News | Hemodynamic Support Devices | October 16, 2020
October 16, 2020 — The Restore EF Study demonstrates the use of contemporary best practices, including attempting a...
The Keystone Heart TriGuard 3 (TG3) is a self-stabilizing cerebral embolic deflection filter used in patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR). The device is designed to reduce TAVR complications of cerebral embolization and ischemic stroke.
News | Heart Valve Technology | October 15, 2020
October 15, 2020 – The REFLECT II randomized clinical trial evaluating the safety and efficacy of the Keystone Heart...
Philip's co-registration technology showing angiography overlaid with iFR in a coronary vessel segment with a system of dots that show regions where the hemodynamic pressure drops occur. This can aid in identifying culprit lesions.
News | FFR Technologies | October 15, 2020
October 15, 2020 — The one-year results of the late-breaking DEFINE PCI study showed patients had improved outcomes and...
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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 | Cardiovascular Ultrasound | October 15, 2020
October 13, 2020 — GE Healthcare announced U.S. FDA 510k clearance for its Ultra Edition package on Vivid ...
The Boston Scientific Acurate neo self-expanding TAVR valve (left) did not perform as well clinically as the Medtronic CoreValve Evolut TAVR valve (right) in the SCOPE II trial presented at TCT 2020.
Feature | Heart Valve Technology | October 15, 2020
October 15, 2020 – The SCOPE II trial comparing the Boston Scientific Acurate neo vs. Medtronic CoreValve Evolut TAVR...
An illustration showing the MitraClip catheter entering the left atrium through a transseptal puncture.
News | Heart Valve Technology | October 15, 2020
October 15, 2020 – The MITHRAS randomized clinical trial found that interventional closure of an iatrogenic atrial...
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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-...
News | Coronavirus (COVID-19) | October 14, 2020
October 14, 2020 — American College of Cardiology (ACC) Quality Summit virtual meeting Oct. 8-9, 2020, featured several...
Interventional cardiology and structural heart pioneer Martin Leon, M.D., is the name-sake of the new joint ACC-CRF Center for Cardiovascular Transformation.
News | TCT | October 14, 2020
October 14, 2020 — The American College of Cardiology (ACC) and the Cardiovascular Research Foundation (CRF) are...
Medtronic is starting a randomized, head-to-head study comparing the Medtronic CoreValve Evolut Pro and Pro+TAVR Systems against the balloon-expandable Edwards Sapien 3 and Sapien 3 Ultra Transcatheter Heart Valvestwo transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) systems in patients with severe symptomatic aortic stenosis (ssAS).
News | Heart Valve Technology | October 14, 2020
October 14, 2020 — Medtronic announced it is starting a randomized, head-to-head study comparing two transcatheter...
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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...
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News | Coronavirus (COVID-19) | October 14, 2020
October 14, 2020 – The first outcomes data from the North American COVID-19 ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction...
Flexible electronics have been developed to implant in patients to constantly monitor their cardiac condition.
Feature | October 09, 2020 | Udi Nussinovitch M.D., Ph.D.
This is an overview of some of the biggest cardiology technology advances. These innovations are covered in more detail...
The Philips Lumify point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) system uses an app and a transducer to convert a smartphone into a portable ultrasound system. Philips and GE Healthcare both offer small hand-held systems and are now facing increased competition from new POCUS vendors like Butterfly Network.
Feature | Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS) | October 08, 2020 | Alan Stoddart, Signify Research
For all the changes in medicine there are some things that seem resolutely stable. Chief among these is the idea that...
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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. “...
News | EP Lab | October 08, 2020
October 8, 2020 — Galaxy Medical, a developer of pulsed electric field (PEF) technology for the treatment of cardiac...
Butterfly Network Inc. is launching its next-generation Butterfly iQ+ point-of-care-ultrasound (POCUS) technology that can turn a smartphone into a diagnostic imaging system. It offers a new needle guidance app.
News | Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS) | October 08, 2020
October 8, 2020 – Butterfly Network Inc. is launching its next-generation Butterfly iQ+ point-of-care-ultrasound (POCUS...
The study used cadaver hearts that were images with contrast enhanced MRI and the images used to create a 3-D computation model of the electrical activation in the heart and how it was influenced by adenosine and ablation. Find more images in the original article
News | Atrial Fibrillation | October 08, 2020
October 8, 2020 – People who suffer from persistent atrial fibrillation in the heart may find relief from a new...
