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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.

News | Structural Heart

First Patient Treated With Harpoon Transcatheter Mitral Valve Repair Device in U.S. Trial

December 29, 2020 — Edwards Lifesciences announced Dec. 21 that the first patient was treated in the RESTORE clinical ...

December 29, 2020

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Top News Stories in 2020 From the European Society of Cardiology

December 29, 2020 — Here is a list of the top 10 news stories from the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) in 2020 that ...

December 29, 2020

Health Canada has approved the expanded use of the Edwards Lifesciences Sapien 3 and Sapien 3 Ultra transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) heart valves for the transfemoral treatment of patients diagnosed with severe symptomatic aortic stenosis who are at low risk for open-heart surgery. #TAVR #TAVI

News | Structural Heart

Edwards Sapien 3 TAVR Valve Receives Expanded Approval in Canada

December 29, 2020 — Health Canada has approved the expanded use of the Edwards Lifesciences Sapien 3 and Sapien 3 Ultra ...

December 29, 2020

COVID-19 related topics by far out-paced all other topics in cardiology in 2020 on the DAIC website. Several stories topped the list related to the cardiovascular issues with hydroxychloroquine being used as a treatment for the virus. Top new device technologies in 2020 included European approval of the Abbott Tendyne transcatheter mitral valve, FDA approval of Medtronic's new Micra AV pill-sized pacemaker, and FDA clearance of the first drug-eluting stent with short-duration dual-antiplatelet therapy.

Feature | Dave Fornell, Editor

Top 25 Stories in Cardiology in 2020

Here are the top 25 best performing articles on the Diagnostic and Interventional Cardiology (DAIC) website from 2020 ...

December 28, 2020

This year's top videos are dominated by COVID-19's impact on cardiology and many of the videos from a series produced this year on Tuft Medical Center's cardiology program. Top DAIC cardiology videos from 2020 #TuftsmedicalCenter #Tufts #COVID19

Feature | Dave Fornell, Editor

Top 25 Cardiology Videos on DAIC in 2020

Here are the top performing 25 videos on the DAIC website in 2020. The picks are based on Google Analytics of the DAIC ...

December 23, 2020

Demonstrations videos of new technologoies are among the most popular video content on the DAIC website each year. Included this year are videos showing how it install a subcutaneous ICD, CT photo-realistic rendering, How to implants the Micra leadless pacemaker and many others.

Feature | Dave Fornell, Editor

Video Demonstrations of How Cardiovascular Technology Works

December 23, 2020 — Demonstrations of new technologies and explanations of how they work are among the most popular ...

December 23, 2020

Thrombus formation in the aortic arch in a 46-year-old COVID patients in the ICU. Three trials are underway to find which anticoagulant strategy is best to treat moderate and critically ill patients where COVID-causes venous thrombo-embolism (VTE) is a major cause of complications. Image courtesy of Margarita Revzin et al.

Feature | Coronavirus (COVID-19)

NIH Pauses Anticoagulant Trial For Critically Ill COVID-19 Patients

December 23, 2020 — Three clinical trial platforms working together to test the effects of full doses of anticoagulants ...

December 23, 2020

Videos | EP Device Monitoring Systems

VIDEO: Rising Interest in Remote Monitoring of EP Devices in the COVID-19 Era

Robert Kowal, M.D., chief medical officer of the Medtronic cardiac rhythm and heart failure division, said there has ...

December 22, 2020

HeartMate 3 heart pump is now approved for use for pediatric patients battling advanced heart failure offering a new treatment option for this underserved population

News | Heart Failure

FDA Approves Abbott's HeartMate 3 VAD for Pediatric Patients

December 21, 2020 — U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved updated labeling December 17 for Abbott's HeartMate ...

December 21, 2020

The Digisonics' cardiovascular information system (CVIS) system.

News | Cardiovascular Information Systems (CVIS)

Intelerad Acquires Digisonics to Expand its Enterprise Imaging Workflow

December 16, 2020 - Intelerad Medical Systems, a provider of enterprise imaging workflow solutions, has acquired ...

December 16, 2020

Foldax Inc. today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted an investigational device exemption (IDE) so the company to initiate a U.S. clinical study of its Tria biopolymer mitral surgical heart valve.

News | Heart Valve Technology

Foldax to Initiate FDA Clinical Study of Biopolymer Mitral Heart Valve

December 14, 2020 - Foldax Inc. today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted an ...

December 14, 2020

SoniVie, an Israeli company developing the Therapeutic Intra-Vascular Ultrasound (TIVUS) System to treat a variety of hypertensive disorders, announced that it has been granted Breakthrough Device Designation from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The TIVUS System for renal artery denervation treats resistant hypertension, which is defined as blood pressure that remains above 140/90 mmHg despite use of three antihypertensive medications of different classes at the best tolerated doses.

News | Renal Denervation

FDA Grants Breakthrough Device Designation for the TIVUS Renal Artery Denervation System

December 9, 2020 — SoniVie, an Israeli company developing the Therapeutic Intra-Vascular Ultrasound (TIVUS) System to ...

December 09, 2020

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The DAIC November-December 2020 Digital Edition

View the November-December 2020 digital edition of Diagnostic and Interventional Cardiology (DAIC) magazine, include ...

December 03, 2020

cyanosis, cyantosis COVID-positive infant.

News | Coronavirus (COVID-19)

COVID-19 Can Impact Hearts in Young Children

December 2, 2020 — A 2-month-old infant diagnosed with COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) experienced reversible myocardial injury ...

December 02, 2020

CMS coverage changes effective as of Dec. 2, 2020 will open up the use of LVADs to more Medicare patients, including use of the HeartWare and HeartMate ventricular assist devices.

News | Heart Failure

CMS Updates Coverage Policies for Artificial Hearts and Ventricular Assist Devices

December 2, 2020 — The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized updates to Medicare coverage policies ...

December 02, 2020