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.

Patients undergoing cardiac catheterization are traditionally instructed to follow nothing by mouth, or nil per os (NPO), as there are no current standardized fasting protocols, but the CHOWNOW study found patients do not need to fast and will have similar outcomes. #SCAI2020

Feature | Cath Lab

Eating Prior to Cardiac Cath Noninferior to Fasting in CHOW NOW Study

May 18, 2020 – Patients undergoing cardiac catheterization are traditionally instructed to follow nothing by mouth, or ...

May 18, 2020

News | SCAI

ISCHEMIA Trial: Patients With Intermediate Left Main Coronary Disease Have Worse Cardiovascular Events

May 17, 2020 – A new study shows that when compared with patients without intermediate left main coronary artery disease ...

May 17, 2020

News

Stem Cell Therapy Improved Quality of Life in Patients with Microvascular Dysfunction

May 17, 2020 – Trial results presented today revealed a promising therapy for patients experiencing angina due to ...

May 17, 2020

Icosapent Ethyl (Vascepa) significantly Reduces Revascularizations in Statin Patients in the REDUCE-IT REVASC analyses presented as a late-breaking study at SCAI 2020. Photo by Dave Fornell

News | Pharmaceuticals

Icosapent Ethyl Significantly Reduces Revascularizations in Statin Patients

May 17, 2020 – Patients with high lipid levels have an increased risk for ischemic events, despite statin therapy ...

May 17, 2020

The Boston Scientific Synergy stent uses a unique abluminal, bioresorbable drug-carrier polymer that dissolves after the vessel wall has healed months after the stent is implanted. Stent polymers have been implicated in cases of late-stent thrombosis, which required patients with DES to stay on dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT). This study looked at using the device as a way to shorten DAPT duration. #SCAI2020

News | Stents

TWILIGHT Trial Substudy Examines Bioabsorbable Polymer vs. Durable Polymer Drug-Eluting Stents in High-Risk PCI

May 17, 2020 – A new study sought to reveal whether drug-eluting stents (DES) coated with bioabsorbable polymer (BP) ...

May 17, 2020

News | SCAI

Cindy Grines Becomes SCAI President

May 17, 2020 — Cindy Grines, M.D., MSCAI, a world-renowned physician credited for pioneering percutaneous coronary ...

May 17, 2020

The protocol chart for the LATIN STEMI telecardiology program.

News | Telecardiology

Telemedicine-based Network Offers Remote Guidance to 100 Million STEMI Patients

May 15, 2020 – A groundbreaking trial recently examined the viability of telemedicine for remote guidance of a ...

May 15, 2020

An OCT intracoronary image showing instent restenosis. The white spots in the vessel wall casting shadows are the stent struts. OCT image data might be used in the future to assess FFR to determine the severity of lesions and determine if they need to be stented.

News | FFR Technologies

OCT May be Able to Show FFR Without Need for Pressurewire

May 15, 2020 – A late-breaking study aimed to evaluate whether optical coherence tomography (OCT) can predict fractional ...

May 15, 2020

CMS now reimburses for outpatient center same-day percutenous coronary intervention but SCAI says quality guidelines need to be met. SCAI Expert Consensus Statement on Out of Hospital Cardiac Arrest. Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions

Feature | Cath Lab

SCAI Issues Position Statement on PCI Performance in Ambulatory Surgical Centers

May 15, 2020 – The Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI) issued a position statement on the ...

May 15, 2020

New York City newspaper headlines from April 1, 2020, and masked police officers at a subway station in Manhattan clearly outline the issues facing the city's hospitals during the height of COVID-19 pandemic in New York. Photo by Mike Borchardt. How Cardiology Dealt With the COVID-19 Surge in New York City

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

How Cardiology Dealt With the COVID-19 Surge in New York City

Over the past three months COVID-19 has dominated nearly all healthcare news, so it is not surprising that the virus ...

May 14, 2020

HRS presentations included BlueSync Evaluation study for Medtronic MyCareLink Heart mobile app and Micra TPS CED Study

News | EP Lab

EP Trials Show Positive Results for Advanced Remote Monitoring and Micra Transcatheter Pacing

May 14, 2020 – Medtronic announced results from late-breaking clinical trials evaluating the MyCareLink Heart mobile app ...

May 14, 2020

Ehtisham Mahmud, M.D., FSCAI, president of the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI) and chief, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine at UC San Diego Medical Center,

Podcast | Cath Lab

PODCAST: Cath Lab Precautions Under the COVID-19 Pandemic - SCAI Guidelines

This podcast is an interview with Ehtisham Mahmud, M.D., FSCAI, president of the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography ...

May 13, 2020

Left bundle branch (LBBP) activation imaging shown using wall motion color codes on echo imaging from Canon. #HRS2020 #heartrhythm2020

News | Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Devices (CRT)

Left Bundle Branch Pacing is Feasible as a Novel Strategy For Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy

May 13, 2020 — Cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) using biventricular pacing (BVP) or His bundle pacing (HBP) is ...

May 13, 2020

News | Atrial Fibrillation

Contact Force Sensing Catheter Improved Outcomes in Persistent Atrial Fibrillation Ablation

May 13, 2020 — The PRECEPT study testing the use of the Biosense Webster Thermocool Smarttouch SF Catheter for the ...

May 13, 2020

News | EP Lab

Etripamil Nasal Spray Does Not Meet Primary Endpoint in Treating Supraventricular Tachycardia

May 13, 2020 — The patient-administered nasal spray drug etripamil did not meet its primary endpoint in treating ...

May 13, 2020