February 25, 2020 — Results of a multi-centre, international, clinical trial co-led by Peter Munk Cardiac Centre (PMCC) cardiologist...
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View the January-February 2021 digital edition of Diagnostic and Interventional Cardiology (DAIC) magazine, include links to videos, comparison charts and related content.
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While influenza (flu) is unpredictable, the 2020-2021 influenza season may present an unprecedented dual threat: co-circulation of influenza and the...
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Lumedx offers a variety of cardiovascular information system (CVIS) technologies, including ECG management, cardiac PACS, analytics, billing, scheduling, inventory management and software that enables submission of data to the ACC NCDA and STS registries.
February 18, 2021 – Enterprise imaging systems provider Intelerad Medical Systems announced it has acquired Lumedx, a leading provider of...
News | Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Devices (CRT) | March 03, 2021
March 3, 2021 — Medtronic announced new results from the landmark REVERSE trial, evaluating outcomes of cardiac...
Impulse Dynamics Optimizer Smart device is an implantable device that helps optimize cardiac pumping action in heart failure patients.
News | Heart Failure | March 03, 2021
March 3, 2021 — Impulse Dynamics recently announced that DEKRA Certification B.V., a global regulatory organization,...
Alivecor's pocket ECG system allows consumers or cardiologists to record a single lead ECG strip on a smartphone. AI algorithms can determine if their ECG is normal or abnormal and identify the arrhythmia.
News | Cardiac Diagnostics | March 03, 2021
March 3, 2021 — AliveCor recently announced a new collaboration with AstraZeneca to research new disease management...
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Feature | Wearables | December 15, 2020
COVID-19 has posed challenges for physicians whose cardiac patients are at-risk and reluctant to schedule an office...
News | Atrial Fibrillation | March 03, 2021
March 3, 2021 — Farapulse Inc. announced the first patients were treated in the ADVENT Trial, a U.S. Food and Drug...
LVAD patient Richard Huggins with the external control and power unit for his new EvaHeart2 left ventricular assist device at Penn State Health's Hershey Medical Center.
News | Heart Failure | March 02, 2021
March 2, 2021 — Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center became the second hospital in the nation to implant...
News | Ventricular Assist Devices (VAD) | March 01, 2021
March 1, 2021 — Medtronic is recalling the HeartWare Ventricular Assist Device (HVAD) Pump Implant Kit because the left...
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Case Study | Cardiovascular Information Systems (CVIS) | November 23, 2020
This Frost & Sullivan Executive White Paper explains that digitization is the shift to value-based care and risk-...
The two biggest cardiac device technology stories in February included the Boston Scientific recall of its S-ICD system, and the FDA clearance of the Shockwave intravascular lithotripsy system to break up calcified lesions in the coronary arteries.
Feature | March 01, 2021
March 1, 2021 — Here is the list of the most popular content on the Diagnostic and Interventional Cardiology (DAIC)...
News | Coronavirus (COVID-19) | March 01, 2021
March 1, 2021 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued an emergency use authorization (EUA) for the third...
The first COVID-19 patient in the world was supported by the new Abiomed Breethe OXY-1 System at Hackensack University Medical Center.
News | ECMO Systems | February 25, 2021
February 25, 2021 — The first COVID-19 patient in the world was supported by the new Abiomed Breethe OXY-1 System, an...
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OTC ECG devices can help detect abnormal heart rhythms in the general population, and this technology will continue to improve.
Feature | ECG | March 11, 2020
Apple created a stir when it announced in 2018 that its Apple Watch Series 4 was the first consumer health and fitness...
Astronaut Jessica Meir “feeds” a set of the University of Washington’s engineered heart tissues (inside the green-topped case at center) riding aboard the International Space Station as part of a test of micro-gravity on heart health. Image courtesy of NASA.
Feature | Stem Cell Therapies | February 25, 2021 | By Andy Freeberg
The University of Washington (UW) in Seattle has developed engineered heart tissue that beats. Though minuscule, the...
An example of cardiac ultrasound longitudinal strain measurements on the Epsilon EchoInsight software. This can be used to assess cardiotoxicity from chemotherapy agents.
News | Cardio-oncology | February 25, 2021
February 25, 2020 — Results of a multi-centre, international, clinical trial co-led by Peter Munk Cardiac Centre (PMCC...
Feature | February 24, 2021
View the January-February 2021 digital edition of Diagnostic and Interventional Cardiology (DAIC) magazine, include...
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Several wearable, less-obtrusive ECG monitors have been cleared by the FDA for longer wear. This example is Cardiac Insight’s Cardea SOLO device.
Feature | ECG | February 19, 2020
When the patients of Michael Boler, M.D. need cardiac monitoring, the Holter monitor is no longer his first choice. “...
U.K. hospital admissions for heart attacks and heart failure were reduced by more than 50 percent in the spring of 2020 and by more than a third in the second wave of COVID-19 as people fear going to hospitals and ignore serious symptoms. Getty Images
News | Coronavirus (COVID-19) | February 24, 2021
February 24, 2021 — A study of admissions for acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and heart failure (HF) in the U.K....
News | Heart Failure | February 24, 2021
February 24, 2021 — Occlutech announced the completion of patient enrollment in the PRELIEVE trial, pilot study to...
News | Simulators | February 24, 2021
February 24, 2021 – German-based endovascular simulator specialist Cathi has launched a highly portable System in a...
