October 29, 2018 — Blood pressure readings of 130/80 millimeters of mercury (mmHg) or higher...
News | Heart Failure | October 29, 2018
October 29, 2018 — The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), part of the National Institutes of Health...
News | EP Mapping and Imaging Systems | October 29, 2018
October 29, 2018 — Good Samaritan Hospital recently became the first hospital on the West Coast to utilize the Carto...
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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...
News | Cardiovascular Ultrasound | October 29, 2018
October 29, 2018 — Hitachi Healthcare Americas participated in the...
News | Blood Testing | October 26, 2018
October 26, 2018 — For someone experiencing cardiac symptoms in the emergency room, every minute matters as...
News | Stethoscopes | October 26, 2018
October 26, 2018 — Eko, creators of a machine learning-based heart and lung monitoring platform, announced 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 Surgery | October 25, 2018
October 25, 2018 — On Oct. 18, 2018, LivaNova issued a...
Feature | Sudden Cardiac Arrest | October 25, 2018
Pre-participation physical evaluations (PPEs) are a standard requirement for many school-aged athletes to...
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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...
Sponsored Content | Videos | Cath Lab | October 24, 2018
Michael Flaherty, M.D., discusses a study published in Circulation Research which finds that use of hemodynamic...
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News | Blood Testing | October 24, 2018
October 24, 2018 — For those living with diabetes, monitoring blood glucose accurately is necessary to...
News | Clinical Decision Support | October 23, 2018
October 23, 2018 — Health informatics company Impathiq announced its Heart Pathway point-of-care...
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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...
News | Pulmonary Embolism | October 23, 2018
October 23, 2018 — Daniel J. Schimmel, Jr., M.D., MS, a cardiologist at Northwestern Memorial Hospital, recently...
A patient who received the HeartMate III LVAD system showing off his external battery pack. He served as a patient ambassador in the Abbott booth at ACC 2018. The HeartMate III, with its magnetic levitated pump, showed a big reduction in clotting over previous LVADs in a key late-breaking trial at ACC earlier this year.
Feature | Heart Failure | October 19, 2018
October 19, 2018 — Abbott announced today that the HeartMate 3 Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD) has received U....
