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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.

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 BioVentrix Revivent TC transcatheter device anchors that help cinch the heart mucsle using a transcatheter procedure to treat left ventricular remodeling associated with heart failure following a heart attack. BioVentrix Inc., developer of the first transcatheter device for left ventricular remodeling after a heart attack, announced the extension of its European CE mark approval for the Revivent TC Transcatheter Ventricular Enhancement System for heart failure to May 2024.

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BioVentrix CE Mark Extended for Less Invasive Heart Failure Ventricular Enhancement

January 22, 2020 – BioVentrix Inc., developer of the first transcatheter device for left ventricular remodeling after a ...

January 22, 2020

Tufts Medical Center cath lab team performing an ECMO cannulation for hemodynamic support.

360 Photos | 360 View Photos

360 View of ECMO Cannulation Procedure at Tufts Medical Center

A venous-venous (VV) extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) implantation procedure in a cath lab at Tufts Medical ...

January 21, 2020

Mayo Clinic uses the Da Vinci surgical robot to perform minimally invasive mitral valve surgeries.

News | Robotic Systems

Robotic Mitral Valve Repair May Offer Benefit for Many Patients

January 20, 2020 — Research has found that repairing the mitral valve earlier, before the mitral valve prolapse ...

January 20, 2020

Congestive heart failure patient Dorothy Moore committed herself to cardiac rehabilitation and increasing the amount of exercise she did and was able to reverse her heart failure class. She was a patient at the DMC Sinai-Grace Hospital in Detroit.

News | Cardiac Rehabilitation

Only 1 in 4 Medicare Patients Participate in Cardiac Rehabilitation

January 15, 2020 – Too few people covered by Medicare participated in outpatient cardiac rehabilitation after a heart ...

January 15, 2020

Diagnostic and Interventional Cardiology (DAIC) acquired by Wainscot Media

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Diagnostic and Interventional Cardiology Has a New Home

January 14, 2020 — Park Ridge, N.J.-based publisher Wainscot Media has acquired Diagnostic and Interventional Cardiology ...

January 14, 2020

tryker is launching a voluntary field action on specific units of the LifePAK 15 defibrillator/monitors. The vendor said an issue has been identified where the devices to fail to deliver a defibrillation shock after the “Shock” button on the keypad is pressed.

News | Defibrillator Monitors

LifePAK 15 Defibrillators Might Fail After Shock Button is Pressed

January 13, 2020 — Stryker announced it is launching a voluntary field action on specific units of the LifePAK 15 defibr ...

January 13, 2020

This is the latest version of the MitraClip, the G4, which allows each side of the clip to be opened and closed independently to offer more flexibility when capturing the valve leaflets. The device is being used in the REPAIR MR clinical trial.

News | Heart Valve Technology

New Study Looks at MitraClip use in Moderate Surgical Risk Patients

January 13, 2020 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved clinical trial that will compare the ...

January 13, 2020

Videos | Cath Lab

VIDEO: The Role of Intensivists on the Cardiac Critical Care Team

Haval Chweich, M.D., medical director of the cardiac critical care unit (CCU) at Tufts Medical Center, and assistant ...

January 09, 2020

Videos | Hemodynamic Support Devices

VIDEO: Remote Smartphone Access to Impella Consoles Aids Patient Care and Tech Support

Richard Botto, CVT, RCSA, chief cardiovascular technologist, division of cardiology, cardiac cath lab, and Melissa Smith ...

January 09, 2020

This image shows the cardiac muscle fibers of a fruit fly under magnification. Iowa State University researchers have found a way to restore the strength and regularity of cardiac muscles in aging fruit flies. Photo by Hua Bai, Iowa State University.

News | Pharmaceuticals

Fruit Fly Hearts Show How to Keep Human Cardiac Muscle Young

January 9, 2020 – Researchers may have discovered a way to turn back the clock on aging heart muscles in fruit flies, a ...

January 09, 2020

Abbott announced U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of a new alternative surgical technique for Abbott's HeartMate 3 heart pump that will allow more advanced heart failure patients to avoid open heart surgery. The new, less invasive approach is designed to provide surgeons a choice in surgical method for patients receiving the HeartMate 3 Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD).

News | Ventricular Assist Devices (VAD)

FDA Approves Less Invasive Surgical Approach for HeartMate 3 Heart Pump

January 7, 2020 — Abbott announced U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of a new alternative surgical ...

January 07, 2020

$The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted a supplemental new drug application (sNDA) from AstraZeneca and granted priority review for dapagliflozin (Farxiga) to reduce the risk of cardiovascular (CV) death or the worsening of heart failure (HF) in adults with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) with and without type 2 diabetes (T2D).$