Diagnostic and Interventional Cardiology

Ms. Nieves, donor family, and doctors. Photo courtesy of Montefiore Health System.

World's First HIV-Positive to HIV-Positive Heart Transplant Recipient Meets Donor Family, Shares Gratitude for Life & Advocates for Organ Donation

December 2, 2022 — Westchester resident, 62-year-old Miriam Nieves, is especially grateful this Thanksgiving season ...

December 02, 2022

Boston Scientific Corporation has announced the first results from the ACURATE neo2 Post Market Clinical Follow-up (PMCF) study evaluating the performance of the ACURATE neo2TM Aortic Valve System.

News | Structural Heart

Late-Breaking Post-Market Study Data Reinforce Clinical Procedural Success and Safety of the ACURATE neo2 Aortic Valve System

December 2, 2022 — Boston Scientific Corporation has announced the first results from the ACURATE neo2 Post Market ...

December 02, 2022

Last year, U.S. Congressman Andy Barr (KY-06) introduced this legislation in the House to honor the legacy of his wife, Carol Leavell Barr, who passed away tragically from sudden cardiac death brought on by mitral valve prolapse, an underlying heart condition that causes death in .2% of cases.

News | Heart Failure

CAROL Act Will Prioritize Research on Heart Valve Disease

December 2, 2022 — The U.S. Senate today passed the bipartisan Cardiovascular Advances in Research and Opportunities ...

December 02, 2022

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Feature | Information Technology

SPONSORED CONTENT: Unveiling the Future of Cardiovascular Workflow

Providing exceptional cardiovascular care for patients to achieve the best possible outcomes is the number one goal for ...

March 21, 2024

Transverse heart sections from wild type mice (WT) and transgenic mice overexpressing beta-3 adrenergic receptor in cardiomyocytes (c-hB3tg) after 3 months of aortic stenosis (transaortic constriction, TAC) or control (sham). Hypertrophy after TAC was less severe in the transgenic mice. Courtesy of CNIC

News | Heart Failure

A New Therapeutic Target for the Prevention of Heart Failure Due to Aortic Stenosis

December 1, 2022 — Scientists at the Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares (CNIC) have identified a new ...

December 01, 2022

Annalise.ai and Nuance announced that the global medical imaging AI company has joined the Nuance Precision Imaging Network (PIN), connecting Annalise.ai workflow orchestration and diagnostic support solutions to over 12,000 healthcare facilities worldwide.

News | ECG

HeartSciences and Rutgers University Announce Multi-Year Collaboration to Develop AI-based ECG Algorithms

December 1, 2022 — Heart Test Laboratories, Inc. d/b/a HeartSciences, a medical technology company focused on saving ...

December 01, 2022

A team led by UTHealth Houston's K. Lance Gould, MD, (center) used PET imaging technology (shown above) to map coronary blood flow and its outcomes among heart disease patients. (Photo by UTHealth Houston)

News | PET Imaging

PET Technology More Effective Than Angiogram at Determining Need for Coronary Stents, Bypass Surgery

December 1, 2022 — A new method for determining whether patients with heart disease need coronary stents or bypass ...

December 01, 2022

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Cardiac positron emission tomography (PET) is growing in popularity among cardiologists because it provides the ability to diagnose cardiac disease with greater accuracy and precision

Feature | Cardiac Imaging

SPONSORED CONTENT: Finding the Right Solution

Cardiac positron emission tomography (PET) is growing in popularity among cardiologists because it provides the ability ...

March 05, 2024

News | ECMO Systems

Cardiothoracic Surgeon to Lead Smidt Heart Institute's ECMO Program

November 30, 2022 — The Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai has selected board-certified cardiothoracic surgeon Tyler ...

November 30, 2022

News | Structural Heart

Late-Breaking Post-Market Study Data Reinforce Clinical Procedural Success and Safety of the ACURATE neo2 Aortic Valve System

November 30, 2022 — Boston Scientific Corporation has announced the first results from the ACURATE neo2 Post Market ...

November 30, 2022

News | Structural Heart

Medtronic’s Next-Gen Evolut FX TAVR System Shows Significant Improvement in Commissure Alignment in Real World Setting

November 30, 2022 — Medtronic’s newest generation self-expanding, transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) system ...

November 30, 2022

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BLOG: Combining Local Impedance with Contact Force to Perform RF Ablation

When performing radiofrequency (RF) ablation to treat cardiac arrhythmia, medical professionals must balance the safety ...

December 11, 2023

News | Cardiac Imaging

AI Predicts Heart Disease Risk Using Single X-Ray

November 29, 2022 — Researchers have developed a deep learning model that uses a single chest X-ray to predict the 10 ...

November 29, 2022

Tanya Therapeutics announced today that the US FDA has granted orphan drug designation for its second gene therapy product candidate, TN-401, for the treatment of arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC)

News | Pharmaceuticals

Tenaya Therapeutics Receives Orphan Drug Designation from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for its Gene Therapy for Genetic Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy

November 28, 2022 – Tenaya Therapeutics, a clinical-stage biotechnology company with a mission to discover, develop and ...

November 28, 2022

BIOTRONIK announced their presentation of the one-year results from the investigator-initiated BIOPACT RCT this week

News | Drug-Eluting Balloons

One-Year BIOPACT Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT) Results Demonstrate Excellent Results for Low-Profile Passeo-18 Lux DCB

November 28, 2022 – BIOTRONIK announced the presentation of one-year results from the investigator-initiatedBIOPACT RCT ...

November 28, 2022

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Case Study | Hemodynamic Monitoring Systems

TECH BRIEF — Integrated Hemodynamic Monitoring System Helps Improve Lab Performance, Efficiency

Change Healthcare Cardiology Hemodynamics is an integrated hemodynamic monitoring system for monitoring vital signs and ...

November 14, 2023

Today, UltraSight announced the findings from a landmark pivotal study that confirms its AI guidance technology enables novice ultrasound users to acquire high-quality diagnostic images of the 10 standard cardiac views.

News | Cardiac Imaging

New Landmark Study Indicates UltraSight Enables Novice Ultrasound Users to Capture High Quality Cardiac Images

November 28, 2022 – UltraSight, an Israeli-based digital health pioneer transforming cardiac imaging through the power ...

November 28, 2022

Published online November 8 in the journal, Radiology, the study enabled the visualization of pulmonary hemodynamics and perfusion with high sensitivity, specificity and diagnostic accuracy, and without the use of contrast media

News | Cardiac Imaging

Study Reports Similar Efficacy of Dynamic Digital Radiography of the Chest with Lung Ventilation Perfusion for Detection of Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension

November 28, 2022 — Konica Minolta Healthcare Americas, Inc., a leader in medical diagnostic imaging and healthcare ...

November 28, 2022

Survivors face higher risk of cardiac events that can reduce their life expectancy by decades

News | Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Study Finds That Risk of Myocarditis After SARS-CoV-2 Vaccination is Increased But Very Low

November 25, 2022 — A large study found that myocarditis after SARS-CoV-2 vaccination was rare but higher in younger ...

November 25, 2022