The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued the first emergency use authorization (EUA) Dec. 12 for the COVID-19 vaccine submitted by Pfizer Inc. in partnership with BioNTech Manufacturing GmbH. It is the first mRNA vaccine to gain an FDA clearance and the first COVID vaccine to gain FDA clearance.
Feature | Coronavirus (COVID-19) | December 14, 2020 | Dave Fornell, Editor
December 14, 2020 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued the first emergency use authorization (EUA) for...
SoniVie, an Israeli company developing the Therapeutic Intra-Vascular Ultrasound (TIVUS) System to treat a variety of hypertensive disorders, announced that it has been granted Breakthrough Device Designation from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
News | Renal Denervation | December 09, 2020
December 9, 2020 — SoniVie, an Israeli company developing the Therapeutic Intra-Vascular Ultrasound (TIVUS) System to...
Videos | Coronavirus (COVID-19) | December 07, 2020
Todd Hurst, M.D., a cardiologist at Banner University Medicine Heart Institute, and an associate professor at the...
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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...
Videos | EP Lab | December 04, 2020
Oussama Wazni, M.D., section head, electrophysiology, Cleveland Clinic, discusses the results of the recent STOP AF...
The Spectrum Dynamics Veriton-CT64 Digital SPECT/CT nuclear imaging system has its SPECT detectors housed in extendable arms to get as close to the patent's chest as possible to improve cardiac perfusion image quality. Photo by Dave Fornell
News | Nuclear Imaging | December 04, 2020
December 4, 2020 — Spectrum Dynamics Medical, Inc., has received Canadian Medical Device License from Health Canada for...
Feature | December 03, 2020
View the November-December 2020 digital edition of Diagnostic and Interventional Cardiology (DAIC) magazine, include...
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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-...
Attune Medical’s ensoETM is a single use thermal regulating device that is placed in the esophagus similar to a standard gastric tube and connected to an external heat exchange unit, creating a closed-loop system for heat transfer to increase or decrease patient temperature. EPs are now looking at the device as a way to prevent RF damage to the esophagus during cardiac ablations.
News | EP Lab | December 03, 2020
December 3, 2020 – Attune Medical reports the first major peer-reviewed clinical publication using its ensoETM device...
An example of a body composition analysis of an abdominal CT slice with the subcutaneous fat in green, skeletal muscle red and visceral fat in yellow. This was automatically identified and analyzed via a deep learning algorithm to assess the risk for heart attack and stroke in more than 12,000 patients.
Feature | Artificial Intelligence | December 02, 2020
December 2, 2020 – Automated deep learning analysis of abdominal computed tomography (CT) images produces a more...
Chest X-ray of a 2-month-old infant diagnosed with COVID-19 showing an enlarged heart, bibasilar opacities caused by collapse of the lower sections of lungs, and right upper lobe atelectasis (lung collapse). Find more information and figures on this patient case.
News | Coronavirus (COVID-19) | December 02, 2020
December 2, 2020 — A 2-month-old infant diagnosed with COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) experienced reversible myocardial injury...
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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...
CMS coverage changes effective as of Dec. 2, 2020 will open up the use of LVADs to more Medicare patients, including use of the HeartWare and HeartMate ventricular assist devices.
News | Heart Failure | December 02, 2020
December 2, 2020 — The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized updates to Medicare coverage policies...
The GE Healthcare Allia IGS 7 angiography system.
News | Angiography | December 01, 2020
December 3, 2020 — GE Healthcare is introducing a new version of its robotic driven angiography system for image guided...
Medical imaging artificial intelligence (AI) vendor Avicenna.AI today announced its FDA-cleared CINA Head triage AI solution will be offered by cloud-based imaging platform Arterys. Supporting the treatment of stroke and neurovascular emergencies, CINA Head detects intracranial hemorrhages (ICHs) and large vessel occlusions (LVOs) from CT-scan imaging.
News | Stroke | December 01, 2020
December 1, 2020 – Medical imaging artificial intelligence (AI) vendor Avicenna.AI today announced its FDA-cleared CINA...
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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. “...
COVID-19 cardiology related content continues to be among the top performers on the DAIC website in November 2020. TAVR also topped headlines with Boston Scientific taking its Lotus valve off the market and a review of TAVR registry data showing it is now the dominant method of aortic valve replacement in the United States.
Feature | Cardiovascular Business | December 01, 2020 | Dave Fornell, Editor
December 1, 2020 — Here is the list of the most popular content on the Diagnostic and Interventional Cardiology (DAIC)...
News | Hemodynamic Monitoring Systems | December 01, 2020
December 1, 2020 — A recent publication demonstrated procedural efficiency for MitraClip transcatheter mitral valve...
News | Cardiovascular Ultrasound | November 30, 2020
November 30, 2020 — The Clarius PA HD hand-held, wireless ultrasound scanner is now available for high resolution...
