April 10, 2017 — Medtronic recently announced the first enrollments in the STOP Persistent AF clinical trial. The study ...

David Steenblock, D.O., an osteopathic physician based in San Clemente, Calif., recently discussed his use of hyperbaric oxygen to achieve significant and improved lifestyle outcomes for many stroke patients. The technique involves the therapeutic use of oxygen under pressure to dramatically reduce the effects of stroke and brain injury.

The Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT) and Toshiba Medical announced a new partnership dedicated to providing career development opportunities for radiology fellows and residents in the United States. Toshiba Medical’s support will allow 250 U.S.-based fellows and residents to join SCCT at no charge for one year, enhancing their early career opportunities and building their awareness of the growing contributions of cardiovascular computed tomography.

Following repair of abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA), women appear to have more unfavorable outcomes than men in terms of mortality and morbidity.

This week the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) convened a panel of the Medicare Evidence Development and Coverage Advisory Committee (MEDCAC) to examine which health outcomes in studies of heart failure treatment technologies should be of interest to CMS. The panel also assessed the growing challenges associated with the changing landscape of evidence generated prior to market authorizations of new and innovative technology. While MEDCAC panels do not make coverage determinations, CMS does benefit from their guidance.

Cardiovascular Systems Inc., in partnership with the Cardiovascular Research Foundation (CRF), announced the first subject enrolled in its ECLIPSE clinical trial. The subject was treated by Richard Shlofmitz, M.D., interventional cardiologist and director of the Department of Cardiology at St. Francis Hospital, Roslyn, N.Y. Shlofmitz also treated subjects in CSI’s ORBIT II and COAST clinical studies.

The newest release of American College of Radiology (ACR) Appropriateness Criteria covers 230 topics with more than 1,100 clinical indications.

https://www.dicardiology.com/content/new-protocol-henry-ford-hospital-dramatically-increases-heart-attack-survival-ratesThe influence of cardiac arrest and cardiogenic shock on outcomes of patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) has not been completely studied. Researchers at the Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation (MHIF) conducted a study to determine the incidence, characteristics and outcomes of STEMI complicated by cardiac arrest with or without cardiogenic shock.