Diagnostic and Interventional Cardiology

Hands-free robotic insertion and steering of ablation probes using XACT ACE Robotic System offers health systems the potential to improve accuracy, consistency, and efficiency of procedures

XACT Robotics Receives FDA Clearance that Expands Support for Ablation Procedures

May 18, 2022 — XACT Robotics, developer of the world’s first and only comprehensive robotic system for interventional ...

May 18, 2022

Preliminary findings include a 15% relative CVD risk reduction within eight weeks

News | Womens Cardiovascular Health

Time-restricted Eating May Lower CVD Risk for Older Breast Cancer Survivors

May 18 2022 — Older breast cancer survivors with cardiometabolic risk factors who restricted food intake to eight hours ...

May 18, 2022

Findings help identify patients who may not be optimally managed for recurrent stroke prevention

News | Stroke

Continuous Monitoring Detects Four Times More Atrial Fibrillation Incidence Following Stroke than Intermittent Monitoring

May 18, 2022 — Continuous monitoring with an insertable cardiac monitor (ICM) is shown to be more successful in ...

May 18, 2022

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Patient applying a Cardiac Insight Cardea SOLO monitoring device at home. The remote, physician-prescribed and patient self-applied device is worn for a specified period of monitoring time and then returned to the physician office for report creation.

Feature | Atrial Fibrillation

Increasing Early Detection of Atrial Fibrillation Through Improved Short-Term Monitoring

Improved short-term monitoring methods for patients with stroke risk can increase early detection of atrial fibrillation ...

December 07, 2021

Khaldoon Alaswad, M.D., director of catheterization lab at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit. Image courtesy of Henry Ford Health

News | Chronic Total Occlusion (CTO)

Henry Ford Cardiologist to Perform a Live Heart Procedure at International Medical Education Event

May 18, 2022 — For the third straight year, Henry Ford Hospital interventional cardiologist Khaldoon Alaswad, M.D. will ...

May 18, 2022

Results indicate Black patients are 25% less likely to receive stroke-preventing medication

News | Atrial Fibrillation

Study of National Registry Uncovers Racial Disparities Around Anticoagulation for Atrial Fibrillation

May 17, 2022 — Results of a new study reveal Black patients hospitalized with atrial fibrillation (AF) are under ...

May 17, 2022

Innovative care strategy created in response to COVID-19 pandemic emphasizes the role telemedicine plays in post-op patient monitoring

News | Atrial Fibrillation

New Study Shows Benefits of Same Day Discharge for Atrial Fibrillation Ablation Patients

May 17, 2022 — Results from a new study show success of intended same day discharge (SDD) improves over time for ...

May 17, 2022

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Cardiovascular Ultrasound Analytics Aids Re-accreditation Process

Feature | Analytics Software

The Benefits of Data Analytics in Clinical Reporting

Accurate reporting is essential to producing the reliable analytics needed to meet lab accreditation standards. This is ...

October 27, 2021

Heart Rhythm 2022 has come to a close, and the Heart Rhythm Society has released some stats regarding this year's conference. More than 7,700+ heart rhythm professionals from around the world whose participation during Heart Rhythm 2022

News | HRS

Heart Rhythm 2022 Highlights

May 17, 2022 — Heart Rhythm 2022 has come to a close, and the Heart Rhythm Society has released some stats regarding ...

May 17, 2022

Research Presented at the American Heart Association’s Quality of Care and Outcomes Research (QCOR) Scientific Sessions Indicate Potential for VASCEPA (icosapent ethyl) to Reduce Major Adverse Cardiovascular (CV) Events and Associated Costs

News | Pharmaceuticals

Research Shows Potential to Reduce Major Cardiovascular (CV) Events

May 17, 2022 — Amarin Corporation plc announced that research on the potential population health impact and cost ...

May 17, 2022

On the heels of its landmark valvular heart disease (VHD) prevalence abstract published in Journal of the American College of Cardiology (JACC), egnite, Inc. announced that it has expanded the company’s focus beyond structural heart disease into cardiovascular (CV) disease, starting with atrial fibrillation (AF).

