The Diagnostic and Interventional Cardiology (DAIC) website had a record year in 2016, breaking 1 million page views for the first time. Here are the most popular pieces of content from 2016, based on page views from website analytics. A second list at the bottom offers the most popular archive content from DAIV, which was added to the website prior to 2016.
1. FDA Approves First Totally Bioresorbable Stent
2. 5 Technologies to Reduce Cath Lab Radiation Exposure
3. 5 New Implantable Cardiovascular Technologies to Watch
4. Embryonic Heart Valve Research May Prevent Newborn Congenital Heart Defects
5. FDA OKs TAVR Trial for Low-Risk Patients Using Sapien 3 Device
6. FDA Expands Sapien TAVR Valve Indication to Intermediate-Risk Patients
7. Requirements for Interventional Echocardiographers
8. Study Shows New Brain Lesions in 94 Percent of Patients Following TAVR
9. St. Jude Medical Recalls ICDs and CRT-D Due to Premature Battery Depletion
11. VIDEO: TAVR Beats Surgery — Top News From ACC.16
12. A Possible Replacement For X-ray Angiography in the Cath Lab
13. First TAVR Device Receives European Approval to Treat Intermediate Risk Patients
14. 10 Reasons Why You Need Supplemental Imaging in the Cath Lab
15. Understanding the Design and Function of Guidewire Technology
16. Update for LAA Occluder Technology News and Trends
17. The Latest in Ultrasound Technology
18. Study Finds Strain Echo Good Evaluator for Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Risk Assessment
19. Improving Efficiencies With a Radial Access Sleeve Drape
20. Questions Remain on Future of Bioresorbable Stents
21. Abbott Issues Voluntary Safety Notice on MitraClip Delivery System Deployment Process
22. Updated ASE Guideline Simplifies Evaluation of Possible Heart Failure
23. St. Jude Medical, Abbott to Sell Portion of Vascular Closure, EP Businesses to Terumo
24. Study Shows Zip Skin Closure System Saves Time in the Cath Lab
25. New Study Demonstrates Cost-Effectiveness of Watchman Device
26. FDA Clears Lithoplasty Balloon That Shatters Calcified Lesions With Ultrasound
27. Preparing Hospitals for Mandatory Medicare Cardiac Bundled Payments
28. Role of Imaging in Bioresorbable Stent Procedures
29. Michigan Hospital Employing Conscious Sedation for Aortic Aneurysm Repair
30. VIDEO: Poor Outcomes for Bioresorbable Stents in Small Coronary Arteries
Watch the Top Cardiology Videos on DAIC in 2016
Top DAIC Archive Content of 2016
This is a list of the most popular archive content on DAIC that is from years prior to 2016.
1. Costs vs. Benefits: Comparing 64-Slice to 256, 320-Slice CT
2. SPECT vs. PET, Which is Best?
4. FFR and iFR in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Heart Disease
5. Transcatheter Mitral Valve Replacement Devices in Development
6. The Basics of Guide Wire Technology
7. FDA Reports Serious Erosion Events With Amplatzer Septal Occluder
8. Bioresorbable Stents Are the Way of the Future
9. Patient Satisfaction and Complications of Transradial Catheterization
11. Transradial Access Staff Training and Patient Discharge
12. Ultrasound-assisted Catheter-directed Thrombolysis Reduces Treatment Risks for Pulmonary Emboli
13. The Advantages and Disadvantages of OCT vs. IVUS
14. ICD Manufacturers Must Increase Battery Life to Cut Costs, Improve Care
15. CRT-D Therapy Improves Long-term Survival in Heart Failure Patients Over ICD
16. Advances in Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD) Technology
17. Dissolving Stents May Offer New Options in the Next Decade
18. Heart Surgeon Shares Effects of Fluoroscopic Radiation Exposure in ORSIF Documentary
19. Toshiba Releases 640-Slice CT Scanner
20. The Cath Lab of the Future
21. FDA Clears GE’s Revolution CT 256-Slice Scanner
22. FDA Clears Medtronic’s Drug-eluting Balloon for Peripheral Artery Disease
23. DES vs. BMS - Which Are Best?
24. Hemodynamic Systems Improve Cath Lab Workflow, Efficiency
25. Technical Factors Involved in False Positive ECG STEMI Diagnoses