June 19, 2018 – Amaranth Medical offered new details about its 85-micron Defiance bioresorbable scaffold (BRS) recently at...
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Nuclear imaging technology for both single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) and ...
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Medtronic plc has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for 200mm and 250mm lengths of the In.Pact Admiral Drug-Coated Balloon (DCB) to treat long superficial femoral artery (...
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A team of researchers says it has linked sensitivity to an allergen in red meat to the buildup of plaque in the arteries of the heart. While high saturated fat levels in red meat have long been...
Feature | ASE | June 22, 2018
More than 60 companies and organizations are displaying their latest products and services at the 2018 American...
William O'Neill, M.D., unveils the Detroit Cardiogenic Shock Initiative at Henry Ford Hospital. The program uses new protocols to reduce cardiogenic shock mortality by 50 percent by using early hemodyanmic support.
Feature | Hemodynamic Support Devices | June 22, 2018 | Dave Fornell, Editor
About 50 percent of patients in cardiogenic shock do not survive, and account for about 90,000 heart attack patients...
News | SPECT Imaging | June 21, 2018
June 21, 2018 — The American Society of Nuclear Cardiology (ASNC) has published an update to its 2010 guidelines for...
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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...
Technology | PET-CT | June 21, 2018
June 21, 2018 — Siemens Healthineers will announce U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance of four new...
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...
Feature | Stents Bioresorbable | June 19, 2018
June 19, 2018 – Amaranth Medical offered new details about its 85-micron Defiance bioresorbable scaffold (BRS)...
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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 | Cardiovascular Ultrasound | June 19, 2018
June 19, 2018 — Clinical practice, along with guidelines and research, have shown that speckle tracking...
News | Congenital Heart | June 18, 2018
June 18, 2018 — Heart defects are the most common type of birth defect, and can be caused by mutations in the gene...
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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...
Technology | Medical 3-D Printing | June 18, 2018
June 18, 2018 — 3D Systems announced availability of its new On Demand Anatomical Modeling Service. This new service...
A myocardial perfusion exam performed on the Siemens Biograph Vision PET-CT system.
Feature | Nuclear Imaging | June 15, 2018 | Dave Fornell, Editor
Nuclear imaging technology for both ...
Technology | Annuloplasty Rings | June 15, 2018
June 15, 2018 — LivaNova PLC announced it received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance for its...
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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
Technology | Drug-Eluting Balloons | June 15, 2018
June 15, 2018 — Medtronic plc has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for 200mm and 250mm...
News | Cardiac Diagnostics | June 14, 2018
June 14, 2018 — A team of researchers says it has linked sensitivity to an allergen in red meat to the...
News | Guidewires | June 14, 2018
June 14, 2018 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released the following two draft guidance documents:...