News | Atrial Fibrillation

egnite, Inc. Expands into Cardiovascular Disease Supported by New Data on the State of Care for Patients with Atrial Fibrillation

May 17, 2022 — On the heels of its landmark valvular heart disease (VHD) prevalence abstract published in Journal of the ...

May 17, 2022

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Feature | Cardiovascular Information Systems (CVIS)

Improving Consistency and Standardization With Structured Reporting

Jeff Rieder M.D., a cardiologist with Coastal Cardiology Charleston, clearly recalls the time when reporting was ...

July 26, 2021

Seamless integration and communication between Philips Ultrasound System - EPIQ CVxi - and Philips Image Guided Therapy System - Azurion - supports efficient fusion-imaging workflow for minimally-invasive treatment of structural heart disease

News | Structural Heart

Philips EchoNavigator Helps Interventional Teams Treat Structural Heart Disease

May 16, 2022 — Philips, a global leader in health technology, announced at EuroPCR (17 - 20 May 2022, Paris, France) the ...

May 16, 2022

Boston Scientific announced that Peter M. “Pete” Nicholas, co-founder and former CEO of Boston Scientific from 1979 to 1999 and a corporate visionary in the minimally invasive surgery industry, passed away peacefully on May 14 just a few days before his 81st birthday.

News | Cardiovascular Business

Boston Scientific Co-founder and Former CEO Passes Away

May 16, 2022 — Boston Scientific announced that Peter M. “Pete” Nicholas, co-founder and former CEO of Boston Scientific ...

May 16, 2022

Key members of the research collaboration: (from left) Prof Roger Foo (Programme Director, ATTRaCT, and Senior Group Leader, GIS), Dr Karin Conde-Knape (Senior Vice President, Global Drug Discovery, Novo Nordisk), Dr Rasmus Rabøl (Corporate Vice President, Global Translation, Novo Nordisk), Dr Natasha Michaelsen (Principal Scientist, Global Translation, Novo Nordisk), Prof Mark Richards (Director, Cardiovascular Research Institute, NUS, and Deputy Director, National University Heart Centre), Prof Derek Haus

News | Heart Failure

A*STAR, NHCS, NUS, and Novo Nordisk to Collaborate on Cardiovascular Disease Research

May 16, 2022 — The Agency for Science, Technology and Research’s (A*STAR) Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS) and ...

May 16, 2022

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Case Study | Cardiovascular Information Systems (CVIS)

Mining Cardiology Data to Optimize Patient Care and Improve Productivity

During the COVID-19 pandemic, many cardiology departments were faced with the daunting task of supporting inpatient and ...

June 18, 2021

A substantial proportion of patients with COVID and shock had low CI despite preserved EF, suggesting underfilling of the LV, but this proportion was smaller in W2. This difference could not be explained by changes in PEEP between cohorts. This suggests that fluid management strategies may have been more aggressive in W2.

News | Coronavirus (COVID-19)

New Report Published Comparing Hemodynamics of Cardiac Shock in COVID-19 Patients in Pandemic’s First Vs. Second Wave

May 16, 2022 — A new report by a team of cardiologists from the Heart & Vascular Hospital, Hackensack Meridian ...

May 16, 2022

Pump housing and impeller design. (A): (left) Axial flow pump: HeartMate II LVAD (taken from Figure 2 in the HeartMate II left ventricular assist system instructions for use). (B) (right) Centrifugal flow pump: HeartWare assist device (taken from Figure 2 in the HeartWare assist device patient manual).

News | Heart Failure

Study Finds that Concurrent Tricuspid Valve Surgery and Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation do not Appear to Lower the Incidence of Right Heart Failure

May 16, 2022 — Right heart failure (RHF) continues to be a major source of morbidity and mortality following left ...

May 16, 2022

CRF Meeting Covering Structural Heart Disease Innovations Will Take Place June 8-10

News | TVT

Late-Breaking Science Announced for TVT 2022

May 16, 2022 — The Cardiovascular Research Foundation (CRF) announced that TVT: The Structural Heart Summit will feature ...

May 16, 2022