Boston Scientific Corp. has initiated the OPTION trial to compare safety and effectiveness of the next-generation Watchman FLX left atrial appendage closure (LAAC) platform to first-line oral...
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Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Seema Verma addressed the American Medical Association (AMA) Annual Meeting of the House of Delegates, which ran June 8-12 in Chicago...
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June 11, 2019 — Abbott recently announced positive late-breaking data from its TRILUMINATE study...
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W. L. Gore & Associates (Gore) announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) premarket approval (PMA) of the Gore Cardioform ASD Occluder for the percutaneous closure of ostium...
News | Patient Monitors | June 18, 2019
June 18, 2019 – New study results validate the effectiveness of the Saranas Early Bird Bleed...
Technology | Computed Tomography (CT) | June 18, 2019
June 18, 2019 – Canon Medical Systems USA Inc. has received 510(k) clearance on its new...
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Pass-through status and new CPT codes are expectred to boost usage of contrast-enhanced ultrasound procedures. The individuals who appear are for illustrative purposes only. All persons depicted are models and not real patients or healthcare professionals.
Case Study | Cardiovascular Ultrasound | May 29, 2019
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News | Heart Failure | June 17, 2019
June 17, 2019 – Results from a first-in-man proof of concept study found occlusion of the superior vena cava (SVC)...
News | FFR Technologies | June 17, 2019
June 17, 2019 – A prospective, multicenter, multinational study examines how...
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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...
Podcast | Radiation Dose Management | June 14, 2019
Akshay Khandelwal, M.D., director of medical operations at the Henry Ford Heart and Vascular Institute, Detroit, and...
News | Pharmaceuticals | June 14, 2019
June 14, 2019 — Quantum Genomics announced the enrollment of the first patient in its QUORUM Phase IIb study of its...
News | Cath Lab | June 14, 2019
June 14, 2019 – A late-breaking study examined the effects of intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) guided drug-eluting...
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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...
News | Wearables | June 14, 2019
June 14, 2019 — Bardy Diagnostics Inc. announced that its Carnation Ambulatory Monitor (CAM) was recognized with the...
News | Stents Carotid | June 13, 2019
June 13, 2019 — Silk Road Medical Inc. announced the presentation of...
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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...
Technology | Advanced Visualization | June 13, 2019
June 13, 2019 — Three-dimensional (3-D) printing software and solutions company Materialise has received U.S. Food...
News | Drug-Eluting Balloons | June 13, 2019
June 13, 2019 — Orchestra BioMed Inc. announced it has formed a global strategic partnership with Terumo Corp. for...
Several electrophysiology advances presented as late-breaking studies at the 2019 Heart Rhythm Society (HRS) annual meeting in May made the top 25 list this month. Among these was the Parasym Salustim device ear clip that stimulates the vagus nerve, which was found to reduced AF burden compared with a sham procedure in the TREAT AF trial. Another innovation was first-in-human data presented on Medtronic's Extravascular ICD, which is its version of a subcutaneous ICD that does not require venous or intracardiac leads.
Feature | June 13, 2019
June 12 — Here is the list of the most popular content on the Diagnostic and Interventional Cardiology (DAIC)...
