The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently entered into an interagency agreement with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to coordinate scientific research...
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A jury in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware determined Dec. 11 that the Boston Scientific U.S. patent 8,992,608 is valid and that Edwards Lifesciences' Sapien 3 Aortic Valve...
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The scientific journal Nature recently published an article from Munich University Hospital which describes the long-term survival of baboons that had received a heart transplant from genetically...
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December 11, 2018 — Mylan Pharmaceuticals is expanding its consumer-level voluntary nationwide recall to include all lots of...
News | Cath Lab | December 14, 2018
December 14, 2018 – Shockwave Medical announced a new investment and collaboration agreement with Abiomed Inc. As...
News | Hypertension | December 14, 2018
December 14, 2018 — Digital health company Analytics 4 Life and Actelion Pharmaceuticals Ltd. announced a...
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News | EP Lab | December 14, 2018
December 14, 2018 — The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently entered into an interagency agreement...
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Feature | Sudden Cardiac Arrest | October 25, 2018
Pre-participation physical evaluations (PPEs) are a standard requirement for many school-aged athletes to...
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Feature | Heart Valve Technology | December 12, 2018
December 12, 2018 — A jury in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware determined Dec. 11 that the...
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Most professional athletes participate in cardiovascular screening to identify often-asymptomatic heart disorders, but the debate continues on whether to mandate ECGs as part of pre-participation screening for student athletes. Photo courtesy of Play for Patrick.
Feature | Sudden Cardiac Arrest | October 16, 2018
Sudden cardiac death (SCD) is the leading medical cause of death in young athletes and its impact is consistent...
Videos | December 12, 2018
This is a walk around of the new Spectrum Dynamics Veriton SPECT-CT nuclear imaging system introduced at the 2018...
Videos | Angiography | December 12, 2018
This is a quick walk around of a GE Healthcare Image Guided System (IGS) angiography system cath lab room display at...
Videos | Cardiovascular Ultrasound | December 12, 2018
This is an example of the new Fetal HQ heart and vascular software from GE Healthcare for fetal ultrasound. The...
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Use of traditional Holter monitor leads can be an issue for patient compliance and comfort. The newer generation ambulatory cardiac monitors use a small, adhesive patch that sticks directly on the patient's chest and allows them to shower and go about daily activities without a belt mounted monitor or leads getting in the way. This is especially important for longer term monitoring of seven days or longer.
Feature | ECG | September 27, 2018
Advances in the technology of wearable cardiac monitors are improving both the experience of the patient and the...
Videos | Artificial Intelligence | December 12, 2018
This is a quick video tour of the Machine Learning Showcase at the ...
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An example of the new generation of cardiac monitoring device that is replacing Holter monitoring is the Cardea Solo wearable sensor. The FDA-cleared device automatically analyzes data when the device is turned back into the physician's office and automatically produces a draft summary report. This technology can simplify the workflow by eliminating the need for third-party involvement.
Feature | Atrial Fibrillation | September 13, 2018
Rapid advances in technology to monitor atrial fibrillation (AF or Afib) are enabling clinicians to access real-time...
Videos | Advanced Visualization | December 12, 2018
This is an example of the FDA-cleared OpenSight augmented reality (AR) system for surgical planning from NovaRad at...
Blog | December 11, 2018
I was recently asked about my thoughts on the big picture, over arching trends effecting cardiology. Here...
