Two of the top news items from January included news atrial fibrillation guidelines that now recommend new anticoagulants (NOACs) over warfarin, and the FDA warning hospitals about the increased mortality found in one study involving pacitaxel-eluting stents and balloon devices for the peripheral arteries.
February 1, 2019 — Here is the list of the most popular content on the Diagnostic and Interventional Cardiology (DAIC) magazine website from the month of January 2019. This is based on website’s record 272,495 pageviews for the month:
1. The Most Popular Cardiology Topics in 2018
2. New Atrial Fibrillation Guidelines Recommend NOACs Over Warfarin
3. Study Finds Effective Treatment for Coronary Slow Flow
4. FDA Issues Letter About Paclitaxel Coated Balloons and Eluting Stents
5. Nationwide Recall of Valsartan Blood Pressure Medication Expanded
6. ASE Releases New Guide to Performing Comprehensive Transthoracic Echo Exams
7. ACC and AHA Release Updated Cholesterol Guidelines for 2018
8. ACC 2019 Late-breaking Presentations Announced
9. Boston Scientific, Edwards Lifesciences Agree To Global Litigation Settlement
10. Coronary Stent Market Characterized by New Drug-eluting Stents
11. Treating Mitral Regurgitation in High Risk Patients
12. VIDEO: The Role of Advanced Imaging in Structural Heart Interventions — Interview with Robert Quaife, M.D.
13. VIDEO: The Evolution of Complex PCI at University of Colorado — Interview John Messenger, M.D., and Kevin Rogers, M.D.
14. First Tendyne Transcatheter Mitral Valve Implanted in New York
15. Use of the Interventional CRT Approach to Solve Issues With LV Lead Placement
16. VIDEO: Walk Through of a Hybrid Cath Lab at the University of Colorado Hospital
17. VIDEO: Advice For Hospitals Starting a Structural Heart Program — Interview with John Carroll, M.D.
18. Shockwave Initiates U.S. Pivotal Study for Coronary Intravascular Lithotripsy
19. Safety of Paclitaxel-eluting Stents and Balloons Called Into Question
20. VIDEO: Evolution of Transcatheter Mitral Valve Repair at the University of Colorado — Interview with John Carroll, M.D., and Robert Quaife, M.D.
22. SCCT Releases New Guideline for CT Use During TAVR
23. FDA Approves Abbott's Amplatzer Piccolo Occluder
24. Applications for Artificial Intelligence in Cardiovascular Imaging
25. JC Medical Announces First U.S. Treatment With J-Valve TAVR Device
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