Diagnostic and Interventional Cardiology

Volta VX1 decision support software reproduces expert-physician electrogram (EGM) analysis that can assist physicians in the real-time identification of specific abnormal electrograms in a persistent atrial fibrillation (AF) population

Volta Medical’s AI Based solution for Patients in Atrial Fibrillation Achieves Robust Validation in First Peer-Reviewed Publication

September 7, 2022 — Nuwellis, Inc., a commercial-stage company focused on transforming the lives of people with fluid ...

September 07, 2022

Graphical abstract During COVID19 total lockdown in 2020 in France, a significant reduction in vascular stiffness, recorded by home smart scales, was observed.© The Author(s) 2022. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the European Society o f Cardiology.This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any me

News | Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Strict COVID Lockdowns in France Improved Cardiovascular Health

September 7, 2022 — A new paper in European Heart Journal - Digital Health, published by Oxford University Press ...

September 07, 2022

Societies outline recommendations for hardware and software, training, competency, cross-specialty and collaboration

News | SPECT-CT

New ASNC-led Guideline Details How to Use CT in Hybrid Nuclear-CT Cardiac Imaging

September 7, 2022 — The American Society of Nuclear Cardiology (ASNC) and three partner societies have come together to ...

September 07, 2022

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Blog | ECG

BLOG: Rethinking Traditional ECG Outsourcing

Technology-enabled “Insourcing” approach to cardiac arrhythmia diagnosis provides patient and provider benefits The ...

September 19, 2022

Top 10 content for the month of August 2022

Feature | Cardiovascular Business | By Melinda Taschetta-Millane

Top 10: A Look at the Hot Topics from August

Here is a rundown of what you and your colleagues found to be most interesting in the fields of diagnostic and ...

September 07, 2022

Prespecified meta-analysis of DELIVER and EMPEROR-Preserved presented in a Hot Line Session at ESC Congress 2022

News | Pharmaceuticals

Meta-Analysis Strengthens Evidence for SGLT2 Inhibitors in Patients With Heart Failure

September 6, 2022 — An analysis of more than 12,000 patients has found that the SGLT2 inhibitors dapagliflozin and ...

September 06, 2022

Stopping statin treatment early could substantially reduce lifetime protection against heart disease since a large share of the benefit occurs later in life

News | Pharmaceuticals

Study Highlights Lifelong Benefits of Statin Therapy

September 6, 2022 — Stopping statin treatment early could substantially reduce lifetime protection against heart disease ...

September 06, 2022

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Several wearable, less-obtrusive ECG monitors fhave been cleared by the FDA for longer wear. This example is Cardiac Insight’s Cardea SOLO device.

Blog | ECG

BLOG: Moving Beyond Holter ECG: The Rise in Next Generation Technology

When the patients of Michael Boler, M.D. need cardiac monitoring, the Holter monitor is no longer his first choice. “The ...

August 24, 2022

Smokers have weaker hearts than non-smokers, according to research

News | Stroke

Smoking is Even More Damaging to the Heart Than Previously Thought

September 6, 2022 — Smokers have weaker hearts than non-smokers, according to research presented at ESC Congress 2022.1 ...

September 06, 2022

Research presented at ESC Congress 2022 supports a causal relationship between air pollution and heart attacks since smokers, who already inhale smoke, were unaffected by dirty air.

News | Stroke

Air Pollution is Associated with Heart Attacks in Non-Smokers

September 6, 2022 — Research presented at ESC Congress 2022 supports a causal relationship between air pollution and ...

September 06, 2022

BOX trial presented in a Hot Line Session at ESC Congress 2022

News | Sudden Cardiac Arrest

Restrictive Oxygenation in Post Cardiac Arrest Patients is Not Harmful

September 2, 2022 — A restrictive oxygenation target in comatose patients resuscitated after out-of-hospital cardiac ...

September 02, 2022

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OTC ECG devices can help detect abnormal heart rhythms in the general population, and this technology will continue to improve.

Blog | ECG

BLOG: A Double-Edged Sword: How Over-the-Counter ECG Devices are Impacting Cardiac Care

Apple created a stir when it announced in 2018 that its Apple Watch Series 4 was the first consumer health and fitness ...

August 24, 2022

DELIVER trial presented in a Hot Line Session at ESC Congress 2022

News | Heart Failure

Dapagliflozin Benefits Patients with Mildly Reduced and Preserved Ejection Fraction

September 2, 2022 — Dapagliflozin reduces the risk of cardiovascular death or worsening heart failure in heart failure ...

September 02, 2022

ADVOR trial presented in a Hot Line Session at ESC Congress 2022

News | Heart Failure

Acetazolamide Improves Decongestion in Patients with Acute Decompensated Heart Failure

September 2, 2022 — Acetazolamide added to intravenous loop diuretics decreases congestion within three days in patients ...

September 02, 2022

DANCAVAS trial presented in a Hot Line Session at ESC Congress 2022

News | Cardiac Imaging

Cardiovascular Screening May Reduce Risk of Death and Cardiovascular Disease

September 2, 2022 — A randomized trial in more than 45,000 men has suggested that cardiovascular screening including ...

September 02, 2022

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The ECG data is automatically analyzed by the Cardea SOLO software and an easy to read and interpret report is generated in five minutes.

Blog | Wearables

BLOG: Cardiac Monitoring in the Time of COVID-19: Next Generation Wearable ECG Technology Comes into Its Own

COVID-19 has posed challenges for physicians whose cardiac patients are at-risk and reluctant to schedule an office ...

August 24, 2022

DANFLU-1 trial presented in a Hot Line Session at ESC Congress 2022

News | Cardiac Imaging

Innovative Randomized Trial Hints at Mortality Benefits with High-Dose Influenza Vaccines

September 2, 2022 — In an innovative, pragmatic randomized trial, high-dose influenza vaccination in older adults was ...

September 02, 2022

News | Artificial Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence Assessment of Heart Function is Superior to Sonographer Assessment

September 2, 2022 — In patients undergoing echocardiographic evaluation of cardiac function, preliminary assessment by ...

September 02, 2022

REVIVED-BCIS2 trial presented in a Hot Line Session today at ESC Congress 2022

News | Heart Failure

Coronary Stenting Does Not Benefit Patients with Severe Left Ventricular Dysfunction

September 2, 2022 — Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) does not reduce all-cause mortality or heart failure ...

September 02, 2022