Left, the Melody pulmonary valve was the first transcatheter valve to be approved by the FDA in the United States a decade ago. Right, the Harmony transcatheter valve is in trials and is designed to treat patients with RVOT anomalies who develop severe PR typically when a pervious repair fails. Both valves are used to treat congenital heart defects.
News | Congenital Heart | May 21, 2020
May 21, 2020 — Two late-breaking clinical trials on trans catheter valves to treat congenital heart disease were...
Rash on the skin of a child who has COVID-19 related multi-system inflammatory syndrome (MIS-C). The image is from Damien Bonnet, M.D., Ph.D., Necker Hospital-Université, Paris, who was involved in a Circulation study published on MIS-C May 14. Image copyright Damien Bonnet, courtesy of the American Heart Association.
Feature | Coronavirus (COVID-19) | May 20, 2020 | Dave Fornell, Editor
A new, serious COVID-19 cardiovascular presentation emerged in late April and early May 2020 in the form of pediatric...
Feature | HRS | May 20, 2020
May 20, 2020 — Here is the complete list of late-breaking clinical trials (LBCT) and links to articles on all of them...
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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...
he Actus AcQMap EP 3-D mapping catheter used to speed electromapping and procedure times.
News | EP Lab | May 20, 2020
May 20, 2020 — Acutus Medical and Biotronik announced a new alliance to provide a comprehensive portfolio of...
News | Atrial Fibrillation | May 19, 2020
May 19, 2020 — Structural changes of the atrium may occur long before the onset of atrial fibrillation (AF), and the...
News | Atrial Fibrillation | May 19, 2020
May 19, 2020 — Atrial disease has been implicated in embolic stroke of undetermined source (ESUS) and a late-breaking...
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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 | May 19, 2020
May 19, 2020 – Thermedical, a developer of thermal-ablation medical systems to treat ventricular tachycardia (VT),...
A list of all the abnormalities the AI model classifies. This illustration only shows three representative leads (DII, V1 and V6).Fig. This is Figure 1 from the Nature Communications article.
News | Artificial Intelligence | May 19, 2020
May 19, 2020 — Artificial intelligence (AI) may be an aid to interpreting ECG results, helping healthcare staff to...
Mayo Clinic is using artificial intelligence EchoGo Core software from Ultromics to automatically analyize echocardiography images to assess the cardiac impact of COVID-19.
News | Coronavirus (COVID-19) | May 19, 2020
May 19, 2020 — A joint U.K.-U.S. research team is applying a pioneering artificial intelligence (AI) system to...
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Pass-through status and new CPT codes are expectred to boost usage of contrast-enhanced ultrasound procedures. The individuals who appear are for illustrative purposes only. All persons depicted are models and not real patients or healthcare professionals.
Case Study | Cardiovascular Ultrasound | May 29, 2019
As part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2018, pass-through payment status for LUMASON® (sulfur hexafluoride...
Videos | Coronavirus (COVID-19) | May 18, 2020
Marianne Pop, Pharm.D., BCPS, a clinical pharmacist and clinical assistant professor with the regional pharmacy program...
News | Heart Valve Technology | May 18, 2020
May 18, 2020 — The Edwards Lifesciences Corp. Pascal tricuspid transcatheter valve repair (TTVR) system received...
Feature | Cath Lab | May 18, 2020
May 18, 2020 – Patients undergoing cardiac catheterization are traditionally instructed to follow nothing by mouth, or...
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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 participate...
News | SCAI | May 17, 2020
May 17, 2020 – A new study shows that when compared with patients without intermediate left main coronary artery...
News | May 17, 2020
May 17, 2020 – Trial results presented today revealed a promising therapy for patients experiencing angina due to...
Icosapent Ethyl (Vascepa) significantly reduces revascularizations in statin patients based on data from the REDUCE-IT REVASC analyses, presented as a late-breaking study at SCAI 2020. Photo by Dave Fornell
News | Pharmaceuticals | May 17, 2020
May 17, 2020 – Patients with high lipid levels have an increased risk for ischemic events, despite statin therapy....
