Cardiovascular Surgery

This channel includes news and new technology innovations for cardiac surgery. This includes coronary artery bypass grafts (CABG) and surgical valve replacements.

The future is quite promising for TAHs, but it will be a decade or more before they may become a comparable treatment to heart transplantation

Feature | Artificial Heart | By Francisco Arabia, MD, MBA

Next-Generation Total Artificial Hearts Offer New Hope for Heart Failure Patients

The U.S. organ donation system has long been under scrutiny, with questions about fairness in organ allocation and ...

July 20, 2023

During the AIMed 2023 Summit, a panel of experts shared their personal perspective on what’s happening in artificial intelligence (AI), particularly with ChatGPT, and where they think these advances are going, in a panel discussion titled AI Foundations: 2023 Update of AI in Healthcare.

Feature | Artificial Intelligence | By Melinda Taschetta-Millane

Advances in Artificial Intelligence: Experts Share Their Views

During the AIMed 2023 Summit, a panel of experts shared their personal perspective on what’s happening in artificial ...

July 13, 2023

The Amvia Edge pacemaker platform introduces always-on, automatic MR detection algorithm to fully streamline MRI workflow

News | Pacemakers

BIOTRONIK Receives FDA Approval For Next-Generation Family of Pacemakers

July 6, 2023 — BIOTRONIK announced U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of its portfolio of Amvia Edge pacem ...

July 06, 2023

Nearly one-third of patients with an implanted device to prevent sudden death have anxiety in the first year while depression affects one in five. That’s the finding of a study

News | Artificial Heart

Post-traumatic Stress Disorder Affects More Than One in Ten Cardiac Device Patients

July 3, 2023 — Nearly one-third of patients with an implanted device to prevent sudden death have anxiety in the first ...

July 03, 2023

UM School of Medicine researchers detail inflammatory process and heart damage in Lancet Study in preparation for future transplants

News | Heart Failure

Lessons Learned from World’s First Successful Transplant of Genetically-Modified Pig Heart into Human Patient

June 30, 2023 — A new study published in The Lancet has revealed the most extensive analysis to date on what led to the ...

June 30, 2023

Ground-breaking new Perspectum research using Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) AI-enabled assessment tools has revealed that patients with liver disease are at considerably higher risk of heart failure and other serious heart-related problems.

News | Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)

New Study Uncovers Unprecedented Links Between Liver and Heart Health and the Importance of Doctors' Prioritizing Liver Health to Promote Heart Health

June 28, 2023 — Liver disease, the UK’s third leading cause of premature death, poses a significantly greater threat to ...

June 28, 2023

News | Ventricular Assist Devices (VAD)

Magenta Medical Initiates Early Feasibility Study with World’s Smallest Heart Pump in Leading NY Cardiology Centers

June 7, 2023 — Magenta Medical Ltd. has announced the initiation of its FDA-approved Early Feasibility Study with the ...

June 07, 2023

XenoSim project will establish the new field of ‘computational cardiac xenotransplantation’ and establish pioneering computational techniques with significant implications for a range of scientific disciplines

News | Heart Failure

University College Dublin Researcher Receives ERC Funding to Unlock Insights Into Pig-to-human Heart Transplants

June 2, 2023 — Dr. Philip Cardiff, Associate Professor at University College Dublin's School of Mechanical and Materials ...

June 02, 2023

Here's a look at what viewers found most interesting during the month of May on DIcardiology.com

Feature | Cardiovascular Business | By Melinda Taschetta-Millane

Top 10: A Look at What Caught Your Eye in May

It's been a fruitful month for DIcardiology.com! Here's a look at what DAIC viewers found to be most interesting during ...

June 01, 2023

News | Cardiovascular Business

Dr. Ronald L. Kirshner Appointed Chair and Medical Director of the Auburn Heart Institute

May 2, 2023 — Auburn Community Hospital (ACH) announced today that Dr. Ronald L. Kirshner has been appointed Chair and ...

May 02, 2023

Transaction estimates a pre-money enterprise value of $480 million for Picard Medical

News | Artificial Heart

Picard Medical and its Subsidiary, SynCardia Systems, a Pioneer in Total Artificial Heart Technology, to Become a Publicly Traded Company via Merger with Altitude Acquisition Corp.

May 1, 2023 — Picard Medical, Inc. (“Picard Medical”), the parent company of SynCardia Systems, LLC (“SynCardia”), a ...

May 01, 2023

Researchers use a new, speckle-based, noninvasive technique to visualize microvasculature in donor hearts and detect abnormal blood flow

News | Cardiac Imaging

Laser Speckle Imaging can Identify Hearts Suitable for Transplantation

April 26, 2023 — In the majority of cases, graft failure after heart transplantation is attributable to abnormalities ...

April 26, 2023

Black and socioeconomically disadvantaged patients with a common vascular disease have more severe symptoms before bypass surgery and are at greater risk for amputation and other complications after the procedure

News | Cardiovascular Surgery

Black and Socioeconomically Disadvantaged Patients with Vascular Disease have Worse Symptoms, Bypass Outcomes

April 21, 2023 — A Michigan Medicine study finds that Black and socioeconomically disadvantaged patients with a common ...

April 21, 2023

GUARDIAN Registry data presented at ACC 2023 has shown use of the Paragonix SherpaPak Cardiac Transport System was associated with improved outcomes as compared to the use of traditional cold storage in LVAD patients undergoing Heart Transplantation

News | Heart Failure

Latest Clinical Evidence Points to Paragonix SherpaPak as a Tool to Reduce Unpredictable, Severe Complications following Heart Transplantation

April 6, 2023 — Paragonix Technologies, Inc., a leading organ transplant company, announces new research from a multi ...

April 06, 2023

TUM team develops first heart organoid containing cardiac muscle cells and outer layer of the heart wall

News | Artificial Heart

A Mini-Heart in a Petri Dish

April 4, 2023 — A team at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has induced stem cells to emulate the development of ...

April 04, 2023