May 31, 2018 — Two-year outcome data from the BIO-RESORT randomized controlled trial were presented in a late-...
An example of an intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP) from Maquet.
Feature | Intra-Aortic Balloon Pumps (IABP) | May 31, 2018
May 31, 2018 — The results from the Survival Improvement in Extensive Myocardial Infarction with PERsistent Ischemia...
An example of renal denervation therapy being delivered. A catheter is inserted into the renal artery to ablate the nerves in the vessel wall that regulate vasoconstriction. This leaves the vessel permanently in the widest open position to allow greater blood flow to the kidneys.
Feature | Renal Denervation | May 30, 2018
May 30, 2018 — Despite the best efforts of clinicians to manage hypertension, it continues to increase and is now...
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An example of an automated summary cardiac monitor report from Medicalgorithmics' PocketECG system. Most of the the report parameters can be opened as separate pages with additional automated report summaries and graphical data charts.
Blog | Remote Monitoring | June 20, 2018
There is a movement toward real-time, remote cardiac monitoring with the latest generation of...
News | Cath Lab | May 30, 2018
May 30, 2018 — Shockwave Medical recently announced the European commercial availability of...
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The Medicalgorithmics PocketECG Holter monitor offers real-time, remote, wireless ECG recording and tracking. Real-time data review may be able to help diagnose an arrhythmia quickly, reducing the amount of time the patient needs to be monitored. Also, 24/7 data offers a more complete picture of the patient's health, rather than fragments of data from older Holter and event monitor systems.
Blog | ECG Wireless Remote Access | June 06, 2018
There is a shift occurring in...
Anexample of a clinical case of CT-FFR, which can derive the FFR numbers for their entire coronary tree using a noninvasive CT scan.
Feature | Computed Tomography (CT) | May 29, 2018
May 29, 2018 — Results from the innovative SYNTAX III Revolution Trial [1] underline the effectiveness of evolving...
News | Cath Lab | May 29, 2018
May 29, 2018 — Ongoing controversy exists regarding the role of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for stable...
News | FFR Technologies | May 29, 2018
May 29, 2018 — The first placebo-controlled trial that looked at how fractional flow reserve (FFR) and instantaneous...
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New cardiac monitoring technologies allow for longer duration data collection. The Medtronic Reveal Linq implantable cardiac monitor allows for 24/7 monitoring for up to three years. This might not be necessary for most patients, and there are several newer Holter monitors that can record up to several days or several weeks of data in real-time.
Blog | ECG Wireless Remote Access | May 23, 2018
New patient monitoring technologies with wireless connectivity have enabled a revolution in cardiac event and...
Feature | EuroPCR | May 31, 2018
Here are the late-breaking trials and other key study presentations from the 2018 EuroPCR conference. This is the...
News | Drug-Eluting Balloons | May 29, 2018
May 29, 2018 – M.A. MedAlliance SA has raised $37 million to help develop and commercialize the first sirolimus...
News | Stents Bifurcation | May 29, 2018
May 29, 2018 – Medtronic plc announced the initiation of a U.S....
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An example of the new generation of inexpensive, wearable cardiac monitors that are seeing increased usage. This is the Cardiac Insight Cardea Solo device. After the monitoring period is over, the wearable patch is torn open to retrieve a data pod that is inserted into a reader to download the data. The software automatically creates reports based on the data, complete with waveforms for various cardiac measures.
Blog | Cardiac Diagnostics | May 10, 2018
Figure 1: Images showing the effect of both surgical epicardial PEF ablation and catheter based PEF ablation in the first-in-human electroporation ablation study to freat Afib.
News | May 25, 2018
May 25, 2018 — Data from the first-in-human study using pulsed electric field (PEF) energy ablate heart tissue in...
News | Heart Valve Technology | May 25, 2018
May 25, 2018 — Abbott announced favorable outcomes from the first 100 patients treated in a...
Technology | Stents Drug Eluting | May 25, 2018
May 25, 2018 — Abbott announced it received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for Xience...
