March 7, 2019 — Rising incidence of ...
News | Drug-Eluting Balloons | March 06, 2019
March 6, 2019 – Swiss-based M.A. MedAlliance SA has been granted Breakthrough Device Designation from the U.S. Food...
Abbott's Resting Full-cycle Ratio (RFR) intravascular diagnostic test is a newer type of fractional flow reserve (FFR) physiologic assessment. RFR is used to help identify significant narrowings of coronary arteries to determine the need for a stent or if a patient can be treated medically.
Technology | FFR Technologies | March 06, 2019
March 5, 2019 – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) cleared Abbott's Resting Full-cycle Ratio (RFR)...
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Feature | Sudden Cardiac Arrest | October 25, 2018
Pre-participation physical evaluations (PPEs) are a standard requirement for many school-aged athletes to...
Dianna Bardo, M.D., is the vice chair of radiology for clinical development at Phoenix Children’s Hospital.
Webinar | Cardiac PACS | March 06, 2019
The webinar "Replacing PACS and the Benefits of Enterprise Partnership in a Pediatric Hospital" will take place at 2...
Microscopic images of a normal heart valve in a mouse, left, and a heart valve grown in a lab with heart-derived macrophages blocked, right. Without those macrophages, the valves are thick and deformed. Image courtesy of Developmental Cell/UCLA Broad Stem Cell Research Center.
News | Heart Valve Technology | March 06, 2019
March 6, 2019 — UCLA researchers have identified for the first time the origin of an immune cell that plays a...
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Most professional athletes participate in cardiovascular screening to identify often-asymptomatic heart disorders, but the debate continues on whether to mandate ECGs as part of pre-participation screening for student athletes. Photo courtesy of Play for Patrick.
Feature | Sudden Cardiac Arrest | October 16, 2018
Sudden cardiac death (SCD) is the leading medical cause of death in young athletes and its impact is consistent...
News | Cardiovascular Business | March 05, 2019 | Jeff Zagoudis, Associate Editor
March 5, 2019 — U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, M.D., resigned from his...
News | Artificial Intelligence | March 05, 2019 | Jeff Zagoudis, Associate Editor
March 5, 2019 — The American College of Radiology (ACR) is one of seven professional societies behind a new...
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Use of traditional Holter monitor leads can be an issue for patient compliance and comfort. The newer generation ambulatory cardiac monitors use a small, adhesive patch that sticks directly on the patient's chest and allows them to shower and go about daily activities without a belt mounted monitor or leads getting in the way. This is especially important for longer term monitoring of seven days or longer.
Feature | ECG | September 27, 2018
Advances in the technology of wearable cardiac monitors are improving both the experience of the patient and the...
ScImage’s PICOM365 Enterprise PACS enables cath, echo, vascular, ECG, stress and Holter storage and reporting.
Case Study | Cardiac PACS | March 05, 2019 | Anthony Pearson, M.D.
Call nights are by far the worst part of being a clinical cardiologist. I love what I do during the day, but on...
News | Artificial Intelligence | March 05, 2019
March 5, 2019 – The Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) announced an expansion of its...
Technology | Wearables | March 05, 2019
March 5, 2019 — Connected healthcare solutions provider VivaLNK announced its internet of things (IoT)-enabled...
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An example of the new generation of cardiac monitoring device that is replacing Holter monitoring is the Cardea Solo wearable sensor. The FDA-cleared device automatically analyzes data when the device is turned back into the physician's office and automatically produces a draft summary report. This technology can simplify the workflow by eliminating the need for third-party involvement.
Feature | Atrial Fibrillation | September 13, 2018
Rapid advances in technology to monitor atrial fibrillation (AF or Afib) are enabling clinicians to access real-time...
Videos | Advanced Visualization | March 05, 2019
Augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) are starting to be adopted for physician training, patient education...
Videos | ECG | March 05, 2019
This is a quick demo of the Schiller Cardiovit FT-1 electrocardiograph (ECG) system displayed at the ...
Dictation by radiologist using Nuance's technology. More powerful, intelligent voice operated systems were demonstrated at HIMSS 2019 as a way to help reduce physician burn out when using EHRs.
Feature | HIMSS | March 05, 2019 | Alex Green, Signify Research
Here are some takeaway insights on key technologies highlighted at the ...
