Conference Coverage

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

Videos | CT Angiography (CTA)

Todd Villines, M.D., FACC, FAHA, MSCCT, explains how coronary plaque assessment will become a new risk assessment tool ...

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Videos | CT Angiography (CTA)

Todd Villines, M.D., FACC, FAHA, MSCCT, explains some of the discussion on CT used for COVID-19 patients at the Society ...

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News | Cardiovascular Ultrasound

August 4, 2020 — Imaging software company TomTec has released its new TomTec-Arena 2020 product, which offers new ...

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An example of perivascular fat attenuation index (FAI) imaging inside the coronary vascular wall to show areas of inflammation. #SCCT2020
Feature | CT Angiography (CTA) | Dave Fornell, Editor

There is a promising recent development in cardiovascular computed tomography angiography (CCTA) to analyze plaque to ...

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Left, a 3-D rendering of a heart from a cardiac CT exam. Right, a lung-CT exam showing the heart and ground glass lesions in the lungs of a COVID-19 patient. CT has become a front-line imaging modality in the COVID era because it offers both cardiac and lung information to help determine a patients disposition with chest pain, COVID-19 and COVID-caused myocarditis and pulmonary embolism.
Feature | Coronavirus (COVID-19) | Dave Fornell, Editor

July 28, 2020 — The use of cardiovascular computed tomography angiography (CCTA) is one of the areas that has seen a ...

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A cardiac CT of a patient with pacemaker leads, which can be challenging to get good images due to metal artifact. This image was rendered from using Canon's AiCE AI-assisted interactive reconstruction with Global Illumination 3-D rendering from a scan on an Aquilion One Genesis SP system.
Feature | CT Angiography (CTA) | Dave Fornell, Editor

There has been tremendous growth in the field of cardiovascular computed tomography (CT) in the past two decades, with ...

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News | ESC

The European Society of Cardiology (ESC) will host several Hot Lines sessions that will include some of the latest ...

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News | CT Angiography (CTA)

July 20, 2020 – To meet the growing cardiovascular imaging needs of healthcare systems, Canon Medical Systems USA is ...

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News | ASNC

July 15, 2020 — The American Society of Nuclear Cardiology (ASNC) 2020 meeting is going virtual due to the COVID-19 ...

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News | AHA

July 15, 2020 – The last major cardiovascular conference to go virtual in 2020 due to the COVID-19 (SARS-Cov-2) pandemic ...

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News | Cardiac Imaging

July 15, 2020 — Cardiac CT exams performed to assess heart health also provide an effective way to screen for osteoporos ...

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News | CT Angiography (CTA)

Canon Medical Systems USA has created a virtual trade-show experience for its cardiovascular computed tomography (CT) ...

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The temporary COVID-19 hospital at the McCormick Place convention center in Chicago being toured by Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker April 3. The hospitals beds are set up in at least two of the expo halls, included two used the for annual RSNA radiology meeting in November each year. Photo by Susan Blair, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Chicago District
Feature | Coronavirus (COVID-19) | Dave Fornell, Editor

(UPDATED information added to this article June 10, 2020)


April 28, 2020 — Medical conferences are where the latest ...

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 At Mayo, they have a small, tableside-mounted ultrasound console in the cath labs that is used for both radial and femoral vascular access. Table set up with the patient includes a sterile marker, a hemostat for marking the lower edge of the femoral head using fluoroscopy, a micropunture needle, and a still micropunture sheath.
Feature | Vascular Access | Dave Fornell, Editor

Vascular access site bleeding is associated with higher complications and mortality rates. For decades femoral access ...

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