Medtronic plc announced the start of a pilot study of its investigational Extravascular Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (EV ICD) system, with the first patient implant performed at...
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Boston Scientific Corp. announced it has signed an agreement to acquire Veniti Inc., which has developed and commercialized the Vici Venous Stent System for treating venous obstructive disease....
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The number of patients undergoing mitral valve operations are at an all-time high, and new research suggests many patients do not undergo surgical intervention until it is too late to completely...
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July 26, 2018 — The pivotal clinical study in the U.S.
Videos | Cath Lab | August 13, 2018
Jeffrey Schussler, M.D., FACC, FSCAI, FSCCT, FACP, interventional cardiologist at Baylor Scott While Heart and...
Videos | Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) | August 13, 2018
Haojie Wang, M.D., director of advanced cardiovascular MRI and a member of the heart valve clinic at Baylor Scott...
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An example of an automated summary cardiac monitor report from Medicalgorithmics' PocketECG system. Most of the the report parameters can be opened as separate pages with additional automated report summaries and graphical data charts.
Blog | Remote Monitoring | June 20, 2018
There is a movement toward real-time, remote cardiac monitoring with the latest generation of...
News | Wearable Sensors | August 10, 2018
August 10, 2018 — Caretaker Medical, creator of the Caretaker4...
News | Intravascular Imaging | August 10, 2018
August 10, 2018 — Infraredx Inc. announced the Makoto...
News | Cardiovascular Business | August 09, 2018
August 9, 2018 — The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a proposed rule August 9 that would...
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The Medicalgorithmics PocketECG Holter monitor offers real-time, remote, wireless ECG recording and tracking. Real-time data review may be able to help diagnose an arrhythmia quickly, reducing the amount of time the patient needs to be monitored. Also, 24/7 data offers a more complete picture of the patient's health, rather than fragments of data from older Holter and event monitor systems.
Blog | ECG Wireless Remote Access | June 06, 2018
There is a shift occurring in...
News | Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD) | August 09, 2018
August 9, 2018 — Medtronic plc announced the start of a...
News | Nuclear Imaging | August 08, 2018
August 8, 2018 — The American Society of Nuclear Cardiology’s (ASNC) Annual Scientific Session, ASNC2018, will kick...
News | Venous Therapies | August 08, 2018
August 8, 2018 — Boston Scientific Corp. announced it has signed an agreement to...
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New cardiac monitoring technologies allow for longer duration data collection. The Medtronic Reveal Linq implantable cardiac monitor allows for 24/7 monitoring for up to three years. This might not be necessary for most patients, and there are several newer Holter monitors that can record up to several days or several weeks of data in real-time.
Blog | ECG Wireless Remote Access | May 23, 2018
New patient monitoring technologies with wireless connectivity have enabled a revolution in cardiac event and...
News | Womens Cardiovascular Health | August 07, 2018
August 7, 2018 — Johns Hopkins researchers say a...
News | Cardiac Diagnostics | August 07, 2018
August 7, 2018 — Akcea Therapeutics Inc., an affiliate of Ionis Pharmaceuticals Inc., announced the publication of...
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An example of the new generation of inexpensive, wearable cardiac monitors that are seeing increased usage. This is the Cardiac Insight Cardea Solo device. After the monitoring period is over, the wearable patch is torn open to retrieve a data pod that is inserted into a reader to download the data. The software automatically creates reports based on the data, complete with waveforms for various cardiac measures.
Blog | Cardiac Diagnostics | May 10, 2018
Videos | Stents Bioresorbable | August 06, 2018
Patrick Serruys, M.D., Ph.D., Imperial College London, explains where development of bioresorbable scaffolds stands...
News | Blood Testing | August 06, 2018
August 6, 2018 — A new test to assess a whether or not someone is having a...
News | Embolic Protection Devices | August 03, 2018
August 3, 2018 — Boston Scientific Corp. announced it has recently closed its...
