News
New data from the Boston Scientific clinical trial program of the Lotus Valve System continue to demonstrate strong performance as a less invasive treatment for patients with severe aortic stenosis who are considered high risk for surgical valve replacement.
January 02, 2015
News
Patients who were obese before developing heart failure lived longer than normal weight patients with the same condition according to a new study in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology that examined the “obesity paradox” by following obese and non-obese heart failure patients for more than a decade.
January 02, 2015
Feature | Dave Fornell
Ongoing clinical trials of bioresorbable stents continue to show positive data for the devices, which are widely expected to overtake metallic stents in the coming years if the data trend continues. New data from TCT 2014 further reinforces this.
December 31, 2014Sponsored Content
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June 17, 2025
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Reva Medical initiated patient enrollment with its Fantom bioresorbable drug-eluting scaffold.
December 31, 2014
Technology
Roxwood Medical Inc. announced U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance for the U.S. commercialization of its CenterCross Catheter for use in the coronary and peripheral vasculature.
December 31, 2014News
Innovative Cardiovascular Solutions LLC has completed a Class A Unit financing totaling $5 million to fund its Emblok Embolic Protection Catheter.
December 31, 2014Sponsored Content
Feature | Information Technology
Providing exceptional cardiovascular care for patients to achieve the best possible outcomes is the number one goal for ...
March 21, 2024
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Transcatheter Technologies GmbH announced that it has expanded the Trinity technology platform to include a transfemoral version.
December 31, 2014
News
After watching his father die from heart valve disease, a mechanical engineer used his expertise in fluid dynamics to develop a first-of-its-kind procedure to replace leaking or regurgitating heart valves without touching the heart.
December 30, 2014
News
Wearable technologies, possible changes to stenting practices, state legislation on energy drinks, expanded use of minimally invasive heart repair procedures, and the development of a new class of cholesterol lowering drugs are among top stories anticipated in cardiology in 2015.
December 30, 2014Sponsored Content
Feature | Cardiac Imaging
Cardiac positron emission tomography (PET) is growing in popularity among cardiologists because it provides the ability ...
March 05, 2024
Feature | Dave Fornell
DAIC readers chose the following stories as the most popular content in 2014, based on website analytics. The list is broken into the top 20 most popular news items from 2014 and a list of the top 20 archived technical articles accessed in 2014.
December 30, 2014
Feature | Heart Valve Technology | Dave Fornell
Now that transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) is rapidly becoming an established treatment option, cardiology has shifted focus toward the next major frontier in interventional structural heart technology — transcatheter mitral valve repair (TMVR). It was very obvious at the 2014 Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) meeting that mitral valve technology will become the next major trend, as sessions on this topic where packed to capacity.
December 30, 2014
News
Zoll Medical Corp. announced that it will acquire Advanced Circulatory Systems Inc.
December 30, 2014Sponsored Content
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When performing radiofrequency (RF) ablation to treat cardiac arrhythmia, medical professionals must balance the safety ...
December 11, 2023
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Medical market analyst firm GlobalData said the medical device tax has been a distraction to the overall goal of lower healthcare costs.
December 30, 2014
News
Image Wisely.org now offers online educational materials for fluoroscopy, computed tomography (CT) and nuclear medicine exams. Fluoroscopy is the latest addition to Image Wisely, which helps radiology providers optimize radiation dose and provide safe, effective imaging care.
December 29, 2014
News
Manufacturers have introduced hybrid imaging systems that combine positron emission tomography (PET) with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The purported benefit is improved detail in organ and soft-tissue images without the ionizing radiation inherent with systems that combine PET with computed tomography (CT), the gold-standard hybrid imaging modality.
December 29, 2014