Diagnostic and Interventional Cardiology

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New Tool for 3-D Measurement of the Aorta May Identify Fatal Heart Conditions Earlier

February 21, 2022 – Researchers at Michigan Medicine have found a novel method of measuring growth in the body’s largest ...

February 21, 2022

Evonik Venture Capital has invested in CircumFix Solutions, a Tennessee-based start-up that has developed a new sternal closure device to improve patient recovery after open chest surgery. The patented orthopedic device, made of a high-performance polymer from Evonik, closes and holds the sternum securely together after surgery.

News | Cardiovascular Surgery

Evonik invests in U.S. start-up offering medical device to improve patient recovery after open-chest surgery

January 18, 2022 – Evonik Venture Capital has invested in CircumFix Solutions, a Tennessee-based start-up that has ...

February 18, 2022

News | Heart Failure

Study Demonstrates Importance and Clinical Utility of Daxor’s Blood Volume (BVA-100) Diagnostic in the Assessment of Heart Failure

February 18, 2022 – Daxor Corporation, the global leader in blood volume measurement technology, has announced new data ...

February 18, 2022

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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

Front Line Medical Technologies, Inc. today announced the expanded availability and distribution of its COBRA-OS (Control of Bleeding, Resuscitation, Arterial Occlusion System), as U.S. and Canadian hospitals continue to implement the life-saving aortic occlusion device during various surgical and emergency cases.

News | Endovascular Aortic Repair

Front Line Medical Technologies Expands Availability of its COBRA-OS

February 18, 2022 – Front Line Medical Technologies, Inc. today announced the expanded availability and distribution of ...

February 18, 2022

Already used in single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) for adult patients, Rapiscan is now approved for use in stress cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (CMR)

News | Cardiac Imaging

GE Healthcare’s Stress Agent Rapiscan Approved for use in Stress Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging

February 18, 2022 — GE Healthcare has announced that it has received approval from the European Medicines Agency (EMA) ...

February 18, 2022

News | Cardiovascular Clinical Studies

Call for Entries!

We are launching something new—a Clinical Case of the Month—and we want you to contribute! Do you have a clinical case ...

February 17, 2022

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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

Myocarditis (inflammation of the heart muscle) after vaccination is rare, but some cases have been reported after receipt of the Pfizer/BioNTech or Moderna mRNA COVID-19 vaccine.

News | Coronavirus (COVID-19)

February 17, 2022 — While cardiac imaging shows that COVID-19 vaccine–associated myocarditis has a similar pattern as ...

February 17, 2022

Mytonomy, known for raising the bar in video-based patient-engagement content and platform, is leveraging its capabilities in the cardiology space with its new Cloud for Cardiology.

News | Cardiovascular Education

Mytonomy Announces Cardiology Content and Platform

February 17, 2022 – Mytonomy, known for raising the bar in video-based patient-engagement content and platform, is ...

February 17, 2022

In January, The University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) and the University of Maryland Medical Center (UMMC) successfully executed a groundbreaking porcine heart transplant procedure in a human. This was the first successful transplant of a genetically modified pig’s heart into a human patient.

Feature | Heart Failure | By Melinda Taschetta-Millane

Pig Heart Transplant Patient Continues to Thrive

In January, The University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) and the University of Maryland Medical Center (UMMC) ...

February 16, 2022

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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

Elixir Medical, a developer of innovative, drug-eluting cardiovascular devices, has announced completion of enrollment in the BIOADAPTOR randomized controlled trial (RCT). The BIOADAPTOR RCT is evaluating the DynamX Coronary Bioadaptor System,

News | Stents Drug Eluting

Elixir Medical Completes Enrollment in Bioadaptor Randomized Controlled Trial of DynamX Coronary Bioadaptor System

February 16, 2022 – Elixir Medical, a developer of innovative, drug-eluting cardiovascular devices, has announced ...

February 16, 2022

Conavi Medical Inc., a leader of hybrid imaging guidance for common minimally invasive heart procedures, plans to expand the presence of its Novasight Hybrid System in the U.S. market in 2022 under the guidance of its new leadership team.

News | Intra-Vascular Ultrasound (IVUS)

Conavi Medical Plans for Strategic Expansion in U.S. Market

Conavi Medical Inc., a leader of hybrid imaging guidance for common minimally invasive heart procedures, plans to expand ...

February 16, 2022

Cardiology is an inherently data-dependent and data-driven practice. Patient medical history records, images, test results, and more go into every diagnosis and treatment decision.

News | Cardiovascular Information Systems (CVIS)

Structured Cardiology Reporting in CVIS Platforms Key to Better Patient Care, Outcomes

February 16, 2022 – Cardiology is an inherently data-dependent and data-driven practice. Patient medical history records ...

February 16, 2022

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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

Inari Medical, Inc. has announced that the first patient has been enrolled in PEERLESS, a prospective, randomized controlled trial comparing the outcomes of patients with intermediate-high risk pulmonary embolism (PE) treated with the FlowTriever system versus catheter-directed thrombolysis (CDT).

News | Pulmonary Embolism

Inari Medical Announces First Patient Enrolled in the PEERLESS Trial

February 16, 2022 – Inari Medical, Inc. has announced that the first patient has been enrolled in PEERLESS, a ...

February 16, 2022

The Heart Institute at Children’s Hospital Colorado (Children’s Colorado) has performed its 500th pediatric heart transplant, a milestone that only a few centers across the country have reached.

News | Pediatric Cardiology

500th Heart Transplant Performed at Children’s Hospital Colorado

February 16, 2022 – The Heart Institute at Children’s Hospital Colorado (Children’s Colorado) has performed its 500th ...

February 16, 2022

A new way of treating arrhythmias, including atrial fibrillation (AF) — the most common heart arrhythmia diagnosis in clinical practice — has debuted at UC San Diego Health. vMap is a non-invasive, computational mapping system that produces a three-dimensional, interactive map of arrhythmia hotspots anywhere in the heart, including all four chambers of the organ, the septal wall and the outflow tracts.

News | Atrial Fibrillation

Remapping Atrial Fibrillation Treatment

February 16, 2022 – A new way of treating arrhythmias, including atrial fibrillation (AF) — the most common heart ...

February 16, 2022