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). 
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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 ...

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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. 
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Most Popular Cardiology Technology Content in January 2020

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

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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.
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TAVR Shows Similar Safety Outcomes as Open-Heart Surgery

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

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Medtronic's PulseSelect Pulsed Field Ablation (PFA) System
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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 ...

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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.
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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 ...

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

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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.
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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 ...

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

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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.
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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) ...

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

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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 ...

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VIDEO: Septal Ablation to Treat Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

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

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VIDEO: Tufts Uses a Hemodynamic Support Algorithm to Determine What Devices to Use

Navin Kapur, M.D., FAHA, FACC, FSCAI, director, Acute Mechanical Circulatory Support Program and executive director of ...

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This is an example of artificial intelligence automation for cardiac MRI using an AI app from TeraRecon's Envoy AI marketplace. The GE MRI image has bee countoured, anatomy labeled and all quantification automated by the AI, greatly reducing post-processing time. See this and other new AI imaging technologies from the 2019 RSNA meeting.
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8 Cardiovascular Technologies to Watch in 2020

The key question I am always asked at cardiology conferences is what are the trends and interesting new technologies I ...

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Why Structured Reporting is Needed in Cardiology
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Why Structured Reporting is Needed in Cardiology

Cardiology was already heavily data driven, where clinical practice is driven by clinical study data, but mining a ...

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