Conference Coverage

This channel highlights DAIC's coverage of numerous key cardiology and medical imaging conferences each year. These include ACC, AHA, ASE, ASNC, EuroPCR, ECR, HIMSS, HRS, RSNA, SCAI, SCCT, TCT, and VIVA.

Sponsored Content | Videos | Cardiovascular Ultrasound

GE Healthcare Cardiovascular Ultrasound for Interventions

Detailed imaging is needed to support complex interventions for the assessment and procedure guidance. See how the GE ...

January 13, 2017

Xcertia, new alliance, guidelines, mobile health applications

News | Mobile Devices

New Alliance Forms to Develop Guidelines for Mobile Health Application Evaluation

January 12, 2017 — Four organizations have announced they are forming a new, multi-stakeholder collaboration, Xcertia ...

January 12, 2017

GE Healthcare, Vscan Extend, app-based ultrasound, dual-probe, RSNA 2017

Technology | Ultrasound Imaging

GE Introduces Its First App-Based, Pocket-Sized Dual-Probe Ultrasound

January 12, 2017 — GE Healthcare unveiled its new generation of pocket-sized, dual-probe ultrasound, the Vscan Extend ...

January 12, 2017

EXCEL Trial, TCT 2016, drug-eluting stents, CABG, surgery left main heart disease, LMCAD

Feature | Stents | Dave Fornell

Stents Have Equal Outcomes to Bypass Surgery in EXCEL Trial

The biggest news from the 2016 Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) meeting this past fall was the results of ...

January 12, 2017

Medinol, BIONICS study, 12-month results, TCT 2016, drug-eluting stent, EluNIR

News | Stents Drug Eluting

Medinol Announces Positive 12-Month Trial Results for EluNIR Drug-Eluting Stent

January 10, 2017 — Medinol announced in December positive twelve-month clinical results from the BIONICS study. The ...

January 10, 2017

The FDA confirmed the cybersecurity vulnerabilities of St. Jude ICDs, pacemakes, implantable cardioverter defibrillators, CRT and other EP devices with wireless connections.

Feature | EP Lab | Dave Fornell

FDA Confirms Cybersecurity Vulnerabilities of St. Jude’s Implantable Cardiac Devices, Merlin Transmitter

January 9, 2017 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a safety communication today concerning patient ...

January 09, 2017

Videos | Cardiac Imaging

Editor’s Choice of Most Innovative New Technologies at RSNA 2016

ITN and DAIC Editor Dave Fornell takes a tour of some of the most innovative new technologies being displayed on the ...

January 06, 2017

News | Atrial Fibrillation

iPhone Camera App May Detect Atrial Fibrillation

January 4, 2017 — A smartphone application made it possible to use the iPhone camera to detect atrial fibrillation via ...

January 04, 2017

Videos | Heart Valve Technology

VIDEO: How to Implant the Transcatheter CardioBand Mitral Annuloplasty System

This video, provided by Valtech, demonstrates the Cardioband transcatheter mitral annuloplasty system. It allows ...

January 03, 2017

Philips, e-Alert, MRI, Most Innovative IoT Solution Award, World Communication Awards

News | Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)

Philips e-Alert for MRI Systems Receives Most Innovative IoT Solution Award

January 3, 2017 — Royal Philips recently announced that its e-Alert was awarded “Most Innovative IoT Solution” at the ...

January 03, 2017

NaviGate, GATE tricuspid Atrioventricular Valved Stent AVS, transcatheter tricuspid valve replacement

News | Heart Valve Technology

First U.S. Transcatheter Tricuspid NaviGate Valve Successfully Implanted

December 31, 2016 — NaviGate Cardiac Structures Inc. (NCSI) announced that a novel valved stent that can capture the ...

December 31, 2016

valtech cardioband transcatheter annuloplasty repair for FMR, functional mitral regurgitation

Feature | Heart Valve Technology | Azeem Latib, M.D.

Transcatheter Annuloplasty For Repair Versus Replacement in Functional Mitral Regurgitation

The Cardioband System (Valtech) has recently been introduced as a potential option for transcatheter repair of the ...

December 29, 2016

The FDA wants to regulate cybersecurity of ICDs and other medical devices.

News | Cybersecurity | Dave Fornell

FDA Seeks Management of Cybersecurity in Medical Devices

As wearable and implantable patient monitoring or therapy devices become more sophisticated with advanced wireless ...

December 29, 2016

ACC guidelines, PCI, CABG, revascularization

News | Cath Lab

New Appropriate Use Criteria Guidelines for Coronary Revascularization Released

December 29, 2016 — The American College of Cardiology (ACC), along with several partnering organizations, recently ...

December 29, 2016

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