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 | 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

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