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.

Feature | Angiography

New Drug Ineffective in Preventing Contrast-Induced Kidney Injury

April 15, 2016 — Patients treated with CMX-2043 — an investigational drug that has previously shown some ability to ...

April 15, 2016

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Feature | Heart Failure

Vagus Nerve Stimulation in Heart Failure Fails to Improve Primary Outcomes

April 15, 2016 — A new implantable medical device intended to help patients with heart failure by stimulating the vagus ...

April 15, 2016

News | Heart Failure

Lung Congestion Detection Device Improves Heart Failure Outcomes

April 15, 2015 — In patients with heart failure, use of an investigational device that monitors the accumulation of ...

April 15, 2016

Videos | ACC

Editor’s Choice of the Most Innovative Trends and Technologies ACC.16

DAIC Editor Dave Fornell takes a tour of some of the trends and interesting new technologies from the vendor booths on ...

April 15, 2016

Videos | Left Atrial Appendage (LAA) Occluders

VIDEO: Post-FDA Approval Experience of the Watchman LAA Occluder

David Holmes, M.D., professor of medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and consultant, Department of Internal ...

April 15, 2016

Videos | ACC

VIDEO: Trends in Cath Lab Hemodynamic Monitoring Technology

MDbuyline clinical analyst Tom Watson, BS, RCVT, explains the new hemodynamic system technology trends at ACC.16. All ...

April 15, 2016

Videos | Heart Valve Technology

VIDEO: Declining TAVR Stroke Rates in Key Trials Presented at ACC 2016

Chandan Devireddy, M.D., assistant professor of medicine at Emory Healthcare in Atlanta and an investigator in the ...

April 15, 2016

Videos | Heart Valve Technology

Impact of TAVR Procedural Volume on Patient Outcomes at ACC.16

John Carroll, M.D., professor of medicine at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, and director of ...

April 15, 2016

Feature | Stents Bioresorbable | Dave Fornell

Questions Remain on Future of Bioresorbable Stents

Bioresorbable stents have been one of the hottest new cardiovascular technologies discussed at cardiology meetings over ...

April 13, 2016

Videos | Stents Bioresorbable

VIDEO: Poor Outcomes for Bioresorbable Stents in Small Coronary Arteries

Gregg Stone, M.D., director of cardiovascular research and education at Columbia University Medical Center / New York ...

April 12, 2016

Videos | CT Angiography (CTA)

VIDEO: The Status FFR-CT Adoption in the United States

A discussion on the adoption rate of FFR-CT with Dr. Campbell Rogers, chief medical officer of HeartFlow. It is the ...

April 12, 2016

Videos | Heart Valve Technology

VIDEO: TAVR Beats Open Heart Valve Surgery for First Time

Dr. Vinod Thourani, M.D., professor of surgery, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Emory ...

April 11, 2016

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News | Structural Heart

New Data Shows Added Risk, Little Benefit of Mitral-Valve Repair Plus CABG

April 11, 2016 — Just-released two-year follow-up data comparing coronary-artery bypass grafting (CABG) with combined ...

April 11, 2016

Micra Transcatheter Pacing System (TPS), TPS, smallest pacemaker

Technology | Pacemakers

FDA Approves World's Smallest Pacemaker for U.S. Patients

April 11, 2016 - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the world's smallest pacemaker, the Medtronic ...

April 11, 2016

Xarelto, rivaroxaban, PMSS study, ACC 2016, NVAF, atrial fibrillation, stroke

News | Antiplatelet and Anticoagulation Therapies

Real-world Study Confirms Safety Profile of Rivaroxaban for Non-Valvular AFib Patients

April 8, 2016 — New data from an ongoing post-marketing study confirm the safety profile of Xarelto (rivaroxaban) was ...

April 08, 2016