February 6, 2018 — High exposure to radiofrequency radiation (RFR) in rodents resulted in...
Cardiac Diagnostics
This channel includes news and new technology innovations for cardiac diagnostic systems or techniques. This includes laboratory testing, blood tests, Tropoin testing, ECG, electrocardiogram systems, point of care testing systems, genetic testing and studies showing new ways to diagnose heart diseases.
News | Stroke | February 05, 2018
February 5, 2018 — Sacs of fluid in the kidneys may indicate there is also blood vessel damage in the brain and a...
News | Cardiac Imaging | February 01, 2018
February 1, 2018 – HeartFlow announced that seven new commercial payers issued positive medical policies covering...
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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...
Videos | Wearable Sensors | January 29, 2018
Take a video tour of some of the medical devices designed to improve patient care, improve patient engagement and...
News | Wearable Sensors | January 22, 2018
January 22, 2018 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced last week it is providing information and...
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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...
News | Womens Cardiovascular Health | January 12, 2018
January 12, 2018 – It is not the amount of fat in your body but where it is stored that may increase your risk for...
3-D rendering from a cardiac CT dataset demonstrating mild dilation of the ascending aorta. Image courtesy of Christopher Maroules, M.D.
News | Computed Tomography (CT) | January 12, 2018
January 12, 2018 — Former National Football League (NFL) players are more likely to have enlarged aortas, a...
News | Cardiac Diagnostics | January 09, 2018
January 9, 2018 – Competitive male triathletes face a higher risk of a potentially harmful heart condition called...
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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...
News | Cardiovascular Ultrasound | January 03, 2018
January 3, 2018 — Chagas disease (ChD), an infectious parasitic disease transmitted primarily by triatomine insects...
News | Wearable Sensors | December 28, 2017
December 28, 2017 — Zoll Medical Corp. and Myant, Inc., a high-tech advanced manufacturing company, announced they...
News | FFR Technologies | December 28, 2017
December 28, 2017 — HeartFlow Inc. announced that Health Care Service Corp. (HCSC), which operates Blue Cross and...
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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
News | Cardiac Diagnostics | December 19, 2017
December 19, 2017 — ERT recently announced it has acquired iCardiac Technologies, a provider of centralized cardiac...
Videos | Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) | December 13, 2017
Emanuel Kanal, M.D., director of MRI services and professor of radiology and neuroradiology at the University of...
The Corus CAD gene expression test is a simple, noninvasive blood test that is available to assess a patient’s current likelihood of having obstructive coronary artery disease (CAD).
Feature | Genetic Testing | December 13, 2017 | Andrew Waxler, M.D., FACC
The diagnosis and management of cardiovascular disease has long followed a familiar approach. Patients see their...
