with CT or MRI to assess 225 men with abdominal aortic aneurysm. Follow-up lasted, on average, more than three years. Slightly more than half of patients had an intraluminal thrombus. The aneurysms of those with intraluminal thrombus were larger at baseline and grew by a rate of 2 mm per year, twice as fast as the 1 mm per year growth rate in people without intraluminal thrombus.

News | Endovascular Aortic Repair

Rapid Aortic Aneurysm Growth Occurs in Presence of Blood Clot

January 29, 2020 – The presence of a blood clot on the wall of the aorta in people with abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA) ...

January 29, 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

Indications expanded for Ozempic and Rybelsus to reduce cardiovascular risk in adults with type 2 diabetes and known heart disease

News | Pharmaceuticals

FDA Clears Semaglutide For Cardiac Risk Reduction in Diabetic Patients

January 29, 2020 - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a new indication for Novo Nordisk's Ozempic ...

January 29, 2020

Videos | Heart Valve Technology

VIDEO: Overview of the TAVR Program at Tufts Medical Center

Interview with Andrew Weintraub, M.D., FACC, associate director, of the Interventional Cardiology and Vascular Center ...

January 28, 2020

Videos | Cath Lab

VIDEO: Septal Ablation to Treat Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

Interview with Carey Kimmelstiel, M.D., FACP, FACC, director, cardiac catheterization laboratory, director ...

January 24, 2020