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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.

Northwestern Medicine McHenry Hospital recently achieved a milestone with the completion of the 100th Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacements (TAVR).

News | Structural Heart

Northwestern Suburban Hospitals Celebrate 100th TAVR

Febraury 9, 2022 — Northwestern Medicine McHenry Hospital recently achieved a milestone with the completion of the 100th ...

February 09, 2022

News | Cardiac Rehabilitation

Study Identifies VE-cadherin Protein as Key Factor in Maintenance of Lymphatic Vessels Serving the Heart

February 9, 2022 – Scientists at the UNC School of Medicine led a study to advance the understanding of lymphatic ...

February 09, 2022

With the addition of Pulse Wave Doppler [1], Philips has greatly expanded the utility of its Handheld Ultrasound – Lumify – enabling clinicians to quantify blood flow in a wide range of point-of-care diagnostic applications – including cardiology, vascular, abdominal, urology, obstetrics and gynecology.

News | Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS)

Philips Expands Ultrasound Portfolio with Handheld POCUS

February 9, 2022 — Philips, a global leader in health technology, announced it has expanded its ultrasound portfolio wit ...

February 09, 2022

Expression of SARS-CoV-2 receptors in human cardiac PCs in situ: Immunofluorescence stainings showing PCs in the human heart. (A,B) Identification of CD31−CD34+PDGFRβ+ PCs around microvessels. CD31 recognises the vessel lumen, the CD34 labels both the luminal ECs and perivascular PCs, while PDGFRβ labels both PCs and vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) in the arteriole’s tunica media. (C–F) A subset of PDGFRβ+ cardiac PCs express ACE2 (C,D) and CD147 (E,F). α-SMA labels some PCs and arterioles’ VSMCs (C,D)

News | Coronavirus (COVID-19)

SARS-CoV-2 Spike Protein Binds to Heart’s Vascular Cells Potentially Contributing to Severe Microvascular Damage

February 9, 2022 — A new study has shown how SARS-CoV-2 may contribute to severe microvascular damage seen in severely ...

February 09, 2022

Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) is a lifesaving treatment for critically ill neonates. But there has been little data published on which of these patients are more likely to be readmitted to the hospital later on.

News | ECMO Systems

Researchers Identify Factors That May Help Predict Which Neonatal ECMO Patients Will Have to Return to the Hospital

February 8, 2022 — Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) is a lifesaving treatment for critically ill neonates ...

February 08, 2022

VitalSight was designed to help the 37 million Americans who have uncontrolled Stage 2 hypertension and live every day with a higher risk of heart attack and stroke

News | Remote Monitoring

VitalSight in the U.S., Hypertension Plus in the U.K., Recognized as Outstanding Health Technology at CES 2022

February 8, 2022 — OMRON Healthcare, Inc., the global leader in remote blood pressure monitoring and personal health ...

February 08, 2022

A new study is the first to show that a remote cognitive assessment could help with tracking patients with cardiovascular risk. Getty Images

News | Cardiovascular Clinical Studies

Study: Cognitive Assessments Can Help Track Cardio Risk

February 8, 2022 — A new study is the first to show that a remote cognitive assessment could help with tracking patients ...

February 07, 2022

Videos | Coronavirus (COVID-19)

VIDEO: Long-COVID Presentations in Cardiology at Beaumont Hospital

Justin Trivax, M.D., an interventional cardiologist who works with long-COVID patients at Beaumont Hospital, explains ...

January 24, 2022

Arineta created a dedicated cardiac CT scanner in partnership with GE Healthcare a couple years ago. With increased interest in CTA with the new chest pain guidelines, the company decided to also start direct sales of these systems for the first time at RSNA in their own booth. Photos by Dave Fornell

Feature | RSNA | By Dave Fornell, DAIC Editor

6 Takeaways in Cardiac and Vascular Imaging at RSNA 2021

Here are a few of the key takeaways on the new technologies that will impact cardiovascular and interventional medicine ...

January 19, 2022

The Cardiovalve transcatheter mitral valve replacement (TMVR) technology for patients suffering from mitral or tricuspid regurgitation (MR and TR), is undergoing clinical trials in Europe.

News | Structural Heart

Technology Incubator Peregrine Ventures Exits Transcatheter Valve Company Cardiovalve

January 18, 2022 — Peregrine Ventures, a leading investment firm dedicated to supporting life changing healthcare ...

January 18, 2022

Cydar EV Maps assists in the planning, real-time guidance, and post-procedure review of endovascular surgery. It brings cloud-based AI and computer vision to mobile surgery, enabling reductions in radiation exposure, fluoroscopy time, and procedure time.

News | Cath Lab Navigation Aids

Endovascular 3D Image Guidance Added to Philips Zenition Mobile C-arm

January 18, 2022 – Philips Healthcare announced physicians will now have access to advanced new 3D image guidance ...

January 18, 2022

Photo from the first procedure to transplant a porcine heart into a human Jan. 7, 2022, at the University of Maryland Medical Center. All photos from the University of Maryland Medical Center.

Blog | Heart Failure

Pig Hearts Might Save the Bacon of Many Heart Failure Patients

After 15 years of covering new cardiovascular technologies, it is not often that something comes across my email, or I ...

January 17, 2022

The Endologix PQ Bypass System is a percutaneous femoral-popliteal bypass system that enables a minimally invasive, catheter-based procedure to put a graft in a patient's femoral vein to bypass blockages in the SFA.

News | Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD)

First-of-its-Kind Outpatient Transcatheter Leg Artery Bypass Procedure Performed

January 17, 2022 – The Vascular Care Group (TVCG) announced Stephen J. Hoenig M.D., successfully completed a ...

January 17, 2022

The ASE released new guidelines for pre-procedural structural heart echo imaging assessments. This image showing the aortic and mitral valves in life-like TrueView rendering is from a Philips Epiq CV version 9.0 system.

News | Structural Heart

New ASE Guideline Outlines Acquisition of Essential Transesophaegal Echo Images in Structural Heart Prior to Intervention

January 17, 2022 – As the increasing number of structural heart interventions are assisted by real-time imaging guidance ...

January 17, 2022

$A new treatment to achieve return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) in refractory cardiac arrest patients is the use of resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta (REBOA). The images show the balloon seen deployed on an angiogram and an illustration showing its placement in the aorta.$

Feature | Sudden Cardiac Arrest | By Adam Power, M.D.

Will Resuscitative Endovascular Balloon Occlusion of the Aorta Move the Needle on Out-of-hospital Cardiac Arrest Mortality?

Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) continues to be overwhelmingly fatal despite cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) ...

January 14, 2022