Malissa Wood, M.D., co-director of the Corrigan Women’s Heart Health Program, Massachusetts General Hospital, explains the need for and how to create a women’s cardiovascular health center, during the American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) 2018 meeting. 

Learn more about Mass General's cardio-obstetrics program. 

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Diagnostic Differences in Women’s Heart Health

VIDEO: Differences in Cardiac Complications and Presentation Between Men and Women — Interview with Cindy Grines, M.D.

VIDEO: Creating a Cardio-Obstetrics Team — Doreen DeFaria Yeh, M.D.

VIDEO: Sex Differences in Diagnosing Heart Disease in Women — Interview with Doreen DeFaria Yeh, M.D.

Find more articles on women's heart issues in the Women's Cardiovascular Health channel

Michael Lanspa, M.D., director of critical care echocardiography services, Intermountain Medical Center, Salt Lake City, Utah, explains the training initiatives by the American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) for point-of-care ultrasound. Lanspa serves on the educational committees for ASE, the American Thoracic Society (ATS) and the Society of Critical Care Medicine. 

POCUS has seen a big expansion in cardiology to better assess patients before sending them for more advanbced imaging or tests. POCUS is also seeing widespread expansion in many other areas of healthcare, especially in emergency medicine.

POC ultrasound was discussed as one of the big recent developments at ASE 2018. 

VIDEO: Imaging COVID-19 With Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS)

VIDEO: Automated Cardiac Ejection Fraction for Point-of-care-ultrasound Using Artificial Intelligence
 

This is an example of the a mitral valve with regurgitation imaged with 3-D echocardiography using the Siemens SC2000 cardiac ultrasound system. The first video clip shows the 3-D anatomy of the heart, the mitral valve, its leaflet cusps tabled and the left ventricular outflow track (LVOT) of the aortic valve. The second clip shows how the software can automatically extract and quantify the regurgitant volume. The last clip shows an isolation of the mitral valve and the regurgitant jet, showing the exact location of the source, which can be used aid surgical planning. This video was shot at the American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) 2018.

Find additional technology video clips, video interviews and news from ASE.

This is a demonstration of the the Philips TrueVue photo-realistic rendering and lighting source technology. This example highlights a transcatheter ASD closure with two Amplatzer occluders. The technology allows users to changing the lighting conditions to improve contrast. The light source can also be moved around to change the shadows and add more depth perception. The light source also can be pushed through the tissue to back light the anatomical structures, as shown in this example at the American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) 2018 meeting. The backlighting confirms a gap at the top of the image where part of the septal defect remains exposed. 

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Organizations who are embarking on an enterprise imaging journey share many of the same questions and concerns regarding how to best optimize workflow across providers, departments and facilities; which technologies will provide the best fit for achieving the future vision; and how to maximize value and accelerate return on investment by driving adoption and improving satisfaction among providers and healthcare consumers (patients).

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A discussion with Ron Waksman, M.D., associate director of the division of cardiology and director of cardiovascular research and advanced education at MedStar Heart Institute, and professor of medicine (cardiology) at Georgetown University. He explained the ongoing clinical trials using near infrared spectroscopy to detect lipid rich plaque in the coronary arteries. He spoke to DAIC at the 2018 American College of Cardiology (ACC) meeting.

Find out the late-breaking results of the LRP Study in a VIDEO with Waksman at TCT 2018. 

David Lanfear M.D., FACC, head of advanced heart failure and cardiac transplantation, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, discusses LVAD support technologies at the 2018 American College of Cardiology (ACC) meeting. Read the article “Device Technologies to Reduce Heart Failure Readmissions.” Watch the VIDEO “Technologies to Reduce Heart Failure Readmissions,” an interview with William Abraham, M.D., The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center.

Additional articles and videos on Henry Ford Hospital 

A discussion with Doreen DeFaria Yeh, M.D., associate director, Massachusetts General Hospital Adult Congenital Heart Disease Program and MGH Cardiovascular Disease and Pregnancy Service, at the 2018 American College of Cardiology (ACC) meeting. Yeh explains the differences between men and women for the clinical presentation of heart attacks and other causes for chest pain.  

Related Women's Heart Health Content:

Diagnostic Differences in Women’s Heart Health

VIDEO: Differences in Cardiac Complications and Presentation Between Men and Women — Interview with Cindy Grines, M.D.

DAIC's Women's Cardiovascular Health Channel

VIDEO: How to Build a Successful Women’s Heart Center — Interview with Malissa Wood, M.D.

VIDEO: Creating a Cardio-Obstetrics Team — Doreen DeFaria Yeh, M.D.

A discussion with Hitinder Gurm, M.D., MBBS, FACC, professor, internal medicine, and associate chief clinical officer, University of Michigan Health System, at the 2018 American College of Cardiology (ACC) meeting.  For more information, read the article "Understanding Contrast-Induced Nephropathy." He discusses various strategies to help reduce iodine contrast use in the cath lab to better protect patients from CIN.

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Sliding Scale Hydration Washes Out Contrast-Induced Kidney Complications

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VIDEO: Strategies to Avoid Acute Kidney Injury Caused by Cath Lab Contrast — Interview with Roxana Mehran, M.D.

VIDEO: Combating Contrast Induced Nephropathy in the POSEIDON Trial — Presntation by Sonjot Brar, M.D.

An economic analysis of the DEFINE-FLAIR study comparing FFR vs. iFR, found a cost savings of nearly $900. The late-breaking session was presented at the 2018 American College of Cardiology (ACC) meeting by Manesh Patel, M.D., investigator and member of the study steering committee, and chief, division of cardiology, Duke University. Read more about the economic study.

