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.

Left, a 3-D rendering of a heart from a cardiac CT exam. Right, a lung-CT exam showing the heart and ground glass lesions in the lungs of a COVID-19 patient. CT has become a front-line imaging modality in the COVID era because it offers both cardiac and lung information to help determine a patients disposition with chest pain, COVID-19 and COVID-caused myocarditis and pulmonary embolism.

Feature | Coronavirus (COVID-19) | Dave Fornell, Editor

Impact of Cardiac CT During COVID-19

July 28, 2020 — The use of cardiovascular computed tomography angiography (CCTA) is one of the areas that has seen a ...

July 28, 2020

A cardiac CT of a patient with pacemaker leads, which can be challenging to get good images due to metal artifact. This image was rendered from using Canon's AiCE AI-assisted interactive reconstruction with Global Illumination 3-D rendering from a scan on an Aquilion One Genesis SP system.

Feature | CT Angiography (CTA) | Dave Fornell, Editor

Top 9 Cardiovascular CT Studies in Past Year

There has been tremendous growth in the field of cardiovascular computed tomography (CT) in the past two decades, with ...

July 27, 2020

The European Society of Cardiology (ESC) will host several Hot Lines sessions that will include some of the latest clinical science presentations in cardiology at the 2020 annual congress digital meeting. The meeting has gone virtual due to the ongoing pandemic.

News | ESC

European Society of Cardiology Announces Late-Breaking Study Presentations at its 2020 Virtual Congress

The European Society of Cardiology (ESC) will host several Hot Lines sessions that will include some of the latest ...

July 21, 2020

The new Aquilion One Genesis SP cardiac CT system uses artificial intelligence to help reconstruct low dose cardiac CT images. #SCCT2020

News | CT Angiography (CTA)

Canon Introduces New Aquilion One Genesis SP Cardiac CT Scanner

July 20, 2020 – To meet the growing cardiovascular imaging needs of healthcare systems, Canon Medical Systems USA is ...

July 20, 2020

The American Society of Nuclear Cardiology 2020 Meeting is going Virtual Due to COVID-19.

News | ASNC

American Society of Nuclear Cardiology 2020 Meeting Goes Virtual Due to COVID-19

July 15, 2020 — The American Society of Nuclear Cardiology (ASNC) 2020 meeting is going virtual due to the COVID-19 ...

July 15, 2020

The American Heart Association (AHA) has cancelled its in-person annual meeting due to COVID-19 and plans to host a virtual, online meeting instead.

News | AHA

AHA Annual Meeting Goes Virtual Due to COVID-19

July 15, 2020 – The last major cardiovascular conference to go virtual in 2020 due to the COVID-19 (SARS-Cov-2) pandemic ...

July 15, 2020

The Mindways Solid phantom with volume of interest in the quality assurance phantom (red circles, left side). A participant's noncontrast-enhanced axial CT (right side) with volume of interest (yellow circles) in the trabecular bone compartment of three vertebrae for bone mineral density measurements. Image courtesy of Radiological Society of North America

News | Cardiac Imaging

Cardiac CT Can Double as Osteoporosis Test

July 15, 2020 — Cardiac CT exams performed to assess heart health also provide an effective way to screen for osteoporos ...

July 15, 2020

Judy Hung, M.D., speaking with DAIC Editor Dave Fornell during a video interview at the 2019 American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) annual meeting. Hung took over as ASE President in June.

News | Cardiovascular Ultrasound

Judy Hung Elected President of the American Society of Echocardiography

July 8, 2020 – Judy W. Hung, M.D., FASE, took the helm as president of the American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) in ...

July 09, 2020

Canon displays new CT technologies in its virtual SCCT 2020 booth.

News | CT Angiography (CTA)

Canon Showcases Cardiac CT Offerings Virtually at SCCT 2020

Canon Medical Systems USA has created a virtual trade-show experience for its cardiovascular computed tomography (CT) ...

July 06, 2020

The temporary COVID-19 hospital at the McCormick Place convention center in Chicago being toured by Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker April 3. The hospitals beds are set up in at least two of the expo halls, included two used the for annual RSNA radiology meeting in November each year. Photo by Susan Blair, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Chicago District

Feature | Coronavirus (COVID-19) | Dave Fornell, Editor

Cardiology Meetings Continue to be Cancelled or Go Virtual Due to COVID-19

(UPDATED information added to this article June 10, 2020)

April 28, 2020 — Medical conferences are where the latest ...

April 28, 2020

At Mayo, they have a small, tableside-mounted ultrasound console in the cath labs that is used for both radial and femoral vascular access. Table set up with the patient includes a sterile marker, a hemostat for marking the lower edge of the femoral head using fluoroscopy, a micropunture needle, and a still micropunture sheath.

Feature | Vascular Access | Dave Fornell, Editor

Use of Ultrasound to Improve Vascular Access

Vascular access site bleeding is associated with higher complications and mortality rates. For decades femoral access ...

June 10, 2020

Two examples of CT myocardial perfusion (CTP) imaging assessment software. Canon is on the left and GE Healthcare is on the right. Both of these technologies have been around for a few years, but there have been an increasing amount of clinical data from studies showing the accuracy of the technology compared to nuclear imaging, the current stand of care for myocardial perfusion imaging, and cardiac MRI.

Feature | CT Angiography (CTA) | Dave Fornell, Editor

New Technologies Take Cardiac CT to the Next Level

Here is an overview of a few of the biggest technology advances in cardiovascular computed tomography (CT). These are ...

June 08, 2020

A Philips Healthcare transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) system in use in a hybrid OR.

News | Cardiovascular Ultrasound

New Guideline Outlines Use of Transesophageal Echo to Assist Surgical Decision-making

June 4, 2020 — Intra-operative transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) is a versatile diagnostic and monitoring tool used ...

June 04, 2020

Societies Issue Guide to Safely Resume Cardiovascular Procedures, Diagnostic Tests. #COVID19 #SARScov2

Feature | Cardiovascular Business

Societies Issue Guide to Safely Resume Cardiovascular Procedures and Tests

The American College of Cardiology (ACC) together with other North American cardiovascular societies issued a framework ...

June 03, 2020

News | Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Nuclear Cardiology Optimistic About Return to Pre-COVID-19 Exam Levels

June 1, 2020 — While acknowledging the challenges their specialty is facing, more than two-thirds of respondents to an A ...

June 01, 2020