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Most Popular Cardiology Stories of 2014

DAIC readers chose the following stories as the most popular content in 2014, based on website analytics. The list is broken into the top 20 most popular news items from 2014 and a list of the top 20 archived technical articles accessed in 2014....

FDA Clears Test to Help Predict Risk of Coronary Heart Disease

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) cleared a new screening test that predicts a patient’s risk of future coronary heart disease (CHD) events, such as heart attacks.

More Appropriate Use of Cardiac Stress Testing With Imaging Could Reduce Health Costs, Improve Patient Outcomes

In a new study recently published in the Annals of Internal Medicine, researchers at NYU Langone Medical Center concluded that overuse of cardiac stress testing with imaging has led to rising healthcare costs and unnecessary radiation exposure to...

Medtronic Launches SEEQ Wearable Cardiac Monitoring System in United States

Medtronic Inc. announced the U.S. launch of the SEEQ Mobile Cardiac Telemetry (MCT) System, an external, wire-free, adhesive heart monitor that can be worn for up to 30 days to help detect and diagnose the cause of irregular heartbeats in patients...

Siemens, Stratus CS 200, blood testing, cardiac diagnostics, Arab Health 2015
Siemens Launches New Point-of-Care Cardiac Analyzer at Arab...
The Diagnostics Division of Siemens Healthcare unveiled its latest point-of-care acute care analyzer for the management of patients with cardiovascular disease...
Nephrocheck Test System, Blood testing, contrast media
Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics Introduces Test to Assess Risk...
Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics Inc. announced the nationwide availability to hospitals of the Nephrocheck Test System designed to help healthcare providers...
Cleveland HeartLab, MIRISK, heart attack, risk assessment, blood testing
Cleveland HeartLab Acquires MIRISK Heart Attack Risk...
Cleveland HeartLab (CHL) announced that it has acquired the MIRISK cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk assessment tool. Developed at Stanford University ...
Maine County Cardiovascular Disease Prevention Programs...
In a rural Maine county, sustained community-wide programs targeting cardiovascular risk factors and behavior changes were associated with reductions in...
Ambry Genetics, genetic testing, CardioNext, HCM, Rhythm
Ambry Genetics Launches Tiered Approach to Cardiovascular Genetic Testing
Ambry Genetics announces the launch of cardiovascular genetic testing panels for inherited cardiomyopathies and arrhythmias. These
AliveCor Launches Third Generation Heart Monitor Smartphone App System
The third-generation AliveCor Heart Monitor from AliveCor Inc. gives users the ability to identify and manage heart conditions with a U.S....
FDA Clears Test to Help Predict Risk of Coronary Heart Disease
The PLAC Test for Lp-PLA2 Activity from diaDexus Inc. measures the activity of lipoprotein-associated phospholipase A2...
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Most Popular Cardiology Stories of 2014
DAIC readers chose the following stories as the most popular content in 2014, based on website analytics. The list is broken into the top 20 most popular news...
Cardiac Stress Testing Imaging Reduce Health Costs Improve Patient Outcomes
More Appropriate Use of Cardiac Stress Testing With Imaging...
In a new study recently published in the Annals of Internal Medicine, researchers at NYU Langone Medical Center concluded that overuse of cardiac stress...
Impact of Mental Stress on Heart Varies Between Men, Women ACC Study
Impact of Mental Stress on Heart Varies Between Men, Women
Men and women have different cardiovascular and psychological reactions to mental stress, according to a study of men and women who were already being treated...
Cigna-HealthSpring, Intel-GE Expand Remote Monitoring to...
In partnership with Intel-GE Care Innovations, Cigna-HealthSpring is expanding its population health program that utilizes interactive tablets – the Intel...

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Where Have All the Cowboys Gone?
The silence is deafening. And since radiology associations, physician groups and vendors have yet...
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Key Late-breaking Trials to Watch at ACC.15
The America College of Cardiology has released its list of key late-breaking clinical trials at the...
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Hot Cardiology Topics to Watch in 2015
As editor of DAIC, I keep a close watch on trends in cardiovascular technology and try to predict...
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Webinar: State of the Art in MRI Pediatric Brain Perfusion...
The webinar "State of the Art in MRI Pediatric Brain Perfusion Imaging" educates participants about the state of the art clinical and emerging translational...
Webinar: Contemporary Adult Cardiac Interventions and Their...
This webinar discusses why contemporary adult cardiac interventions require significant ionizing radiation with potential health risks to both the patient and...
Webinar: Is Your Cardiovascular IT System Holding You Back?
This webinar explained the benefits of better access, productivity and revenue cycle efficiency in a modern cardiovascular information system (CVIS...

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