The Diagnostic and Interventional Cardiology (DAIC) website had another record year with 1.4 million page views in 2017. Here is the most popular content readers clicked on from 2017:
1. FFR and iFR in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Heart Disease
2. CT Calcium Scoring for Heart Disease May Lead to Prevention, Treatments
3. The Future of Cardiology: 17 Technologies to Watch
4. Artificial Intelligence Detects AFib Using Apple Watch Heart Rate Sensor
5. ACC 2017 Late-Breaking Trials
6. Multi-Electrode RF Balloon Efficient for Acute Pulmonary Vein Isolation
7. FDA Announces Recall of Maquet Intra-aortic Balloon Pumps
8. Abbott Recalls 449,661 Coronary Balloon Catheters
9. CMS to Require Appropriate Use Criteria Documentation for Medical Imaging Orders
10. First Smartphone Compatible Insertable Cardiac Monitor Cleared by FDA
11. Abbott Will End Sales of Absorb Bioresorbable Stent
12. FDA Harshly Criticizes Abbott, St. Jude For Failure to Address EP Device Safety
13. Intra-Aortic Balloon vs. Impella Shows Similar Mortality Rates in MI With Cardiogenic Shock
14. FDA Clears First Dedicated Coronary Bifurcation Stent
15. New Appropriate Use Criteria Guidelines for Coronary Revascularization Released
16. First Patient in World Enrolled in Study Evaluating TAVR for Asymptomatic Severe Aortic Stenosis
17. Israeli Hospital Completes First Implant of CORolla Heart Failure Device
18. Novel String-Shaped Subcutaneous ICD Proves Effective in Patients
19. FDA Clears Aortic, Mitral Valve-In-Valve Procedures for Sapien 3 TAVR Valve
20. What is New in FFR Technology
21. FDA Approves Medtronic Resolute Onyx Drug-eluting Stent
22. What is New in Electrophysiology Technologies
23. FDA Clears Nano-coated Coronary Stent to Reduce DAPT
24. FDA Approves Pacemaker to Treat Central Sleep Apnea
25. First Transcatheter Implant for Diastolic Heart Failure Successful
26. Oxygen Therapy Does Not Improve Survival in Heart Attack Patients
27. Rivaroxaban Shows Superiority Over Aspirin in Patients With Coronary and Peripheral Artery Disease
28. New Protocol at Henry Ford Hospital Dramatically Increases Heart Attack Survival Rates
29. A Glimpse Into the Future of Cardiac Ultrasound
30. First Nasal Spray Successfully Treats Supraventricular Tachycardia
Top Cardiology Videos of 2017:
These are the top videos based on 73,000 video pageviews in 2017. DAIC has mre than 300 videos posted on its website.
1. Transcatheter Tricuspid Valve Repair and Replacement Technologies
2. Echocardiography Strain Fundamentals Made Easy
3. Basics of Interventional Guidewire Design and Function
4. Transcatheter Closure of Holes in the Heart
5. Editor's Choice of Most Innovative New Cardiac Ultrasound Technology at ASE 2017
6. Editor's Choice of Most Innovative New Technology at HRS 2017
7. Current State of Atrial Fibrillation Ablation Technologies
8. Editor's Choice of the Most Innovative New Technologies at TCT 2017
9. Trends in Nuclear Cardiology Imaging
10. Demonstration of the Impella Percutaneous Hemodynamic Support Device
11. Examples of Artificial Intelligence in Medical Imaging Diagnostics
12. Inter-operative TEE for LVADs
13. Ultrasound Technology Trends and Technology to Watch
14. What is Myocardial Strain Imaging?
15. MRI Gadolinium Contrast Retention in the Brain
16. Mitral and Tricuspid Valve Repair Technologies
17. CRT Optimization Using Echo
18. New Technology to Treat Chronic Total Occlusions (CTOs)
19. Editor's Choice of Most Innovative New Technology at ACC.17
20. How to Implant a Dialysis Access Graft in a Complex Patient
Cardiology Events:
Next to the DAIC website homepage, the upcoming cardiology events listings page was the most visited page at www.dicardiology.com/events
Most Accessed Cardiology Product Comparison Charts:
DAIC has more than 40 online product comparison charts at www.dicardiology.com/comparison-charts. Charts were the third most popular landing page on DAIC in 2017.
1. Guidewires