Cardiovascular Surgery

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

News | Cardiovascular Business

GE Healthcare and Medtronic Announce Collaboration to Meet Growing Need for Outpatient Care

April 29, 2022 – Providing excellent care inside and outside of the traditional hospital is the new normal for patients ...

April 29, 2022

This ERC Advanced Grant is awarded to scientists with more than ten years of research experience who have already played a prominent role in their field.

News | Heart Failure

MDC Receives ERC Advanced Grant for Cardiac Research

April 27, 2022 – The contractile and elastic properties of the heart are finely tuned. This is a prerequisite for the ...

April 27, 2022

The Boston University-led team behind the gadget—nicknamed miniPUMP, and officially known as the cardiac miniaturized Precision-enabled Unidirectional Microfluidic Pump—says the technology could also pave the way for building lab-based versions of other organs, from lungs to kidneys.

News | Artificial Heart

New Miniature Heart Could Help Speed Heart Disease Cures

April 25, 2022 – There’s no safe way to get a close-up view of the human heart as it goes about its work: you can’t just ...

April 25, 2022

Advancements in techniques and treatment have transformed care for patients with cardiovascular disease over the last decade, and national and state-wide initiatives have been put in place to help close disparity gaps and improve treatment for all patients.

News | Womens Cardiovascular Health

Women and Lower-Income Patients have Higher Rates of Death after Heart Surgeries

April 25, 2022 – Advancements in techniques and treatment have transformed care for patients with cardiovascular disease ...

April 25, 2022

Eduardo Marbán, MD, PhD, executive director of the Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai and the Mark S. Siegel Family Foundation Distinguished Professor

News | Heart Failure

Cell-Derived Therapy May Help Repair Abnormal Heart Rhythm

April 12, 2022 — Vesicles secreted from human heart cells may repair damaged tissue and prevent lethal heart rhythm ...

April 12, 2022

MedWatch, The FDA Safety Information and Adverse Event Reporting Program, announced that Pfizer is recalling Accuretic (quinapril hydrochloride/hydrochlorothiazide) tablets distributed by Pfizer as well as two authorized generics distributed by Greenstone (quinapril HCL and hydrochlorothiazide and quinapril HCl/hydrochlorothiazide) due to the presence of a nitrosamine, N-nitroso-quinapril, above the Acceptable Daily Intake level.

Feature | Cardiovascular Business | By Melinda Taschetta-Millane

Top 10: Most Read Cardiology Content in March 2022

Here is what you and your colleagues found to be most interesting in the field of cardiology during the month of March ...

March 31, 2022

Aeson total artificial heart showing Open view with pumps and electronics (blue), blood chambers (maroon) and conduits (top, white). Image courtesy of Carmat.

News | Artificial Heart

Carmat Announces the Restart of Production

March 28, 2022 — Carmat, the designer and developer of the world’s most advanced total artificial heart, aiming to ...

March 28, 2022

In January, The University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) and the University of Maryland Medical Center (UMMC) successfully executed a groundbreaking porcine heart transplant procedure in a human. This was the first successful transplant of a genetically modified pig’s heart into a human patient.

Feature | Cardiovascular Business | By Melinda Taschetta-Millane

DAIC’s Top 10 for the Month of February

Here is what you and your colleagues found to be most interesting in the field of cardiology during the month of ...

March 04, 2022

Evonik Venture Capital has invested in CircumFix Solutions, a Tennessee-based start-up that has developed a new sternal closure device to improve patient recovery after open chest surgery. The patented orthopedic device, made of a high-performance polymer from Evonik, closes and holds the sternum securely together after surgery.

News | Cardiovascular Surgery

Evonik invests in U.S. start-up offering medical device to improve patient recovery after open-chest surgery

January 18, 2022 – Evonik Venture Capital has invested in CircumFix Solutions, a Tennessee-based start-up that has ...

February 18, 2022

Feature | Heart Failure | By Melinda Taschetta-Millane

Pig Heart Transplant Patient Continues to Thrive

In January, The University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) and the University of Maryland Medical Center (UMMC) ...

February 16, 2022

News | Pediatric Cardiology

UCF-led Team Demonstrates Effectiveness of Device Aimed at Helping Babies with Heart Defects Survive

January 15, 2022 – Babies who are born with only one functioning heart ventricle must undergo a series of three ...

February 15, 2022

News | Cardiovascular Surgery

Study Validates Society for Vascular Surgery’s Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) Volume Recommendations

February 15, 2022 – A multicenter, retrospective database analysis suggests improved open abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA ...

February 15, 2022

From left: Peggy Schenck, Administrative Director, Cardiovascular Services, RCH; Denise Palmatier, Director, Cardiac Cath Lab, RCH; Vincent Lee, MD, Cardiothoracic Surgery; Neeraj Bensal, MD, Cardiothoracic Surgery; Jenn Paulo, NP; Nichole Barnard, NP; Shankha Biswas, MD, Cardiothoracic Surgery; Nick Johnson, Vice President, Surgical Services, RCH

News | Cardiovascular Surgery

Riverside Community Hospital Earns Three-Star Rating from The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

February 11, 2022 — Riverside Community Hospital has earned a distinguished three-star rating from The Society of ...

February 11, 2022

People who have heart artery-opening procedures, called coronary artery revascularization, experience similar outcomes regardless of gender or race, thus the use of invasive heart procedures should not be limited among women and adults from diverse racial or ethnic groups, according to a new joint guideline from the American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association, in partnership with the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions.

News | Cardiovascular Business

American College of Cardiology, American Heart Association Issue Coronary Artery Revascularization Guideline

February 11, 2022 — People who have heart artery-opening procedures, called coronary artery revascularization ...

February 11, 2022

By far the two biggest news items from January included the first pig heart transplant into a human patient at the University of Maryland Medical Center, and the FDA clearance of Novarti's inclisiran (Leqvio) twice annual dose injectable LDL lowering drug.

Feature | By Dave Fornell, DAIC Editor

February 1, 2021 — Here is the list of the most popular content on the Diagnostic and Interventional Cardiology (DAIC) m ...

February 01, 2022