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Diagnostic and Interventional Cardiology (DAIC) is a magazine that reaches more than 25,000 healthcare professionals in cardiology, interventional cardiology and cath labs across the United States. These influential buying team members rely on DAIC's award-winning editorial content and comparison charts as a unique research tool for specifying, recommending and approving technology/device purchases.

An example of a 80-year-old TAVR patient planning CT scan from Northwestern Medicine's Central DuPage Hospital. This was used in a heart team meeting with the TAVR staff, including a cardiac surgeon and interventional cardiologist, to determine if this patient was eligable for TAVR, the best access routes to deliver the valve, device valve size needed, and to look for any potential anatomical issues so they can be planned for.

News | Structural Heart

Northwestern Medicine Celebrates 2000th Transcatheter Heart Valve Procedure

September 2, 2020 — Northwestern Medicine Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute physicians recently completed their 2,000th tra ...

September 02, 2020

News | Medical 3-D Printing

Researchers 3-D Print Lifelike Heart Valve Models

September 2, 2020 — Patient-specific organ models are being used by the University of Minnesota to better prepare for ...

September 02, 2020

Navin Kapur, M.D., FAHA, FACC, FSCAI, executive director, The CardioVascular Center for Research and Innovation (CVCRI), explains the concpet of the Door-to-Unloading (DTU) Trial he is heading, one of several innovations at Tufts Medical Center in Boston. Kapur is also director, Acute Mechanical Circulatory Support Program; director, interventional research laboratories; director of Cardiac Biology Research Center, Molecular Cardiology Research Institute (MCRI), Tufts Medical Center. Photo by Dave Fornell

Feature | Tufts Medical Center | Dave Fornell, Editor

Cardiovascular Innovation at Tufts Medical Center

The cardiology program at Tufts Medical Center in Boston is internationally recognized for being on the forefront of ...

August 21, 2020

The Medtronic Heartware and Abbott Heartmate 3 LVADs and others currently cleared by the FDA might be easier to use in Medicare advanced heart failure patients under new guidelines proposed by CMS. Photo by Dave Fornell

Feature | Heart Failure | Dave Fornell, Editor

CMS Proposes Coverage Updates for Artificial Hearts and Ventricular Assist Devices

August 21, 2020 — The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed updates to coverage policies for to ...

August 21, 2020

Boston Scientific recently introduced the newst iteration of LAA occluder device, the Watchman FLX. It uses small spikes to help better anchor the device and prevent embolization.

News | Left Atrial Appendage (LAA) Occluders

COVID-19 Boosts Demand for Left Atrial Appendage Closure Devices Market

August 21, 2020 — According to a report published by Research Dive, the rising number of patients suffering from atrial ...

August 21, 2020

In February 2020, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) cleared artificial intelligence software to assist in the acquisition of cardiac ultrasound images. The Caption Guidance software from Caption Health is an accessory to compatible diagnostic ultrasound systems and uses artificial intelligence to help the user capture images of a patient’s heart that are of acceptable diagnostic quality. It is aimed at point of care ultrasound (POCUS) exams, where users may not be regular sonographers.

Feature | Artificial Intelligence | Dave Fornell, Editor

Artificial Intelligence Applications in Cardiology

The No. 1 overarching hot topic at all the medical conferences over the past couple years has been artificial ...

August 18, 2020

An example of the 3-D vascular roadmapping technology on the Ziehm mobile C-arm systems.

News | Mobile C-Arms

Ziehm Imaging Acquires French Imaging Software Developer Therenva

August 18, 2020 — Ziehm Imaging announces the acquisition of Therenva, a French-based developer of planning and imaging ...

August 18, 2020

News | Heart Failure

Photo of Eyes Predicts Death and Readmission in Heart Failure Patients

August 17, 2020 — Pupil size predicts death and hospital readmission in patients with heart failure, according to r ...

August 17, 2020

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DAIC Moves to a Fully Digital Platform

Dear Valued Reader,

As the work environment rapidly changes due to the COVID-19 panademic, Diagnostic and ...

August 17, 2020

A panel discussion with some of the key opinion leaders at the recent SCCT 2020 virtual meeting. Note the questions on the left side of the screen, where attendees were able to interact with the speakers. #SCCT2020 #yesCCT

News | Cardiovascular Education | Dave Fornell, Editor

Virtual Cardiology Meetings During COVID-19 Allowing More International Attendance

All medical conferences moved to a virtual meeting format due to COVID-19 this year, and there has been apprehension ...

August 14, 2020

News | Heart Valve Technology

National Survey Of Heart Valve Patients Shows Importance Of Seeking Treatment Early

August 12, 2020 — A national survey conducted by the patient advocacy group Heart-Valve-Surgery.com with support by ...

August 12, 2020

The Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai is working with the Keck Medicine of USC heart surgery team to expand care for children and adults with congenital heart disease. An echocardiographer helps with cardiac ultrasound imaging in a hybrid OR during a congenital case using a Siemens SC2000 imaging system. Photo by Cedars-Sinai.

News | Congenital Heart

Smidt Heart Institute Enhances Congenital Heart Program to Follow Patients as Neonates Through Adulthood

August 10, 2020 - The Guerin Family Congenital Heart Program in the Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai is expanding ...

August 10, 2020

The Conformal Medical CLAAS device, a next-generation transcatheter left atrial appendage (LAA) closure occluder for patients with atrial fibrillation (AF). LAA occlusion allows AFib patients to go off of life-long anticoagulation therapy. #LAA #LAAC

News | Left Atrial Appendage (LAA) Occluders

Conformal Medical Secures $85 Million in Funding for Left Atrial Appendage Occluder Trial

August 6, 2020 – Conformal Medical Inc. announced it secured $85 million in Series C financing to support the company’s ...

August 06, 2020

CardioMech's transcatheter chordae tendineae repair system uses a catheter to attach an anchor on the mitral valve leaflet and then attaches it via a cord to the apex of the heart.

News | Heart Valve Technology

Transcatheter Mitral Valve Repair Startup CardioMech Raised $18.5 Million

August 5, 2020 – Minneapolis-based CardioMech AS, a medical device company developing a transfemoral, transseptally ...

August 05, 2020

News | Remote Monitoring

Wearable Sensors and AI App Used to Remotely Monitor Heart Failure Patients in NorthShore Health System

August 5, 2020 – NorthShore University HealthSystem , Carnegie Mellon University and physIQ are collaborating on a multi ...

August 05, 2020