News | Cardiovascular Surgery

The recently formed group Enhanced Recovery After Cardiac Surgery (ERACS) hosted an organizing session in Boston on April 29 to address the need to standardize best practices in cardiac surgery. The session, titled “ERACS: Best Practices, Cost-Effective Initiative,” featured a consortium of forward-thinking leaders in cardiac surgery joining together as other specialties have done through their Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) programs.

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The Philips Epiq cardiac ultrasound system includes automated measurements and anatomical identification based on an artificial intelligence algorithm. #ASE #ASE16
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Cardiac ultrasound technology is undergoing an automation technology transformation similar to that seen with computed ...

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Technology | Intra-Aortic Balloon Pumps (IABP)

May 2, 2017 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted 510(k) clearance for the Teleflex Inc. AC3 Optimus ...

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CMS to require AUC documentation clinical decision support for medical imaging
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Technology | Ultrasound Intra-cardiac Echo (ICE)

Conavi Medical Inc. announced 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its Foresight ICE (intracardiac echo) System expanded feature set. The enhancements include color doppler, pulsed wave doppler, 2-D and 3-D measurements, and electrocardiogram (ECG)-gated 3-D image acquisition. These enhancements are expected to help electrophysiologists and interventional cardiologists in the United States by providing them with the tools to make decisions during minimally invasive cardiovascular procedures.

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News | Cardiovascular Surgery

ClearFlow Inc. has received the prestigious 2017 Global Frost & Sullivan Award for New Product Innovation. The award was presented to ClearFlow for its development of the PleuraFlow Active Clearance Technology (ACT) System, which has been clinically shown to reduce the occurrence of complications after cardiac surgery, according to the company.

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News | Robotic Systems

Corindus Vascular Robotics Inc. announced that Fu Wai Hospital in China performed and broadcast live a percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) procedure using the CorPath GRX System to more than 4,000 attendees at the 22nd annual TCT Asia-Pacific Cardiovascular Summit.

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News | Cardiac Diagnostics

Having a non-O blood group is associated with a higher risk of heart attack, according to research presented at Heart Failure 2017 and the 4th World Congress on Acute Heart Failure, April 29-May 2 in Paris, France.

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a list of SCAI late breaking trial presentations
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May 30, 2017 — The Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI) 2017 Scientific Sessions took place ...

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Technology | Stents Drug Eluting

May 1, 2017 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Medtronic’s Resolute Onyx Drug-eluting Stent (DES) ...

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Videos | Stents Drug Eluting

This video, provided by Medtronic, demonstrates the Resolute Onyx coronary stent. It was cleared by the FDA and launched ...

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News | Blood Testing

Prevencio Inc. announced the publication of data demonstrating that a simple new blood test is more accurate than evaluating commonly-used risk factors in determining whether a person will have a heart attack, stroke or major cardiac event. Researchers believe the data, published in the American Journal of Cardiology (AJC), could revolutionize how doctors identify patients — not only higher-risk patients who need aggressive treatment, but also lower-risk patients who could avoid expensive and invasive procedures.

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RFID inventory management system in use scanning in cath lab supplies using a Cardinal Health system
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Tracking cardiovascular device inventory in cath labs, electrophysiology (EP) labs and operating rooms (ORs) can be a ...

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News | Radiopharmaceuticals and Tracers

Researchers at the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO) have led the development of a new method for producing positron emission tomography (PET) radiotracers. The discovery utilizes the transition metal rhenium to promote fluorine-18 radiolabelling under aqueous, low temperature conditions.

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the Impella pVAD improves survival, mortality in AMI heart attack with cardiogenic shock
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Recent clinical study data presented at the American College of Cardiology (ACC) 2017 meeting show new treatment ...

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