Cardiac Diagnostics

Cardiac Diagnostics

Cardiac Diagnostics

FDA Clears First Heart Failure Monitor

In the current era of healthcare reform with the overarching goal of reducing healthcare costs, heart failure (HF) management has taken center stage. It is the leading cause of hospitalization for adults over the age of 65 in the United States and...

NEJM Study Finds Insertable Cardiac Monitors Detect AF in Stroke Patients Better Than Standard Care

Medtronic Inc. announced results from the CRYSTAL AF (CRYptogenic STroke And underLying Atrial Fibrillation) clinical trial, published in The New England Journal of Medicine. The trial found that continuous cardiac monitoring with the Reveal XT in...

FFR Remains Gold Standard in Determining Severity of Coronary Artery Blockages

June 5, 2014 — New measures of the severity of coronary artery blockages do not provide enough accuracy to guide treatment decisions, according to the results of the VERIFY-2 study presented as a late-breaking clinical trial at the Society for Car...

St. Jude Medical Completes Acquisition of CardioMEMS

St. Jude Medical announced the completion of its acquisition of the privately held CardioMEMS Inc., developer of the CardioMEMS heart failure (HF) management system. The acquisition was completed on May 30, 2014.

Cardiologist Unveils Technique to Help Reduce Risk of...
Robert Smith, a cardiologist at Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center in Hartford, Conn., released the results of his retrospective study designed to...
Boston Scientific Launches Polaris Combined IVUS/FFR...
July 24, 2014 — Boston Scientific has initiated full commercial launch of its new Polaris imaging system. This system will support the Boston Scientific family...
EndoPAT diagnostic device
Study Finds One-Third of Patients With Stents at High Risk...
Data from a new study indicate that the results of an FDA-approved test for endothelial (arterial) function significantly correlated with near-future...
heart attacks, women's health
Young Women With Heart Attacks Continue to Fare Worse Than...
A new look at hospital data shows women have longer hospital stays and are more likely than men to die in the hospital after a heart attack.
Boston Scientific Launches Polaris Combined IVUS/FFR Imaging System
Boston Scientific's Polaris imaging system supports the family of intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) catheters, including coronary, peripheral
Heart Failure System Reduce Readmissions
The CardioMEMS Heart Failure System is the firstU.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved heart failure (HF) monitoring device shown...
iFR Modality Offers Easier, Faster FFR Measurements In Cath Lab
Volcano Corp.'s  iFR Modality is a physiologic measurement performed using the same pressure wires and equipment utilized in cath...
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Cardiologist Unveils Technique to Help Reduce Risk of...
Robert Smith, a cardiologist at Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center in Hartford, Conn., released the results of his retrospective study designed to...
FDA Clears First Heart Failure Monitor
In the current era of healthcare reform with the overarching goal of reducing healthcare costs, heart failure (HF) management has taken center stage. It is the...
Study Provides First Large-scale Evidence of Link Between...
LipoScience Inc. announced the publication of the first large-scale real world study evidencing a link between low LDL-P and reduced cardiovascular disease (...
FFR Remains Gold Standard in Determining Severity of...
June 5, 2014 — New measures of the severity of coronary artery blockages do not provide enough accuracy to guide treatment decisions, according to the results...

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SCCT Covers Latest Trends in Cardiac CT
The Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT) annual meeting July 10-13 in San Diego...
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Drawing the Line When Evaluating Cost vs. Benefit
A big fly in the ointment for widespread adoption of many new technologies is cost. In today’s cost...
2 weeks 6 days ago
Trends and New Technology in Cardiovascular Ultrasound at ASE 2014
There were several new cardiovascular ultrasound technology advances highlighted at the American...
3 weeks 5 days ago

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Webinar: Is Your Cardiovascular IT System Holding You Back?
Join Ascendian Healthcare Consulting and GE Healthcare during a webinar Wednesday, July 16 to learn about the access, productivity, and revenue cycle...
Webinar: PET/CT — A New Frontier
The webinar "PET/CT: A New Frontier" discusses potential benefits of digital relative to analog PET/CT. The session will discuss how digital PET can improve...
Centricity Cardio Enterprise, Cardiac PACS, Cardio PACS, CVIS
Webinar: How Heart-Healthy is Your Cardiology IT System?
February is American Heart Month, the perfect time to evaluate the health of your cardiology IT system. 
Join us Feb. 25, 2-3 p.m. Eastern for a live...

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