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Robotic Angioplasty Achieves 97.6 Percent Clinical Success Rate

The Journal of American College of Cardiology has published the results from Corindus Vascular Robotics’ CorPath PRECISE (Percutaneous Robotic-Enhanced Coronary Intervention) study in the April 2013 issue. Results of the trial d...

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St. Jude Medical Gains European Approval of PCI 3-D Vessel Reconstruction Technology

St. Jude Medical gained CE mark approval of its Ilumien Optis percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) optimization system to better visualize stent planning and navigation. The system integrates both fractional flow reserve (FFR) techno...

FDA Approves Biotronik’s Ilesto 7 ICD/CRT-D Series

Biotronik announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted approval for its Ilesto 7 implantable cardioverter-defibrillator/cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillator (ICD/CRT-D) series. The devices are smaller, thinner and light...

Four-Year Data Shows Watchman Device Superior to Warfarin in Afib patients
Biventricular Pacing Reduces Symptoms in AV Block Patients...
Medtronic Inc. announced new data demonstrating that simultaneously pacing the lower chambers of the heart, or biventricular (BiV) pacing with a cardiac...
Study Suggests New Role for ECMO in Patients With Cardiac...
Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), a procedure traditionally used during cardiac surgeries and in the intensive care unit (ICU) that functions as an...
ACC/AHA Update Guideline for Management of Heart Failure
The American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association released an expanded clinical practice guideline for the management of patients with...
Data Shows Lead Integrity Alert Detects Lead Issues at a...
Data presented at Heart Rhythm 2013 show that Medtronic Inc. Lead Integrity Alert (LIA) software detected pace/sense lead issues in non-Medtronic leads at a...
Toshiba’s Introduces New EP Package
Toshiba America Medical Systems Inc. offers electrophysiology (EP) clinicians an Infinix-i cardiovascular X-ray system 
FDA Approves Biotronik’s Ilesto 7 ICD/CRT-D Series
Biotronik announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted approval for its Ilesto 7 implantable cardioverter-...
GE Healthcare Showcases EP Integrated Visualization Technology
GE Healthcare Innova EPVision 2.0 provides live visualization of anatomy and devices during procedures where traditional mapping...
FDA Approves Kcentra for the Urgent Reversal of Anticoagulation in Adults with Major Bleeding
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Kcentra (prothrombin complex concentrate, human) for the urgent reversal of vitamin K...
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Study Suggests New Role for ECMO in Patients With Cardiac...
Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), a procedure traditionally used during cardiac surgeries and in the intensive care unit (ICU) that functions as an...
ACC/AHA Update Guideline for Management of Heart Failure
The American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association released an expanded clinical practice guideline for the management of patients with...
Robotic Angioplasty Achieves 97.6 Percent Clinical Success...
The Journal of American College of Cardiology has published the results from Corindus Vascular Robotics’ CorPath PRECISE (Percutaneous Robotic-...
Multiple Studies Show Promise for Innovative FIRM Rotor...
New research presented at Heart Rhythm 2013 continues to show promising results for focal impulse and rotor modulation (FIRM) mapping to effectively target...

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New Trends and Technology in Electrophysiology from HRS 2013
The Heart Rhythm Society (HRS) 2013 scientific sessions covered the latest research and technology...
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The Radial Access Adoption Report Card
Over the past decade in the United States, there has been growing interest in transradial artery...
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Game-Changing Technologies to Watch in 2013
My job as editor of DAIC is to help readers keep tabs on the latest in cardiovascular technology...
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Less is More — Radiation Exposure Reduction in the EP Lab
This webinar focuses on implementation of different strategies to reduce radiation exposure during interventional electrophysiology (EP) procedures. It offers an overview of the current state-of-the-...
Iterative Reconstruction in CT: Understanding and Implementation
Radiation exposure from multidetector CT (MDCT) has become a pressing public health concern in both lay and medical publications. Implementation of iterative reconstruction offers radiologists the...
Healthcare Reform: What’s the Immediate Impact on Cardiovascular IT?
The recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling upholding the 2010 Affordable Care Act (ACA) may have significant impact on healthcare providers and their cardiovascular departments. While the ruling will...