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.

POPULAR TAVR trial Shows Oral Anticoagulants Alone in atrial fibrillation (AF) Patients Reduces Bleeding Post TAVR, transcatheter aortic valve replacement. #ACC20 #ACC2020

News | Atrial Fibrillation

March 29, 2020 — Patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) who took oral anticoagulants alone after undergoing ...

March 29, 2020

Scott Wright, M.D., Mayo Clinic, presenting the results at ACC on the two-dose a year LDL-lowering drug inclisiran, which had a significant reduction in LDL in the ORION Trial. #ACC20 #ACC2020

News | Pharmaceuticals | Dave Fornell, Editor

Two-Dose a Year LDL-lowering Drug Had Significant Impact in Pooled Analysis of ORION Trials

March 28. 2020 — Among adults with heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia, those who received the drug inclisiran ...

March 28, 2020

Find more news from ACC 2020.Women carry heavier burden of chest pain, but less artery narrowing according to data in a substudy of the ISCHEMIA Trial. #ACC20 #ACC2020 #ISCHEMIA

News | Womens Cardiovascular Health

Sex Differences in Stress Test and CCTA Findings and Symptoms in the Ischemia Trial

March 28, 2020 — Women with coronary artery disease that reduces blood flow and oxygen to the heart muscle (ischemia) ...

March 28, 2020

News | Heart Failure

Dapagliflozin Reduces Heart Failure Worsening and Death in DAPA-HF Sub-analysis

March 28, 2020 — New data from a sub-analysis of the landmark Phase III DAPA-HF (Dapagliflozin And Prevention of Adverse ...

March 28, 2020

Naveen Pereira, M.D., co-principal investigator of the TAILOR-PCI study, explaining the conclusions of the late-breaking trial data during the virtual ACC20 meeting. #ACC20 #ACC2020

News | Antiplatelet and Anticoagulation Therapies

Antiplatelet Genetic Testing Missed Goal to Cut Cardiovascular Events in Half

March 28, 2020 — The TAILOR-PCI trial that used genetic testing to guide which antiplatelet medication was given to ...

March 28, 2020

The VOYAGER PAD trial showed patients with symptomatic peripheral artery disease (PAD) who took the blood thinner rivaroxaban with aspirin after undergoing a procedure to treat blocked arteries in the leg had a 15 percent reduction in the risk of major adverse limb and cardiovascular events when compared with those receiving aspirin alone. #ACC20

News | Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD)

Rivaroxaban Reduces Risks in Peripheral Artery Disease Post-Intervention

March 28, 2020 — People with symptomatic peripheral artery disease (PAD) who took the blood thinner rivaroxaban with ...

March 28, 2020

News | Coronavirus (COVID-19)

ESC and Other Societies Creates a COVID-19 Resource Pages for Cardiology

March 27, 2020 — The European Society of Cardiology (ESC) has created a novel coronavirus resource page with information ...

March 27, 2020

SCAI cancelled due to COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, coronavirus. #COVID19 #coronavirus #coronavirusupdate #SARScov2

News | Coronavirus (COVID-19)

COVID-19 Cancels SCAI Interventional Cardiology Meeting Set for May 2020

March 23, 2020 — As the novel coronavirus (COVID-19, SARS-cov-2) continues to spread, the Society for Cardiovascular ...

March 23, 2020

Medicare, CMS, calls for cancelling or postponing all elective or non-essential medical procedures, test and surgeries due to COVID-19. #COVID19 #SARcov2 #coronavirus #cardiology

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

CMS Calls For Postponing All Elective Cardiac Tests and Procedures to Aid COVID-19 Containment

March 20, 2020 — The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced March 18, 2020, that all elective ...

March 20, 2020

Videos | Coronavirus (COVID-19)

VIDEO: Cancelling Non-essential Cardiac Procedures During the COVID-19 Outbreak

An interview with Ehtisham Mahmud, M.D., FSCAI, chief, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, executive director of ...

March 20, 2020

Medicare will pay for telehealth virtual doctor visits during the duration of the coronavirus COVID-19 outbreak.

News | Cardiovascular Business

CMS Expands Medicare Telehealth Benefits During COVID-19 Outbreak

March 17, 2020 — The Trump Administration today announced expanded Medicare telehealth coverage that will enable ...

March 17, 2020

Videos | Coronavirus (COVID-19)

VIDEO: What Cardiologists Need to Know about COVID-19

Interview with Thomas Maddox, M.D., MSc, FACC, the chairman of the American College of Cardiology (ACC) Science and ...

March 17, 2020

The European Society of Cardiology (ESC) is recommending in novel coronavirus (COVID-19) patients not discontinuing angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors (ACE-i) or angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs) used to control hypertension.

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

ESC Council on Hypertension Says ACE-I and ARBs Do Not Increase COVID-19 Mortality

March 16, 2020 — The European Society of Cardiology (ESC) issued a statement March 13 recommending in novel coronavirus ...

March 16, 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. #SCCT #perfusionimaging

News | CT Angiography (CTA)

SCCT Issues Expert Consensus on CT Myocardial Perfusion Imaging

March 16, 2020 — The Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT) released a new expert consensus document on ...

March 16, 2020

The European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA) electrophysiology (EP) annual meeting cancelled due to coronavirus. #COVID19 #coronavirus #2019nCoV

Feature | EP Lab | Dave Fornell, Editor

European Heart Rhythm Association Cancelled Due to Coronavirus

March 10, 2020 — Novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has claimed another large cardiology meeting, the European Heart Rhythm ...

March 10, 2020