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.

Global consensus data recommends the use of intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) in many peripheral vascular disease (PVD) procedures

News | TCT

Philips Showcases Clinical Data and Solutions Designed to Deliver Better Cardiac Care with Greater Efficiency at TCT 2022

September 15, 2022 — Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA), a global leader in health technology, will showcase its ...

September 15, 2022

Details on late-breaking clinical trials to be presented during The VEINS (Venous Endovascular INterventional Strategies) and VIVA (Vascular InterVentional Advances) Annual Conference, Oct. 30-Nov. 3, 2022, have been announced.

News | Cardiovascular Education

Late-breaking Clinical Trial presentations announced for The VEINS and VIVA Conference

September 14, 2022 — Details on late-breaking clinical trials to be presented during The VEINS (Venous Endovascular INte ...

September 14, 2022

Image showing a co-registration of invasive coronary angiography (A), coronary CTA and straight MPR (panel B and C) with CTA cross sections (panel D), corresponding OCT cross sections and longitudinal OCT view (E).

News | SCCT

CCTA Effective in Pre-procedural Planning of Myocardial Revascularization Interventions

September 13, 2022 — The latest expert consensus document from the Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT) ...

September 13, 2022

DAIC editors outline some highlights of what to expect from this year’s conference.

Feature | TCT | By Melinda Taschetta-Millane

Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) 2022 Conference Preview

The Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) conference, which is the Cardiovascular Research Foundation's (CRF) ...

September 12, 2022

WATCHMAN FLX now the only LAAC technology in the United States that allows for either DAPT or OAC immediately following implantation

News | Left Atrial Appendage (LAA) Occluders

Boston Scientific Receives FDA Approval for Expanded Labeling of WATCHMAN FLX LAAC Device for Dual Anti-Platelet Therapy as Post-Procedural Medication Option

September 12, 2022 — Boston Scientific Corporation has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval to ...

September 12, 2022

Results from ENVISAGE-TAVI AF show mortality risk score for AFib patients undergoing TAVR. Image courtesy of Mount Sinai Health System

News | Atrial Fibrillation

New Risk Score Predicts Mortality for Atrial Fibrillation Patients Undergoing Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement

September 9, 2 022 — A large-scale international study led by Mount Sinai has yielded the first risk score that can help ...

September 09, 2022

investigator Michelle O’Donoghue, MD, MPH, a senior investigator of the TIMI Study Group in the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine. Image courtesy of Michelle O'Donoghue/Brigham and Women's Hospital

News | Cardiovascular Clinical Studies

FOURIER-OLE Trial Finds that Long-term Use of Evolocumab Further Reduced Cardiovascular Events

September 8, 2022 — A clinical trial led by investigators from Brigham and Women’s Hospital has found that the long-term ...

September 08, 2022

Graphical abstract During COVID19 total lockdown in 2020 in France, a significant reduction in vascular stiffness, recorded by home smart scales, was observed.© The Author(s) 2022. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the European Society o f Cardiology.This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any me

News | Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Strict COVID Lockdowns in France Improved Cardiovascular Health

September 7, 2022 — A new paper in European Heart Journal - Digital Health, published by Oxford University Press ...

September 07, 2022

Societies outline recommendations for hardware and software, training, competency, cross-specialty and collaboration

News | SPECT-CT

New ASNC-led Guideline Details How to Use CT in Hybrid Nuclear-CT Cardiac Imaging

September 7, 2022 — The American Society of Nuclear Cardiology (ASNC) and three partner societies have come together to ...

September 07, 2022

Top 10 content for the month of August 2022

Feature | Cardiovascular Business | By Melinda Taschetta-Millane

Top 10: A Look at the Hot Topics from August

Here is a rundown of what you and your colleagues found to be most interesting in the fields of diagnostic and ...

September 07, 2022

Prespecified meta-analysis of DELIVER and EMPEROR-Preserved presented in a Hot Line Session at ESC Congress 2022

News | Pharmaceuticals

Meta-Analysis Strengthens Evidence for SGLT2 Inhibitors in Patients With Heart Failure

September 6, 2022 — An analysis of more than 12,000 patients has found that the SGLT2 inhibitors dapagliflozin and empag ...

September 06, 2022

Stopping statin treatment early could substantially reduce lifetime protection against heart disease since a large share of the benefit occurs later in life

News | Pharmaceuticals

Study Highlights Lifelong Benefits of Statin Therapy

September 6, 2022 — Stopping statin treatment early could substantially reduce lifetime protection against heart disease ...

September 06, 2022

Smokers have weaker hearts than non-smokers, according to research

News | Stroke

Smoking is Even More Damaging to the Heart Than Previously Thought

September 6, 2022 — Smokers have weaker hearts than non-smokers, according to research presented at ESC Congress 2022.1 ...

September 06, 2022

Research presented at ESC Congress 2022 supports a causal relationship between air pollution and heart attacks since smokers, who already inhale smoke, were unaffected by dirty air.

News | Stroke

Air Pollution is Associated with Heart Attacks in Non-Smokers

September 6, 2022 — Research presented at ESC Congress 2022 supports a causal relationship between air pollution and ...

September 06, 2022

BOX trial presented in a Hot Line Session at ESC Congress 2022

News | Sudden Cardiac Arrest

Restrictive Oxygenation in Post Cardiac Arrest Patients is Not Harmful

September 2, 2022 — A restrictive oxygenation target in comatose patients resuscitated after out-of-hospital cardiac ...

September 02, 2022