Diagnostic and Interventional Cardiology

The FDA granted marketing authorization of the Caption Guidance software to Caption Health Inc. in February 2020. It uses artificial intelligence to guide users to get optimal cardiac ultrasound images in a point of care ultrasound (POCUS) setting.

FDA Clears Cardiac Ultrasound Software With Artificial Intelligence to Guide User

February 13, 2020 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) cleared software to assist medical professionals in the ...

February 13, 2020

The DEFINE GPS (Distal Evaluation of Functional performance with Intravascular sensors to assess the Narrowing Effect: Guided Physiologic Stenting) study will be the first time that the use of iFR in conjunction with the Philips Image-Guided Co-registration System (SyncVision) is evaluated for PCI guidance and the optimization of treatment outcomes.

News | Cath Lab Navigation Aids

DEFINE GPS Study Assesses PCI Guided by Integrated iFR and Angiography

February 12. 2020 — Philips announced a new randomized controlled trial to assess patient outcomes after receiving a ...

February 12, 2020

he U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Carmat's investigational device exemption (IDE) application to start a U.S. early feasibility study (EFS) of its total artificial heart.

News | Heart Failure

Carmat to initiate FDA U.S. Feasibility Study of Total Artificial Heart

February 12, 2020 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Carmat's investigational device exemption ...

February 12, 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

he University of Wisconsin (UW) Health’s University Hospital in Madison, Wis., recently became the first facility in the United States to install the Artis icono biplane angiography imaging system from Siemens Healthineers.

News | Angiography

UW Health First U.S. Installation of Siemens Artis icono Biplane Angiography System

February 12, 2020 — The University of Wisconsin (UW) Health’s University Hospital in Madison, Wis., recently became the ...

February 12, 2020

The Boston Scientific Eluvia self-expanding, drug-eluting, peripheral stent.

Feature | Stents | Saloni Walimbe

Innovations in Cardiovascular Disease Treatment and the Rising Demand for Stents

Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are among the leading causes of death across the globe. For patients suffering from high ...

February 11, 2020

Feature | Artificial Intelligence | Sanjay Parekh, Ph.D.

Three High Impact AI Market Trends in Medical Imaging at RSNA 2019

February 7, 2020 – At the 2019 Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) meeting in December, there was a record ...

February 11, 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

DSA image obtained approximately 24 hours after 1 mg/h IA tPA infusion, 500 U/h heparin via peripheral IV, and daily oral aspirin (81 mg) shows improved perfusion of digital arteries, albeit with suboptimal vascular blush of distal second and third phalanges. Photo courtesy of ARRS

News | Interventional Radiology

What Interventional Radiologists Need to Know About Frostbite and Amputation

February 11, 2020 — An ahead-of-print article in the April issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR) ...

February 11, 2020

Abiomed Impella pump catheters in the production line are placed in stands as they are completed for inspection.

Gallery | Hemodynamic Support Devices | Dave Fornell, Editor

Photo Gallery of the Abiomed Impella Production Line

DAIC Editor Dave Fornell recently took a tour of the Abiomed Impella production line at its headquarters in Danvers ...

February 10, 2020

Videos | Heart Failure

VIDEO: Developing a Heart Failure Care Team

Interview with James Udelson, M.D., chief of the division of cardiology at Tufts Medical Center, Boston. The hospital ...

February 10, 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

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

News | Hypertension

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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Case Study | Hemodynamic Monitoring Systems

TECH BRIEF — Integrated Hemodynamic Monitoring System Helps Improve Lab Performance, Efficiency

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November 14, 2023

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