The most popular stories in 2021 included several on impact of COVID-19 on cardiology, the use of the Carmat artificial heart, advances in pulsed field ablation in electrophysiology and the FDA cleanace of the first photon-counting CT scanner.
Here is a list of the top 25 stories in 2021 on the Diagnostic and Interventional Cardiology (DAIC) website based on reader pageviews. DAIC had more than 3.55 million pageviews in 2021.
1. Addressing Atrial Fibrillation in the World of COVID-19
2. The Long-term Cardiovascular Impact of COVID-19
3. Overview of Myocarditis Cases Caused by the COVID-19 Vaccine
4. ACC 2021 Late Breaking Cardiology Study Results
5. First AF Patients Treated With Farapulse Pulsed Field Ablation System
6. FDA OKs Use New Version of Carmat Artificial Heart in U.S. Early Feasibility Study
7. Medtronic Recalls its ICDs and CRT-Ds Due to Risk of Rapid Battery Depletion
8. Large Study Confirms Statins Reduce COVID-19 Severity
11. FDA Adds Myocarditis Warning to COVID mRNA Vaccine Clinician Fact Sheets
12. Late-breaking Science Presentations at the AHA 2021 Meeting
13. Overview of Angioplasty Balloon Technology Advances
14. First Photon-counting CT System Cleared by the FDA
15. FDA Clears Coronary Intravascular Lithotripsy to Breakup Calcified Lesions With Sound Waves
17. Former Vice President Mike Pence Has Pacemaker Implanted
18. Third of COVID Patients With STEMI Heart Attacks Die
19. Heart in a Box Technology Expands Heart Transplant Window
20. Boston Scientific Recalls Emblem S-ICD After 26 Serious Injuries and One Death
21. FDA Clears Abbott Amplatzer Amulet LAA Occluder to Reduce Stroke in People With Atrial Fibrillation
22. SCAI Updates Best Practices in the Cardiac Cath Lab Guidelines Document
23. Mayo Clinic First to Use Next Generation 4D ICE System to Guide Structural Heart Procedures
25. Heart Rhythm Society 2021 Late-Breaking Clinical Trials in Electrophysiology
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