Diagnostic and Interventional Cardiology

Georgia Tech-led effort to improve support device options for end-stage heart failure

News | Heart Failure

The Texas Heart Institute Collaborates on Multi-institutional DOD Grant to Develop Novel Left Ventricular Assist Device

March 8, 2024 — The Texas Heart Institute, Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech), North Carolina State ...

March 08, 2024

Silk Road Medical, Inc., a company focused on reducing the risk of stroke and its devastating impact, today announced that it has launched its Tapered ENROUTE Transcarotid Stent System to hospitals in the United States

News | Stents

Silk Road Medical Expands TCAR Portfolio with Launch of Tapered ENROUTE Transcarotid Stent System

March 8, 2024 — Silk Road Medical, Inc., a company focused on reducing the risk of stroke and its devastating impact ...

March 08, 2024

The approval is based on the results of SELECT, the largest cardiovascular outcomes trial ever completed for people with obesity and known heart disease

News | FDA

FDA Approves Wegovy for Cardiovascular Risk Reduction in Adults with Known Heart Disease and Overweight or Obesity

March 8, 2024 — Novo Nordisk today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved an additional ...

March 08, 2024

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ASCEND provides the tools that not only address the unique needs of each cardiovascular subspecialty and to care for patients from infancy into their golden years, they also innovates next-generation solutions and services that empower the provider community to truly transform their cardiovascular services

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

Cinematic Reality app enables interaction with realistic renderings of human anatomy

News | Information Technology

Siemens Healthineers Launches Cinematic Reality App for Apple Vision Pro

March 7, 2024 — Siemens Healthineers has launched an app designed for Apple Vision Pro that enables users such as ...

March 07, 2024

The company will showcase AI-enabled innovations and digital solutions that enhance clinical decision making and provide personalized patient care

News | Artificial Intelligence

GE HealthCare to Spotlight Industry-Leading AI-Enabled Portfolio and Digital Solutions at HIMSS 2024

March 7, 2024 — GE HealthCare will showcase its industry-leading portfolio of artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled ...

March 07, 2024

CardiAMP cell therapy-treated patients had 37% relative risk reduction in heart death equivalent (death, heart transplant, left ventricular assist device implantation) and 9% relative risk reduction in non-fatal major adverse cardiac and cerebrovascular events

News | FDA

Biocardia Reports Positive Interim Results from Phase III Cardiamp Cell Therapy Heart Failure Trial, with Compelling Data in Subgroup with Elevated NTproBNP Biomarker for Heart Failure

March 7, 2024 — BioCardia, Inc. , a biotechnology company focused on advancing late-stage cell therapy interventions for ...

March 07, 2024

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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 American College of Cardiology (ACC) has announced its line-up of keynote speakers for the ACC 73rd Annual Scientific Session & Expo, ACC.24, including U.S. Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Robert M. Califf, MD, MACC, among a host of highly-regarded cardiovascular thought leaders and practitioners during the April 6-8 meeting in Atlanta, GA.

News | ACC

FDA Commissioner, Host of Cardiovascular Leaders to Offer Keynote Addresses at ACC.24

March 7, 2024 — The American College of Cardiology (ACC) has announced its line-up of keynote speakers for the ACC 73rd ...

March 07, 2024

Matt Renner, President of North America and Global Startups at Google Cloud, is one of several keynote to be featured during the HIMSS 2024, the Global Conference and Exhibition of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) to be held March 11-15 in Orlando, FL.

News | HIMSS

Google Cloud Leader and High-Profile Keynote Speakers to be Featured at HIMSS24

March 7, 2024 — With just days to go before HIMSS 2024, the Global Conference and Exhibition of the Healthcare ...

March 07, 2024

Among the many notable trends in CT, one of the fastest growing is the coronary CT angiography market, as witnessed at RSNA23

Feature | CT Angiography (CTA) | By Melinda Taschetta-Millane

The Evolving Computed Tomography Market

Computed Tomography (CT) continues to be a rapidly evolving technology with many new advancements, as displayed and ...

March 07, 2024

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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

An AMA letter sent to Secretary Bacerra outlines ongoing concerns of physicians amidst the cybersecurity incident that has impacted Change Healthcare

News | Cybersecurity

As Cyberattack Jeopardizes Physician Practices, AMA Demands Action

March 6, 2024 — As the cyber-takedown of Change Healthcare has forced medical practices to go without revenue for a ...

March 06, 2024

Company’s AI-enabled technology for future heart attack risk assessment accepted into FDA’s TAP Pilot and to be validated in landmark TRANSFORM trial

News | FDA

Cleerly Receives FDA Breakthrough Device Designation for Heart Disease Risk Staging System

March 6, 2024 — Cleerly, the company on a mission to create a new standard of care to aid in the diagnosis of heart ...

March 06, 2024

Ensight-AI, a Yale start-up and leader in AI-based cardiovascular diagnostics, announces the receipt of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Breakthrough Device Designation for their ECGvision-TTR Technology

News | FDA

Ensight-AI Awarded FDA’s Breakthrough Device Designation for Its ECGVision-TTR Technology for Early Detection of ATTR-Cardiomyopathy

March 6, 2024 — Ensight-AI, a Yale start-up and leader in AI-based cardiovascular diagnostics, announces the receipt of ...

March 06, 2024

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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

Bodyport Inc., a biomarker-guided predictive care company, has presented data showing its FDA-cleared, non-invasive, biomarker-based technology for remote heart failure monitoring detected twice as many heart failure events as compared to the weight-based standard of care.

News | Cardiovascular Clinical Studies

Bodyport Presents Preliminary Analysis of SCALE-HF 1 Study on Remote Heart Failure Monitoring at Technology and Heart Failure Therapeutics (THT) Conference

March 6, 2024 — Bodyport Inc., a biomarker-guided predictive care company focused on heart failure, announced data from ...

March 06, 2024

Lantheus announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved DEFINITY (Perflutren Lipid Microsphere) as an ultrasound enhancing agent for use in pediatric patients with suboptimal echocardiograms, including those who have undergone heart transplant, or have Kawasaki disease or a congenital cardiovascular anomaly.

News | FDA

Lantheus Announces the FDA Approval of DEFINITY as Ultrasound Enhancing Agent for Use in Certain Pediatric Cardiovascular Patients

March 6, 2024 — Lantheus Holdings, Inc. (Lantheus), a radiopharmaceutical company, has announced that the U.S. Food and ...

March 06, 2024

Feature | PACS | By Melinda Taschetta-Millane

The Emergence of Cloud-based PACS, and Other Trends

Picture archiving and communication systems (PACS) play a crucial role in modern radiology by providing a digital ...

March 06, 2024