Conference Coverage

This channel highlights DAIC's coverage of numerous key cardiology and medical imaging conferences each year. These include ACC, AHA, ASE, ASNC, EuroPCR, ECR, HIMSS, HRS, RSNA, SCAI, SCCT, TCT, and VIVA.

CardioMEMS is a wireless, battery-free sensor that is implanted into the pulmonary artery via a right heart catheterization procedure to transmit pulmonary artery pressures.

News | Heart Failure

GUIDE-HF Trial Shows Hemodynamic Guided Management Benefits Larger Heart Failure Population

September 28, 2021 — Hemodynamic guided management using the CardioMEMS device may reduce heart failure hospitalizations ...

September 28, 2021

High-resolution 3-D delayed enhancement MRI of the left atrium can be used for quantification of fibrosis based on relative intensity of contrast enhancement The DECAAF study found this may help determine which patients will benefit from fibrosis ablation combined with PVI, and which ones are best served with the PVI.

News | Atrial Fibrillation

Fibrosis Ablation Shows Promise in AFib With Low Grade Fibrotic Myopathy

September 28, 2021 — Image-guided fibrosis ablation in addition to pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) does not improve ...

September 28, 2021

Test selection should be a shared decision between patient and physician rather than directed by insurers’ test substitution policies, according to a statement published online in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.[1] The statement summarizes the proceedings of a recent summit convened by the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology (ASNC), leadership of the American College of Cardiology Imaging Council, American Society of Echocardiography (ASE), Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography

News | Cardiac Imaging

Cardiovascular Imaging Organizations Denounce Test Substitution by Insurance Companies

September 22, 2021 — Test selection should be a shared decision between patient and physician rather than directed by ...

September 22, 2021

News | Heart Failure

ESC Releases Guidelines on Heart Failure Management

September 21, 2021 — The European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of acute and ...

September 21, 2021

A rise in coronavirus, COVID-19, has prompted the American Heart Association (AHA) to cancel plans for an in-person, annual meeting in November and again host a virtual meeting instead. Getty images #AHA21 #AHA

News | AHA

American Heart Association Cancels In-Person Meeting and Goes Virtual Again Due to COVID

September 20, 2021 — The American Heart Association (AHA) announced Sept. 16 it decided to convert from a planned in ...

September 20, 2021

Non-invasive evaluation of heart valves using echocardiography first, and other cardiac imaging techniques when needed, is the key evaluation of heart valves in the new ESC and European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS) Guidelines for the management of valvular heart disease. Photo by Dave Fornell.

News | Structural Heart

New European Guidelines on Valvular Heart Disease Published

September 13, 2021 — The European Society of Cardiology (ESC) and European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery ...

September 13, 2021

News | Atrial Fibrillation

Ablation and Biventricular Pacing Boosts Survival in Selected Atrial Fibrillation Patients in APAF-CRT Trial

September 13, 2021 — Ablation plus cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) is superior to pharmacological rate control ...

September 13, 2021

Siemens Artis Q angiography system #ESC #ESCcongress

News | Sudden Cardiac Arrest

TOMAHAWK Trial Does Not Support Early Coronary Angiography in Cardiac Arrest Without ST-elevation

September 13, 2021 — Early coronary angiography in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) patients without ST-segment ...

September 13, 2021

An example of artificial intelligence on the GE Healthcare Vivid E95 system shown at ASE 2019 where the AI automatically pulls in an exam, identifies the left ventricle and myocardial boards and then calculates all the strain measurements in less than 10 seconds. While AI automation can greatly speed workflow, there are questions about the accuracy of AI for the next step in making diagnoses. #ASE #ASE21 #ASE2021 #AI

Feature | Artificial Intelligence | By Dave Fornell, Editor

Challenges to Implementing Artificial Intelligence in Cardiac Ultrasound

Artificial intelligence (AI) is growing in all areas of medicine and was the topic of several advanced technology ...

September 08, 2021

News | FFR Technologies

Systematic FFR Assessment Did Not Add Benefit During Diagnostic Angiography

September 8, 2021 — Adding systematic fractional flow reserve (FFR) assessment to coronary angiography does not reduce ...

September 08, 2021

The Medtronic Linq II implantable cardiac monitor.

News | Atrial Fibrillation

Continuous Heart Rhythm Monitoring and Anticoagulation Does Not Prevent Stroke

September 8, 2021 — Continuous heart rhythm monitoring – with anticoagulation if atrial fibrillation is detected – does ...

September 08, 2021

A 3-D CT reconstructed image showing a narrow lesion at the carotid bifurcation. ACST-2 was the largest trial to compare the long-term effect of carotid artery stenting (CAS) and carotid endarterectomy (CEA) on stroke in asymptomatic patients with a severely narrowed carotid artery that had not yet caused a stroke. Image by Canon

News | Stroke

Carotid Surgery Versus Stenting Have Similar Long-term Effects on Stroke

September 7, 2021 — Carotid artery surgery and stenting have comparable long-term effects on fatal or disabling stroke i ...

September 07, 2021

The Medtronic Reveal Linq implantable cardiac monitor (ICM) was used in the SMART-MI study. It is inserted under the skin in a simple, fast outpatient procedure. The device is smaller than a AAA battery.

News | Implantable Cardiac Monitor (ICM)

Implantable Cardiac Monitors Predict Complications in Selected Post-myocardial Infarction Patients

September 7, 2021 — Remote monitoring of implantable cardiac monitors (ICMs) is highly effective for early detection of ...

September 07, 2021

Drones Could Deliver Defibrillators or AEDs to sudden Cardiac Arrest Victims Faster Than Ambulances. Getty Images

Feature | Sudden Cardiac Arrest

Drones Could Deliver Defibrillators to Cardiac Arrest Victims Faster Than Ambulances

September 1, 2021 — The world’s first feasibility study has found that drones can be used to deliver life-saving defibri ...

September 01, 2021

News | Antiplatelet and Anticoagulation Therapies

One-month Clopidogrel Monotherapy After PCI Not Supported in STOPDAPT-2 ACS Trial

September 1, 2021 — The STOPDAPT-2 ACS trial does not support the use of one month of dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) ...

September 01, 2021