Diagnostic and Interventional Cardiology

Artificial Intelligence Can Detect Low-glucose Levels via ECG Without Fingerpick

A new technology for detecting low glucose levels via electrocardiogram (ECG) using a non-invasive wearable sensor, which with the latest artificial intelligence (AI) can detect hypoglycemic events from raw ECG signals has been made by researchers from the University of Warwick.

January 13, 2020

tryker is launching a voluntary field action on specific units of the LifePAK 15 defibrillator/monitors. The vendor said an issue has been identified where the devices to fail to deliver a defibrillation shock after the “Shock” button on the keypad is pressed.

News | Defibrillator Monitors

LifePAK 15 Defibrillators Might Fail After Shock Button is Pressed

January 13, 2020 — Stryker announced it is launching a voluntary field action on specific units of the LifePAK 15 ...

January 13, 2020

This is the latest version of the MitraClip, the G4, which allows each side of the clip to be opened and closed independently to offer more flexibility when capturing the valve leaflets. The device is being used in the REPAIR MR clinical trial.

News | Heart Valve Technology

New Study Looks at MitraClip use in Moderate Surgical Risk Patients

January 13, 2020 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved clinical trial that will compare the ...

January 13, 2020

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Feature | Information Technology

SPONSORED CONTENT: Unveiling the Future of Cardiovascular Workflow

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March 21, 2024

Videos | Wearables

VIDEO: Healthcare Technology Advances at CES 2019

The Consumer Electronic Show (CES) is the world's gathering place for consumer technologies, with more than 175,000 attendees and more than 4,400 exhibiting companies. New healthcare technologies are among the top trends at CES. This video offers a quick look at the trends specific to healthcare technology.

January 09, 2020

Videos | Cath Lab

VIDEO: The Role of Intensivists on the Cardiac Critical Care Team

Haval Chweich, M.D., medical director of the cardiac critical care unit (CCU) at Tufts Medical Center, and assistant professor at Tufts University School of Medicine, explains the role of intensivists on the cardiac care team.

January 09, 2020

Videos | Hemodynamic Support Devices

VIDEO: Remote Smartphone Access to Impella Consoles Aids Patient Care and Tech Support

Richard Botto, CVT, RCSA, chief cardiovascular technologist, division of cardiology, cardiac cath lab, and Melissa Smith ...

January 09, 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

The SCCT Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in Cardiovascular CT meeting will be held in New York City at the Marriott East Side, April 24-26, 2020. #SCCT

News | Artificial Intelligence

Amazon Chief Medical Officer to Speak at SCCT Artificial Intelligence in Cardiac CT Meeting

January 9, 2020 — Maulik Majmudar, M.D., chief medical officer at Amazon will be the keynote speaker at the upcoming ...

January 09, 2020

This image shows the cardiac muscle fibers of a fruit fly under magnification. Iowa State University researchers have found a way to restore the strength and regularity of cardiac muscles in aging fruit flies. Photo by Hua Bai, Iowa State University.

News | Pharmaceuticals

Fruit Fly Hearts Show How to Keep Human Cardiac Muscle Young

January 9, 2020 – Researchers may have discovered a way to turn back the clock on aging heart muscles in fruit flies, a ...

January 09, 2020

Abbott announced U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of a new alternative surgical technique for Abbott's HeartMate 3 heart pump that will allow more advanced heart failure patients to avoid open heart surgery. The new, less invasive approach is designed to provide surgeons a choice in surgical method for patients receiving the HeartMate 3 Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD).

News | Ventricular Assist Devices (VAD)

FDA Approves Less Invasive Surgical Approach for HeartMate 3 Heart Pump

January 7, 2020 — Abbott announced U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of a new alternative surgical ...

January 07, 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

Figure 1 from the new ASE ischemia cardiac ultrasound imaging guidelines, showing a side-by-side views of apical 4- and 2-chamber images, at rest and immediately post-exercise. In the four-chamber view, the left ventricle is shown on the left-hand side of the screen. With exercise, the echocardiogram shows the LV cavity dilates (right quadrants) and there are regional wall motion abnormalities in the LAD territory.

News | Cardiovascular Ultrasound

New Guidelines for Stress Echocardiography in Ischemic Heart Disease

The American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) has updated its guidelines for using echocardiography to image ischemia. Ischemic heart disease (IHD) occurs when the arteries of the heart cannot deliver enough oxygen-rich blood to the heart and is the leading cause of death in the United States. Stress echocardiography is routinely used for the detection of flow-limiting blockages in the coronary arteries in patients with symptoms such as exertional chest pain or shortness of breath. In this era of multimodality imaging, understanding the role and advantages of stress echocardiography for the patient presenting with symptoms of potential cardiac origin is essential.

January 07, 2020

$The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted a supplemental new drug application (sNDA) from AstraZeneca and granted priority review for dapagliflozin (Farxiga) to reduce the risk of cardiovascular (CV) death or the worsening of heart failure (HF) in adults with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) with and without type 2 diabetes (T2D).$

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Dapagliflozin Granted FDA Priority Review for Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction

January 7, 2020 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted a supplemental new drug application (sNDA) ...

January 07, 2020

Videos | Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)

VIDEO: Use of Cardiac MRI in Congenital and Women's Heart Disease

Karen Ordovas, M.D., MAS, professor of radiology and cardiology at the University of California San Francisco (UCFS) ...

January 06, 2020

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November 14, 2023

The top two articles on DAIC from 2019 included the FDA approval of two transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) systems for all surgical risk categories, making TAVR available to all patients based on recommendations by the heart team. The second biggest story of 2019 was the release of new atrial fibrillation guidelines recommend novel oral anticoagulants (NOACs) over the previous standard of care warfarin.

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Here is the top cardiology content on the Diagnostic and Interventional Cardiology (DAIC) website from 2019 based on the analytics of its record 3.1 million pageviews.

January 03, 2020

People watch the live presentation of the five-year EXCEL Trial data by Gregg Stone, M.D., in the Abbott booth at TCT 2019. Abbott makes the Xience stent used in the trial, which compared equally with long-term CABG surgical outcomes. In early December 2019, leaders of the European Association for Cardiothoracic Surgery (EACTS) withdrew their support for European practice guidelines that endorse the use of coronary stents in many patients with left main coronary artery disease.

News | Cath Lab | Dave Fornell, Editor

EXCEL Trial Authors Say European Surgery Society Claims of Bad Science Are Groundless

January 2, 2020 — In early December 2019, leaders of the European Association for Cardiothoracic Surgery (EACTS) ...

January 02, 2020

This photo is from a MitraClip procedure during the University of Colorado visit last December.

Feature | Dave Fornell, Editor

Top 25 Cardiology Videos on DAIC in 2019

Here are the top performing 25 videos posted to the DAIC website in the past year, based on Google Analytics. These the ...

December 30, 2019