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.

News | VIVA

The Latest Vascular Interventional Clinical Data Presented at VIVA 2020

October 5, 2020 — The Vascular Interventional Advances (VIVA) virtual conference will feature 10 late-breaking clinical ...

October 05, 2020

Videos | Artificial Intelligence

VIDEO: Use of Artificial Intelligence in Nuclear Imaging

Ernest Garcia, Ph.D., MASNC, FAHA, endowed professor in cardiac imaging, director of nuclear cardiology R&D laboratory ...

September 25, 2020

TCT 2020 Late-breaking Study trial Presentations Announced. #TCTconnect #TCT2020 #TCT

Feature | TCT

TCT 2020 Late-breaking Study Presentations Announced

October 15, 2020 — The late-breaking studies are one of the hallmarks of the annual Transcatheter Cardiovascular ...

October 15, 2020

Videos | Structural Heart

VIDEO: Interventional Structural Heart Advances Are Rapidly Expanding

Juan F. Granada, M.D., CEO of the Cardiovascular Research Foundation (CRF) explains structural heart innovations and new ...

September 16, 2020

The Epiq CVxi being used for TEE imaging in the cath lab. The system brings together advanced image quality, quantification and intelligence specifically for the cardiologist.

News | Cardiovascular Ultrasound

Philips Expands Cardiovascular Ultrasound With Affiniti CVx to Increase Productivity

September 15, 2020 — Philips Healthcare recently introduced the latest addition to its portfolio of dedicated cardiovasc ...

September 15, 2020

Videos | Pharmaceuticals

VIDEO: Icosapent Ethyl Significantly Reduces Coronary Plaque in EVAPORATE Study

Matthew Budoff, M.D., director of cardiovascular CT at The Lundquist Institute, and professor of medicine at the David ...

September 10, 2020

Icosapent ethyl (Vascepa) demonstrated significant, 17 percent regression of low attenuation plaque (LAP) volume on multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) compared with placebo over 18 months in the EVAPORATE Trial

News | Pharmaceuticals

Icosapent Ethyl Significantly Reduces Coronary Plaque in EVAPORATE Study

September 10, 2020 - Icosapent ethyl (Vascepa) demonstrated significant, 17 percent regression of low attenuation plaque ...

September 10, 2020

Videos | Drug-Eluting Balloons

VIDEO: Overview of Drug-coated Balloons

Juan F. Granada, M.D., CEO of the Cardiovascular Research Foundation (CRF) worked on preclinical development work for a ...

September 09, 2020

Biotronik's closed loop stimulation (CLS) technology helps reduce unexplained fainting in patients with recurrent episodes due to skipped heartbeats. #ESC2020

News | EP Lab

Study Shows Severe Fainting Can Be Treated with Cardiac Pacing Supported by Closed Loop Stimulation

September 8, 2020 - A new study presented at the 2020 European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Congress shows that Biotronik ...

September 08, 2020

News | Coronavirus (COVID-19)

First Randomized Trial Backs Safety of ACE and ARB Heart Drugs in COVID-19 Patients

September 8, 2020 - Heart patients hospitalized with COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) can safely continue taking angiotensin ...

September 08, 2020

Videos | TCT

VIDEO: What to Expect at the Virtual TCT 2020 Meeting

With COVID-19 forcing all medical conferences to go virtual in 2020, Juan F. Granada, M.D., CEO of the Cardiovascular ...

August 01, 2020

Echocardiography strain imaging at ASE. #ASE2020

News | ASE

ASE Features Top 20 Echocardiography Research Abstract Presentations

August 20, 2020 – More than 350 posters featuring cutting edge research on the advances in cardiovascular ultrasound ...

August 20, 2020

The World Alliance of Societies of Echocardiography (WASE) Normal Values Study is a cross-sectional study designed to obtain universal global reference ranges for both 2-D and 3-D echocardiographic (2DE, 3DE) data to identify geographical differences in echocardiographic measurements. Launched in 2016, the WASE study prospectively enrolled healthy individuals free from cardiac, lung, and kidney disease from 19 centers in 15 countries. #ASE #ASE2020

News | Cardiovascular Ultrasound

WASE Study Finds Differences in How Right Atrial Size is Reported in Non-Asian and Asian Patients

August 20, 2020 – The World Alliance of Societies of Echocardiography (WASE) Normal Values Study is a cross-sectional ...

August 20, 2020

In the era of COVID-19, remote technical assistance has become big deal. GE Healthcare showed its Digital Expert technology at the ASE 2020 virtual meeting, which allows remote one-on-one echo training or ultrasound machine technical assistance. It became an important service for GE since the start of the pandemic.

Feature | ASE

Innovative Cardiovascular Ultrasound Solutions Showcased at ASE 2020 Virtual Meeting

August 19, 2020 — From point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) that has been a key technology during the COVID-19 pandemic, to ...

August 19, 2020

$aption Health a leader in medical AI technology, has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance for an updated version of Caption Interpretation, which uses artificial intelligence (AI) to enable clinicians to obtain quick, easy and accurate measurements of cardiac ejection fraction (EF) at the point of care.$

News | Artificial Intelligence

FDA Clears Caption Health AI-assisted Point-of-care Ejection Fraction Evaluation

August 19, 2020 — Caption Health a leader in medical AI technology, has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ...

August 19, 2020