Diagnostic and Interventional Cardiology

FDA Contraindicates Janssen COVID Vaccine for People With Previous Thrombosis With Thrombocytopenia

January 3, 2022 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently revised its Janssen COVID-19 Vaccine Fact Sheets ...

January 03, 2022

Happy New Year from Diagnostic and Interventional Cardiology (DAIC)

News | Cardiovascular Business

Happy New Year from the DAIC Team

Wishing you a healthy and happy New Year from the DAIC team. Look for many exciting new changes to come in 2022!

January 01, 2022

The most popular videos in 2021 included the use of ECMO for COVID-19 patients, a demonstration of the Medis QFR angiography image derived FFR system, and the use of remote EP monitoring systems.

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December 26, 2021 — Here is a list of the most popular videos on the DAIC website from the past year in 2021 based on ...

December 26, 2021

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Patient applying a Cardiac Insight Cardea SOLO monitoring device at home. The remote, physician-prescribed and patient self-applied device is worn for a specified period of monitoring time and then returned to the physician office for report creation.

Feature | Atrial Fibrillation

Increasing Early Detection of Atrial Fibrillation Through Improved Short-Term Monitoring

Improved short-term monitoring methods for patients with stroke risk can increase early detection of atrial fibrillation ...

December 07, 2021

Vascular network (red) in healthy heart tissue (left) and in severe Covid-19 (right). Due to faulty reforming of the network as a result of Covid-19, numerous branches, splits and even loops develop in the capillaries, which can be analysed mathematically. Image courtesy of M. Reichardt, P. Møller Jensen, T. Salditt

News | Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Innovative X-ray Imaging Shows COVID-19 Can Cause Vascular Damage to the Heart

December 23, 2021 — An interdisciplinary research team from the University of Göttingen and Hannover Medical School (MHH ...

December 23, 2021

Top stories on COVID-19 related to cardiology in 2021.

Feature | Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Top COVID Content in 2021 Based on What Readers Viewed

COVID-19 was the single biggest topic readers came to DAIC for information in 2021, resulting in more than 300,000 ...

December 16, 2021

The most popular stories in 2021 included several on impact of COVID-19 on cardiology, the use of the Carmat artificial heart, advances in pulsed field ablation in electrophysiology and the FDA cleanace of the first photon-counting CT scanner.

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Cardiovascular Ultrasound Analytics Aids Re-accreditation Process

Feature | Analytics Software

The Benefits of Data Analytics in Clinical Reporting

Accurate reporting is essential to producing the reliable analytics needed to meet lab accreditation standards. This is ...

October 27, 2021

News | Heart Failure

First-Of-Its-Kind Medicare Advantage Plan Addresses Diabetics With Heart Failure

December 16, 2021 — MVP Health Care and The University of Vermont Health Network recently announced their joint Medicare ...

December 16, 2021

A large-scale NIH genetic testing study of people from diverse ancestries, researchers narrowed down the number of genomic variants that are strongly associated with blood lipid levels and generated a polygenic cardiovascular risk score to predict elevated low-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels. Getty Images

Feature | Genetic Testing

Diverse Genome Sequences Provide a Powerful Tool for Studying Risk of Heart Disease

In a large-scale study of people from diverse ancestries, researchers narrowed down the number of genomic variants that ...

December 17, 2021

The Fuster-CNIC-Ferrer cardiovascular polypill combines three drugs into one pill to make it easier for for patients to comply with secondary cardiovascular prevention therapy.

News | Pharmaceuticals

First Real-world Study of CNIC-Polypill Shows Lower Risk of Major Adverse Cardiovascular Events

December 16, 2021 – Spanish pharmaceutical company Ferrer and the Spanish National Center for Cardiovascular Research ...

December 16, 2021

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Feature | Cardiovascular Information Systems (CVIS)

Improving Consistency and Standardization With Structured Reporting

Jeff Rieder M.D., a cardiologist with Coastal Cardiology Charleston, clearly recalls the time when reporting was ...

July 26, 2021

News | Intra-Aortic Balloon Pumps (IABP)

Cardiosave Hybrid and Cardiosave Rescue IABPs Recalled Due to Reports of Fluid Leaks

December 16, 2021 — Datascope/Getinge/Maquet has recalled the Cardiosave Hybrid and Cardiosave Rescue Intra-Aortic ...

December 16, 2021

News | Coronavirus (COVID-19)

AHA Funds Research on Underlying Causes and Therapies for Cardiovascular Impacts of Long COVID

December 15, 2021 — As COVID-19 variants continue to spread and individuals struggle with lingering effects long after ...

December 15, 2021

The Conavi Novasight hybrid intravascular imaging system that combines IVUS and OCT.

News | Intravascular Imaging

Conavi Will Commercialize Intravascular Image Guidance Technology With $20 Million in Funding

December 15, 2021 — Conavi Medical Inc. has entered into agreements for over $20 million in funding to support ...

December 15, 2021

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Case Study | Cardiovascular Information Systems (CVIS)

Mining Cardiology Data to Optimize Patient Care and Improve Productivity

During the COVID-19 pandemic, many cardiology departments were faced with the daunting task of supporting inpatient and ...

June 18, 2021

Here is a schedule listing for upcoming cardiology meetings and cardiac conferences.

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Stay Up To Date On Upcoming Cardiology Events

DAIC maintains a comprehensive listing of cardiology specialty meetings on its website at www.dicardiology.com/events ...

December 15, 2021

The National Capital Consortium for Pediatric Device Innovation (NCC-PDI) picked 5 companies to award its “Make Your Medical Device Pitch for Kids!” competition. These include the PeriCor PeriTorq device (upper right), the Inkspace Imaging lightweight pediatric MRI could (lower right), and the Sibel Anne-One witless ICU neonate cardiopulmonary monitoring system (lower left).

News | Congenital Heart

5 Pediatric Cardiology Medical Device Competition Winners Recognized for Innovation

December 14, 2021 – The National Capital Consortium for Pediatric Device Innovation (NCC-PDI) announces five awardees ...

December 14, 2021

RSIP Vision introduced a new coronary artery modeling technology that enables quick and accurate reconstruction of the coronary vasculature during angiography into a 3D model in the cath lab.

News | Cath Lab

New RSIP Vision Technology Aids Noninvasive Planning of Coronary Intervention

December 14, 2021 — RSIP Vision, a medical imaging company applying advanced artificial intelligence (AI) and computer ...

December 14, 2021