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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.

The Acurate neo2 TAVR valve design enhancements include a 60% larger outer sealing skirt to conform to challenging anatomies. This has minimized paravalvular leaks and imporved clinical outcomes compared to the previous-generation Acurate neo Aortic Valve System. #EuroPCR #EuroPCR21 #EuroPCR2021

Feature | Structural Heart

Acurate neo2 TAVR Valve Demonstrate Reduced Paravalvular Leak and Low Permanent Pacemaker Rates

May 26, 2021 — Data presented at hotline and late-breaking trial sessions at the EuroPCR 2021 congress for the updated ...

May 26, 2021

RAFT-AF study showed type of heart failure may influence treatment strategies for heart rate management vs. arrhythmia control in in patients with heart heart and atrial fibrillation. #ACC21 #ACC2021

News | Heart Failure

Type of Heart Failure May Influence Optimal Approach for AFib Rhythm Control Versus Rate Control Strategy

May 19, 2021 — Among patients with both heart failure and atrial fibrillation (AFib), treatment strategies focused on ...

May 19, 2021

ECMO unit in use to support a severely ill patient at the University of Michigan. ECMO was shown to imporve survival and neuro outcomes in sudden cardiac arrest patients who do not respond to standard therapy.

Feature | Sudden Cardiac Arrest

ECMO Increased Survival in Refractory Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest

May 19, 2021 — A subgroup of patients who experienced an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) that did not respond to ...

May 19, 2021

Cardiovascular information systems (CVIS) allow storage of in-office echocardiograms, aids report generation and reading echos for several hospitals. Hitachi’s VidiStar CVIS.

Feature | Cardiovascular Information Systems (CVIS)

Use of CVIS for Remote Access of Data and Images

The ability of a cardiologist to work remotely can save lives. By leveraging the advantages of a cloud-based cardiovascu ...

May 19, 2021

The results of the GALACTIC-HF trial shows omecamtiv mecarbil offers benefits to severe heart failure patients. #ACC21 #ACC2021 #GALACTICHF

News | Heart Failure

GALACTIC-HF Shows Omecamtiv Mecarbil Brings Greater Benefits for Severe Heart Failure

May 18, 2021 — The experimental heart failure drug omecamtiv mecarbil reduced heart failure hospitalizations by a ...

May 18, 2021

News | Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Dapagliflozin Did Not Significantly Reduce Organ Failure or Death in High-Risk Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients

May 18, 2021 — Dapagliflozin (Farxiga), a sodium-glucose co-transporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitor, did not significantly ...

May 18, 2021

This trial used a therapeutic hypothermia system that used balloon catheters filled with cooled saline, such as the Zoll Thermogard XP temperature management system. #ACC21 #ACC2021 #therapeutichypothermia

News | Sudden Cardiac Arrest

Lower Temperature Therapeutic Hypothermia Did Not Improve Outcomes After Cardiac Arrest

May 17, 2021 — In patients receiving therapeutic hypothermia after suffering out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, those who ...

May 17, 2021

DAIC magazine won Overall Excellence Finalist/Multi-platform Package of the Year for its coverage of the COVID-19 Pandemic’s Toll on Cardiology, National. The entry won an honor mention for its coverage of the COVID pandemic. Dave Fornell is the editor of DAIC.

Feature | Diagnostic and Interventional Cardiology DAIC | By Melinda Taschetta-Millane

DAIC Brings Home National, Regional Honors

Diagnostic and Interventional Cardiology (DAIC) and its sister publication Imaging Technology News (ITN) recently took ...

May 17, 2021

The Record Paradise RDN catheter uses a balloon catheter filled with water to cool the vessel wall as ultrasound-based ablation energy is delivered. It delivers a ring of ablative energy to a depth of 1-6 mm. Kirtane said it requires 2-3 sonications lasting 7 seconds each in each of the main renal arteries. #ACC21 #ACC2021 #RDN

Feature | Hypertension | By Dave Fornell, Editor

Renal Denervation Lowers Blood Pressure in Medication-Resistant Hypertension

May 16, 2021 — Two months after undergoing renal denervation (RDN) with the ReCor Paradise renal denervation system ...

May 16, 2021

The Boston Scientific Watchman device have performed better than expected in real-world patients outside of trials since it was introduced in 2015, according to data from the NCDR LAAO Registry. #ACC21 #ACC2021 #LAA #Watchman

Feature | Left Atrial Appendage (LAA) Occluders

NCDR LAAO Registry Shows Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion Associated With Low Rate of Stroke

May 15, 2021 - Transcatheter left atrial appendage occlusion (LAAO) with a Boston Scientific Watchman device was ...

May 16, 2021

The combination heart failure drug sacubitril/valsartan did not significantly reduce the rate of heart failure or cardiovascular death following a heart attack compared to ramipril, an angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor. #ACC21 #ACC2021

News | Heart Failure

Sacubitril/Valsartan Does Not Outperform ACE Inhibitor in Preventing Heart Failure After Heart Attack

May 15, 2021 — The combination heart failure drug sacubitril/valsartan (Entresto) did not significantly reduce the rate ...

May 15, 2021

In the LAAOS III trial, surgeons could seal off the LAA during the open heart procedure using sutures, staples or approved closure devices. The image shows a SentraHeart lasso type LAA occluder about to seal off the LAA from the outside of the heart. #ACC21 #ACC2021

News | Left Atrial Appendage (LAA) Occluders

Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion Reduces Stroke After Heart Surgery

May 15, 2021 — Patients with an elevated risk of stroke due to heart rhythm problems, or atrial fibrillation (AFib) ...

May 15, 2021

An Edward Lifesciences Sapien TAVR valve during an implant procedure on angiography. There are still questions on how to best anticoagulate TAVR patients and the ATLANTIS study found Eloquis is not a good solution.

News | Structural Heart

TAVR Anticoagulation With Apixaban Not Superior to Standard Care

May 15, 2021 — The anticoagulant apixaban (Eliquis) was not superior to standard of care following transcatheter aortic ...

May 15, 2021

There is a trend in interventional cardiology that is now being called “renalism,” where patients with poor renal function are being excluded from interventional procedures because they are automatically considered too high risk. However, some hospitals are also creating cardio-renal care teams so these patients can be cared for by a team of experts rather than interventional cardiologists going it alone. #SCAI21 #SCAI2021 Creating a card0-renal program.

Feature | Cath Lab | By Dave Fornell, Editor

Creating a Cardio-renal Program to Expand Patient Volume

There is a trend in interventional cardiology that is now being called “renalism,” where patients with poor renal ...

May 14, 2021

According to the CDC, if you are fully vaccinated you can start doing many things that you had stopped doing because of the pandemic. Infographic courtesy of the CDC.

News | Coronavirus (COVID-19)

CDC Updates Its Mask Recommendations

May 13, 2021 — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) just released a new statement relaxing the ...

May 13, 2021