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VIDEO on the 2017 results of the DEFINE-FLAIR and SWED-HEART iFR vs. FFR trials

iFR More Cost-Effective Than FFR in PCI Guidance 

Easier to Use iFR Equal to Outcomes of FFR in Coronary Lesion Evaluation

New Technology Directions in Fractional Flow Reserve (FFR)

VIDEO: iFR Equal to FFR Outcomes in Coronary Lesion Evaluation

European Society of Cardiology Incorporates iFR Technology Into Updated Revascularization Guidelines

The father of transradial artery access, Ferdinand Kiemeneij, M.D., Ph.D., interventional cardiologist, The Netherlands, explains how and why he first implemented the use of radial access and explains how the technique expanded beyond his cath lab to spread around the world. Read the article "Transradial Access Celebrates 25 Years". Watch the VIDEO "New Frontiers in Radial Access."

Keep up to date on radial access news with DAIC's radial access channel. 

Bernadette Speiser, BSN, MSN, CCRN, RCIS, a cardiac cath/EP nurse at Palo Alto Veterans Hospital, Palo Alto, Calif., and former cardiology department manager at the cardiac cath lab at the Jesse Brown VA Medical Center in Chicago, offers insights from her SCAI Boot Camp presentation at the 2017 Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) conference. She discusses implementing new techniques and technologies, drawing from her experience implementing radial access programs. Here are links to a couple articles she wrote on the topic “Tips When Prepping for Radial Procedures” and “How to Contend With Transradial Artery Perforation.”

ITN and DAIC Editor Dave Fornell takes a tour of some of the most interesting new medical imaging technologies on the expo floor at the 2017 Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) meeting. Watch the editor’s choice video for new health IT technologies at HIMSS 2017, new advances in cardiac ultrasound at ASE 2017, and CT advances at the SCCT 2017 meeting.

Dianna Bardo M.D., director of body MR and co-director of the 3-D Innovation Lab at Phoenix Children's Hospital, discusses how 3-D printing and other advanced imaging modalities can help improve outcomes in complex cases. Read the article “The Use of 3-D Printing in Cardiology.” Watch the WEBINAR “Innovation and Success in 3D-inspired Development of the Business and Clinical Practice,” presented by Bardo.

Mladen I. Vidovich, M.D., FACC, FSCAI, chief, section of cardiology, Jesse Brown VA Medical Center, Chicago, and associate professor of medicine at the University of Illinois at Chicago, discusses some of the current techniques and issues involved with radial artery access. DAIC spoke to him at the 2017 Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) conference. Read articles he authored, including “Radiation Exposure Related to Transradial Access” and “Vascular Closure Devices Aid Closure of Large Access Sites.”

Find more news and on transradial access technique and technology

Philippe Genereux, M.D., co-director of the structural heart program at the Gagnon Cardiovascular Institute at Morristown Medical Center, part of Atlantic Health System, explains his experience with the Tryton Side Branch stent in both clinical practice and as an investigator in the Tryton Pivotal IDE Trial. Read the article “Data Published for Pivotal Trial for Tryton Side Branch Stent,” and about the regulatory clearance “FDA Clears First Dedicated Coronary Bifurcation Stent.”

A discussion with William Fearon, M.D. director of interventional cardiology, Stanford University Medical Center, about the FAST-FFR Trial he is heading. It is comparing wire-based fractional flow reserve (FFR) to angiography image-derived FFR. The technology may open the door to wider use of FFR by eliminating costs, disruption and extra time in the cath lab workflow, the use of pressure wires and eliminate the need for adenosine. 

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FAST-FFR Trial of FFR-angio Technology Meets Primary Endpoint, Exceeded Performance Goals at TCT 2018

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Vivek Reddy, M.D., director of cardiac arrhythmia services and professor of medicine, cardiology, Mount Sinai Hospital, N.Y., explains the latest Watchman left atrial appendage (LAA) occluder study data presented at the 2017 Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) conference.

Watch the VIDEO “Post-FDA Approval Experience of LAA Occluders,” with David Holmes, M.D.

Watch a VIDEO interview with Reddy at Heart Rhythm Society (HRS) 2017 on leadless pacing technologies. 

A discussion with William W. O’Neill, M.D., medical director, Center for Structural Heart Disease, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, about the creation of a national initiative to start percutaneous hemodynamic support first before beginning revascularization. O’Neill started the Detroit Cardiogenic Shock Initiative with several hospitals in 2016 and saw a 50 percent drop in mortality. Read the article “Detroit Cardiogenic Shock Initiative Goes National at TCT 2017.” Watch the VIDEO “Cardiogenic Shock Supported With Impella Shows Good Outcomes.”

Related Cardiogenic Shock Content:

VIDEO: How to Reduce Cardiogenic Shock Mortality by 50 Percent — Interview with h Babar Basir, D.O.

SCAI Releases New Consensus Document on Classification Stages of Cardiogenic Shock

VIDEO: The Importance of Ventricular Unloading in AMI and Cardiogenic Shock — Interview with Nevin Kapur, M.D.

10 Reasons Why it is Time to Learn More About Cardiogenic Shock — by Emmanouil S. Brilakis, M.D.

New Approaches to Reduce Cardiogenic Shock Mortality

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Juan Granada, M.D., Cardiovascular Research Foundation president and chief executive officer, shares his insights on what technologies he predicts will become main stream therapies in the coming years. DAIC spoke to him at the 2017 Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) conference. Read the article “The Future of Cardiology: 17 Technologies to Watch.” Watch other VIDEOS with Granada, “Transcatheter Mitral Valve Therapies in Development.” “The Evolution of TAVR Technology,” and “Bioresorbable Stent Failure Modes, Technique, Patient Selection and Future Development.”