Cardiovascular Surgery

IABP vs. pVAD
Trends and Advances in Hemodynamic Support

Since the 1970s, intra-aortic balloon pumps (IABPs) have been the gold standard of minimally invasive hemodynamic support, but more recently developed percutaneous ventricular assist devices (pVAD) are offering an alternative. Clinical data shows...

Physio-Control LifeNet System Adds Stroke Alert Capability to Speed Patient Time-to-Treatment

With the recent release of the updated American Heart Association (AHA)/American Stroke Association (ASA) Guidelines for Early Management of Acute Stroke Patients, Physio-Control announced that the LifeNet System’s OnePush feature can be used to r...

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CMS Launches Bundled Payment Initiative to Reduce Healthcare Costs

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that more than 500 organizations will begin participating in the Bundled Payments for Care Improvement initiative. Through this new initiative, made possible by the Affordable Care Act...

Brain Angioplasty, Stents Found Safe and Effective for Stroke Patients

Some stroke patients may benefit from cerebral angioplasty and stent placement, according to a new study published online in the journal Radiology.

Zoll Receives Japanese Approval to Market Intravascular...
Zoll Medical Corp. has received Shonin approval from the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) to enter the Japanese market with its...
Trends and Advances in Hemodynamic Support
Since the 1970s, intra-aortic balloon pumps (IABPs) have been the gold standard of minimally invasive hemodynamic support, but more recently developed...
CREST Sub-Study Finds Angioplasty After Carotid Stenting...
For patients who received stents to restore blood flow through the main arteries supplying blood to the brain, inflating a tiny balloon inside the arteries...
Mass General Hospital Launches Institute for Heart,...
The Massachusetts General Hospital officially announced the launch of the Mass General Institute for Heart, Vascular and Stroke Care, one of the only...
AHA/ASA Guidelines LifeNet OnePush Stroke Treatment Device
LifeNet System Adds Stroke Alert Capability to Speed Patient Time-to-Treatment
  LifeNet System’s OnePush feature can be used to rapidly activate stroke care teams. LifeNet’s stroke alert capability enables faster
  The HeartWare Ventricular Assist System (VAS) is designed as a bridge to cardiac transplantation. It is a device that helps...
Sensation Plus IAB Catheter Allows Clinicians to Provide Higher-Efficacy IAB Counterpulsation Therapy
Maquet Cardiovascular's Sensation Plus 7.5 French 40 cc intra-aortic balloon (IAB) catheter is new larger-volume, fiberoptic IAB catheter...
VirtuoSaph Plus Endoscopic Vessel Harvesting System from Terumo Provides Cardiac Surgery Team with Control, Consistency and Confidence
The VirtuoSaph Plus Endoscopic Vessel Harvesting System provides an endoscopic approach to vessel harvesting, and is used for coronary...
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Trends and Advances in Hemodynamic Support
Since the 1970s, intra-aortic balloon pumps (IABPs) have been the gold standard of minimally invasive hemodynamic support, but more recently developed...
CREST Sub-Study Finds Angioplasty After Carotid Stenting...
For patients who received stents to restore blood flow through the main arteries supplying blood to the brain, inflating a tiny balloon inside the arteries...
New Clot Removal Devices Show Promise for Treating Stroke...
Specialists at Stony Brook Medicine’s Cerebrovascular and Stroke Center (CVC) are treating patients with a new generation of blood clot removal devices that...
bundled payments, cardiology, CMS
CMS Launches Bundled Payment Initiative to Reduce...
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that more than 500 organizations will begin participating in the Bundled Payments for Care...

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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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Innovation Exasperation
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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...

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