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Diagnostic and Interventional Cardiology (DAIC) is a magazine that reaches more than 25,000 healthcare professionals in cardiology, interventional cardiology and cath labs across the United States. These influential buying team members rely on DAIC's award-winning editorial content and comparison charts as a unique research tool for specifying, recommending and approving technology/device purchases.

TAVR CT image reconstruction of an implanted Medtronic CoreValve. #TCT21 #TCT #TAVR #SURTAVI

News | Heart Valve Technology

Intermediate-risk Patients Have Similar Five-year Outcomes With Transcatheter or Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement

November 9, 2021 — New five-year data from the SURTAVI trial found that there was no difference in all-cause mortality ...

November 09, 2021

A PARTNER 3 trial economic analysis shows for low surgical risk patients, TAVR is cost-saving compared with SAVR. TAVR Sapien Valve visualized using a GE guidance software. #TCT2021

News | Structural Heart

TAVR Is Cost Effective Compared With Surgical Replacement for Low-risk Patients

November 9, 2021 — An economic analysis of data from PARTNER 3, a randomized trial comparing transcatheter aortic valve ...

November 09, 2021

The two FDA-cleared transcatheter LAA occlusion devices on the U.S. market were compared in the SWISS-APERO and SEAL FLX trials presented at TCT 2021. Left is the Abbott Amulet device, right is the newest generation Watchman FLX device.

News | Left Atrial Appendage (LAA) Occluders

First Comparison of Amulet and Watchman FLX LAA Closure Devices Found Similar Outcomes

November 8, 2021 – SWISS-APERO is the first randomized clinical trial comparing the Abbott Amulet left atrial appendage ...

November 08, 2021

The Edwards Lifesciences Evoque transcatheter tricuspid valve replacement system demonstrated sustained favorable patient outcomes at six months in the TRISCEND study.

News | Structural Heart

Six-Month Outcomes Positive for Transfemoral Tricuspid Valve in Tricuspid Regurgitation Patients

November 8, 2021 — Results from a clinical trial of the Edwards Lifesciences Evoque transcatheter tricuspid valve ...

November 08, 2021

American Society of Nuclear Cardiology (ASNC) President Randy Thompson, M.D., getting his COVID-19 vaccine when the vaccines first became available last December. Nearly a year later, some healthcare workers are still holding out and refuse to get the vaccine, which prompted CMS (Medicare) to now require COVID vaccinations for all healthcare workers at facilities that accept Medicare and Medicaid patients.

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

CMS Now Requires COVID-19 Vaccinations for Healthcare Workers by January 4

November 4, 2021 — The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) today issued an emergency regulation now ...

November 04, 2021

Figures from an initial study on the Cardionomic CPNS technology in a poster presentation at the Heart Rhythm Society (HRS) 2021 meeting.[1] Starting at top left, an angiographic view of the atrial transseptal access for a left ventricular septal ablation. Procedural intra-cardiac echo (ICE) showing ablation catheter positioning. A 3D electro-anatomic map of the LV septum. The final graphs show baseline and post-procedure LVOT pressure readings demonstrating a decreased gradient.

News | Heart Failure

First U.S. Patient Enrolled in Cardiac Pulmonary Nerve Stimulation Pilot Study to Treat Heart Failure

November 2, 2021 — Cardionomic Inc. announce initial U.S. enrollment in its global Cardiac Pulmonary Nerve Stimulation ...

November 02, 2021

Cardiosave Hybrid Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump (IABP) left, and the Cardiosave Rescue Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump. Both systems have a recall because of reports that the battery can fail.

News | Intra-Aortic Balloon Pumps (IABP)

Cardiosave Intra-Aortic Balloon Pumps Recalled Due to Battery Failure

November 2, 2021 — Datascope/Getinge/Maquet is recalling its Cardiosave Hybrid/Rescue Intra-Aortic Balloon Pumps (IABP) ...

November 02, 2021

The FDA cleared the world's first photon-counting computed tomography (CT) scanner, the Siemens Naeotom Alpha, in late September. This new technology will likely change the future direction of CT. Biosense Webster also announced the first cases using its Heliostar radiofrequency balloon ablation catheter were completed in September. Both were among the top stories in October.

Feature | By Dave Fornell, DAIC Editor

November 1, 2021 — Here is the list of the most popular content on the Diagnostic and Interventional Cardiology (DAIC) ...

November 01, 2021

Implicity provides a remote cardiac monitoring and research platform used by Independent Diagnostic Testing Facilities and medical centers to deliver high-quality care for patients with connected cardiac devices. On this platform, Implicity aggregates, normalizes and standardizes data from any implantable cardiac device across all manufacturers.

Feature | EP Lab | By Arnaud Rosier, M.D.

Addressing Physician Concerns About Missing CIED Patient Data

With 1.2 to 1.4 million new electrophysiology (EP) devices being prescribed to patients around the world each year ...

October 28, 2021

BioCardia's CardiAMP cell therapy uses a patient’s own (autologous) bone marrow cells delivered to the heart in a minimally invasive, catheter-based procedure to potentially stimulate the body’s natural healing response. The therapy incorporates a pre-procedural screening assay to identify those patients who are likely responders to the therapy, a first for a cardiac cell therapy.

News | Stem Cell Therapies

BioCardia Announces First Patient Treated in CardiAMP Cell Therapy Trial for Chronic Myocardial Ischemia

October 28, 2021 – The first patient has been treated in a new trial using stem cell therapy to treat chronic myocardial ...

October 28, 2021

News | Heart Failure

FDA Revises Impulse Dynamics Optimizer Smart Device Labeling Opening it to More Patients

October 27, 2021 — Impulse Dynamics announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved a modification of labeling ...

October 27, 2021

News | Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Devices (CRT)

Leadless CRT Can Deliver Left Bundle Branch Area Pacing for Cardiac Resynchronization

October 27, 2021 — EBR Systems Inc., developer of the world’s first wireless cardiac pacing system for heart failure, ...

October 27, 2021

The CorWave LVAD uses a pulse pump rather than a rotary pump to move blood, so it more closely simulates the movement of blood in a read heart.

News | Ventricular Assist Devices (VAD)

Innovative New Pulsatile LVAD Wins 2021 HealthTech Award

October 20, 2021 – CorWave, a French medtech company developing a next-generation heart pump, won the 2021 HealthTech ...

October 20, 2021

Videos | Structural Heart

VIDEO: Abbott Structural Heart CMO Shares Views on Future of Valve Interventions

Dr. Neil Moat, MBBS, chief medical officer of Abbott's structural heart business, was a cardiac surgeon specializing in ...

October 15, 2021

7 areas to consider to improve STEMI heart attack care

News | Cardiovascular Business

American Heart Association Offers Approaches to Improve STEMI Heart Attack Care

October 15, 2021 — The American Heart Association (AHA) released a new policy statement that offers policy ...

October 15, 2021