AliveCor and Omron are partnering to integrate Alivecor's mobile device ECG technology with Omron's wireless blood pressure monitoring technology on Remote Cardiovascular Monitoring into one platform for remote patient monitoring.
News | Remote Monitoring | April 24, 2020
April 24, 2020 — AliveCor and Omron Healthcare announced a global, strategic alliance that combines AliveCor's mobile...
News | Defibrillator Monitors | April 24, 2020
April 24, 2020 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has lifted its injunction prohibiting the manufacturing...
The FDA expanded the use indications for ECMO systems April 6 so the systems can be used beyond six hours and for use in COVID-19 patients in need of circulatory and pulmonary support. Image shows an ECMO team at work at Tufts Medical Center in Boston in December 2019. Photo by Dave Fornell
News | Coronavirus (COVID-19) | April 23, 2020
April 23, 2020 – LivaNova PLC said the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is now permitting the company to expand...
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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...
Videos | Coronavirus (COVID-19) | April 22, 2020
Ehtisham Mahmud, M.D., FSCAI, president of the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI) and...
Feature | Cath Lab | April 22, 2020
April 22, 2020 — The Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI), along with the American College...
Videos | Coronavirus (COVID-19) | April 22, 2020
Justin Fried, M.D., Attending cardiologist at Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York City, and assistant...
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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. “...
Feature | Heart Valve Technology | April 20, 2020 | Dave Fornell, Editor
Some U.S. centers need improvement in their outcomes was the biggest takeaway from the five transcatheter aortic valve...
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News | Coronavirus (COVID-19) | April 20, 2020 | Dave Fornell, Editor
April 20, 2020 — As the United States continues to face the unprecedented public health emergency from the COVID-19...
Videos | Coronavirus (COVID-19) | April 18, 2020
Stephen Bloom, M.D., FASNC, director of nonivasive cardiology (cardiac CT, nuclear cardiology and echocardiography) at...
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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...
Feature | Coronavirus (COVID-19) | April 18, 2020 | Dave Fornell, Editor
Cases of acute cardiovascular disease and cardiac complications caused by COVID-19 require cardiovascular imaging...
Videos | Coronavirus (COVID-19) | April 17, 2020
DAIC Editor Dave Fornell has conducted numerous video interviews remotely from his home office in March and April 2020...
Feature | Coronavirus (COVID-19) | April 14, 2020 | Dave Fornell, Editor
The provision of echocardiographic services remains crucial during the novel coronavirus (COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2)...
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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...
Feature | April 14, 2020 | Dave Fornell, Editor
April 14, 2020 — There is a major challenge in balancing the risk of a delaying a needed valvular and structural heart...
This is an infographic that is part of a new ACC campaign targeting patients amid the COVID-19 pandemic, encourage anyone with heart attack and stroke symptoms to go to the hospital. There has been a major drop in these cases from normal levels since the start of COVID-19.
Feature | Coronavirus (COVID-19) | April 14, 2020
April 14, 2020 — Since the start of COVID-19 containment efforts across the U.S. in March 2020, there has been a...
Videos | Coronavirus (COVID-19) | April 14, 2020
Ehtisham Mahmud, M.D., FSCAI, president of the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI) and...
