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.

ACC issues document outlining COVID-19 Implications For Patients With Underlying Cardiovascular Conditions. The COVID-19 mortality rate for patients cardiovascular disease is 10.5 percent based of data from Chinese hospitals since the outbreak. COVID-19 fatality rates for patients with comorbidities are higher than the average population, but cardiac patients had the highest death rate. #COVID19 #coronavirus #2019nCoV #SARS‐CoV‐2

Feature | Coronavirus (COVID-19)

ACC COVID-19 Clinical Guidance For the Cardiovascular Care Team

March 9, 2020 — The American College of Cardiology (ACC) is offering updates on the clinical impact of novel coronavirus ...

March 09, 2020

COVID-19 outbreak in Seattle cancels SIR 2020 meeting. Interventional radiology meeting cancelled. #COVID19 #coronavirus #2019nCoV

News | Interventional Radiology | Melinda Taschetta-Millane

SIR 2020 Cancelled Due to COVID-19 Outbreak in Seattle

March 9, 2020 — As the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) slowly spreads across the globe, more industry conferences are ...

March 09, 2020

Feature | ACC | Dave Fornell, Editor

ACC Cancels 2020 Conference Amid Coronavirus Concerns

March 9, 2020 — Less than week after the American College of Cardiology (ACC) said it would push ahead with holding its ...

March 09, 2020

Feature | HIMSS

COVID-19 Cancels HIMSS Health IT Conference

March 5, 2020 – Due to the rapidly evolving novel coronavirus (COVID-19) situation in the U.S. and internationally, the ...

March 05, 2020

TeraRecon will accelerate innovation in its advanced visualization and AI platforms for image-related decision support to clinical specialists

News | Artificial Intelligence

SymphonyAI Group Acquires TeraRecon

March 4, 2020 — SymphonyAI Group, an operating group of leading business-to-business AI companies, today announced the ...

March 04, 2020

Fears and travel restrictions due to the coronavirus has caused two European medical conferences to postpone their meetings so far in 2020. #COVID19 #Coronavirus #2019nCoV #Wuhanvirus

Feature | Dave Fornell, Editor

Coronavirus Fears Cancel European Cardiology and Radiology Conferences

March 3, 2020 — Two sizable European medical conferences in cardiology and radiology were canceled today as fears ...

March 03, 2020

Cardiac MR, also called cardiac MRI or heart MRI, can offer data above and beyond anatomical imaging.

Feature | Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) | Dave Fornell, Editor

Cardiac MRI Becoming More Widely Available Thanks to AI and Reduced Exam Times

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has been described for the past few decades as a futuristic imaging technology that ...

February 19, 2020

Rupa Sanghani, M.D., FASNC, director of Rush's nuclear cardiology and stress laboratory, explaining to ASNC 2019 attendees how Rush implemented its program during a tour of its PET-CT suite.

Feature | PET-CT | Dave Fornell, Editor

How to Start a Cardiac PET-CT Imaging Program

As hospital imaging departments look to replace aging nuclear scanners with updated technology, many are asking if ...

February 19, 2020

Recognized as the “Pulitzer Prize of the business press,” the Jesse H. Neal Award finalists are selected for exhibiting journalistic enterprise, service to the industry and editorial craftsmanship

News | Cardiovascular Business

DAIC Named a Finalist in the 66th Annual Jesse H. Neal Awards

February 19, 2020 — Connectiv, a division of The Software and Information Industry Association (SIIA), has announced the ...

February 19, 2020

Feature | Artificial Intelligence | Sanjay Parekh, Ph.D.

Three High Impact AI Market Trends in Medical Imaging at RSNA 2019

February 7, 2020 – At the 2019 Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) meeting in December, there was a record ...

February 11, 2020

Feature | Cardiovascular Information Systems (CVIS)

Why Structured Reporting is Needed in Cardiology

Cardiology was already heavily data driven, where clinical practice is driven by clinical study data, but mining a ...

January 23, 2020

The Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI) released an updated expert consensus statement for the “SCAI Best Practices for Transradial Angiography and Intervention.”

News | Radial Access

SCAI Updates Expert Consensus Statement on Best Practices for Transradial Access

January 15, 2020 — The Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI) released an updated expert ...

January 15, 2020

Videos | RSNA

VIDEO: Editors Choice of the Most Innovative New Medical Imaging Technology at RSNA 2019

DAIC/ITN Editor Dave Fornell takes a tour of some of the most innovative new medical imaging technologies displayed on ...

January 13, 2020

The SCCT Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in Cardiovascular CT meeting will be held in New York City at the Marriott East Side, April 24-26, 2020. #SCCT

News | Artificial Intelligence

Amazon Chief Medical Officer to Speak at SCCT Artificial Intelligence in Cardiac CT Meeting

January 9, 2020 — Maulik Majmudar, M.D., chief medical officer at Amazon will be the keynote speaker at the upcoming ...

January 09, 2020

Figure 1 from the new ASE ischemia cardiac ultrasound imaging guidelines, showing a side-by-side views of apical 4- and 2-chamber images, at rest and immediately post-exercise. In the four-chamber view, the left ventricle is shown on the left-hand side of the screen. With exercise, the echocardiogram shows the LV cavity dilates (right quadrants) and there are regional wall motion abnormalities in the LAD territory.

News | Cardiovascular Ultrasound

New Guidelines for Stress Echocardiography in Ischemic Heart Disease

January 7, 2020 — The American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) has updated its guidelines for using echocardiography ...

January 07, 2020