News | Heart Failure

September 9, 2019 — The drug Dapagliflozin was found to reduce death and hospitalization in patients who have heart ...

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News | Cardiovascular Business

Business-to-business communications company Scranton Gillette Communications has named Diane Vojcanin as vice president, group publisher, healthcare group. Additionally, the company is announcing that Andreja Slapsys will serve as a healthcare group integrated media consultant.

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Haojie Wang, M.D., director of advanced cardiovascular MRI and a member of the heart valve clinic at Baylor Scott White Heart Hospital, Dallas. His hospital installed a dedicated cardiac Siemens 1.5T MRI scanner in 2018 because MRI offers soft tissue visualization not available on CT or ultrasound.
Feature | Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) | Jeff Zagoudis, Associate Editor

Traditionally, computed tomography (CT) and ultrasound have been the workhorse imaging modalities in the world of ...

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News | Stents Drug Eluting

Biotronik's ultrathin Orsiro stent demonstrated superiority over Xience with respect to target lesion failure (TLF) at 12 months, according to newly released data from the BIOSTEMI trial.1 At the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) 2019 Congress, Aug. 31-Sept. 4 in Paris, France, Juan Fernando Iglesias, M.D., Ph.D., Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland, unveiled the results of the randomized controlled trial (RCT) in a late-breaking session. The results have also been published in The Lancet.

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Blog | CT Angiography (CTA)

I recently had a great conversation with cardiac computed tomography (CT) pioneer Arthur Agatston, M.D., who is the ...

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News | Heart Valve Technology

Abbott announced the launch of the company's TRILUMINATE Pivotal trial evaluating the safety and effectiveness of its TriClip transcatheter tricuspid valve repair system for the treatment of severe tricuspid regurgitation (TR). This is the first pivotal Investigational Device Exemption (IDE) trial in the U.S. to evaluate a catheter-based, non-surgical treatment for patients with severe TR – a condition in which the valve does not close properly, allowing blood to flow backward into the heart, which forces the heart to work harder. In severe cases, this condition can potentially lead to heart failure if left untreated.

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News | Cardiac Diagnostics

At the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Congress 2019 together with the World Congress of Cardiology, the World Heart Federation launched a new “roadmap” aimed at reducing the global burden of CVD in people living with diabetes. The Roadmap on the prevention of cardiovascular disease among people living with diabetes is a key reference document for anyone involved in the planning, organization, implementation and monitoring, and evaluation of approaches related to CVD prevention in people living with diabetes. It outlines a vision of an ideal pathway of care, potential roadblocks along this pathway and proposed solutions, with examples from practice.

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News | Heart Failure

September 4, 2019 – Novartis announced results from two new clinical trials evaluating improvement in heart structure ...

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News | Cardiovascular Ultrasound

September 4, 2019 — Final data from the World Alliance Societies of Echocardiography (WASE) Normal Values Study was ...

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News | Cath Lab

Shockwave Medical Inc. has received Breakthrough Device Designation from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its Shockwave intravascular lithotripsy (IVL) system with the Shockwave C2 Coronary IVL Catheter. The device is currently the subject of an Investigational Device Exemption (IDE) study called DISRUPT CAD III. The Shockwave C2 IVL Catheter is a proprietary tool designed to fracture problematic calcium using sonic pressure waves in order to facilitate stent delivery, deployment and optimal expansion, thereby improving blood flow to the heart muscle.

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News | Robotic Systems

Corindus Vascular Robotics Inc. announced that EClinicalMedicine, a clinical journal published by The Lancet, has published the results from the Telerobotic Intervention Study, the world’s first percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) procedures conducted from a remote location outside the catheterization lab. The study was conducted using Corindus’ CorPath technology platform.

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Technology | Vascular Access

New Zealand-based Adept Medical announced the launch of the Antegrade IR Platform. Clinically driven, it is placed to provide an ideal work surface for antegrade femoral approach during interventional radiology vascular procedures. The device sits within the company’s existing range of access and patient positioning devices designed for interventional radiology, cardiology and vascular procedures.

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The most popular cardiac technology news in August 2019 was the FDA clearance for a new indication for both the Edwards Sapien 3 and Medtronic CoreValve transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) devices for low-risk patients. This puts the technology on equal footing with the previous standard-of-care of open heart surgery, representing a paradigm shift in cardiology.
Feature | Dave Fornell, Editor

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News | Cardiac Imaging

Philips will showcase its latest cardiac care innovations at the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Congress 2019, Aug. 31–Sept. 4 in Paris, France. At the congress, Philips is showcasing Release 5.0 of its Epiq CVx cardiology platform for the first time in Europe. The platform includes automated applications for 2-D assessment of the heart, as well as robust 3-D right ventricle volume and ejection fraction measurements, making accurate exams faster and easier to conduct. Philips also announced that it is collaborating with digital health company LindaCare to combine the latter’s OnePulse cloud-based solution for the remote monitoring of patients with cardiac implantable electronic devices (CIEDs) with the Philips IntelliSpace Cardiovascular informatics platform.

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InfoBionic’s MoMe Kardia remote ECG monitor is an example of the newer generation devices that are replacing traditional Holter monitors. It has a single button for patients to create an alert when they are experiencing arrhythmia symptoms.
Feature | ECG Wireless Remote Access | Stuart Long and Colin Movsowitz, M.D.

Until recently, cardiologists trying to diagnose and treat arrhythmias have had to deal with technological limitations ...

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