Diagnostic and Interventional Cardiology

Key Takeaways from the 2019 Heart Rhythm Society Meeting

Feature | HRS | By Lars Thording, PhD

Post-Pandemic, the Conversations Have Lost Relevance

Hospitals in the U.S. are suffering under a debilitating post-pandemic financial and operational trauma. Ascension ...

August 23, 2022

The first US patient has been enrolled in the FDA SELUTION4BTK (Below-the-Knee) clinical trial evaluating SELUTION SLR, MedAlliance’s novel sirolimus-eluting balloon.

News | Drug-Eluting Balloons

First US Patient Enrolled in SELUTION SLR IDE Peripheral Study

August 23, 2022 — The first US patient has been enrolled in the FDA SELUTION4BTK (Below-the-Knee) clinical trial ...

August 23, 2022

Increasing prevalence of cardiovascular, COPD and respiratory diseases; development of next-generation non-invasive and minimally-invasive systems

Feature | Hemodynamic Monitoring Systems

Global Hemodynamic Monitoring Market Valued at $1.04 B

Continuous advances in critical patient care have enabled to develop efficient hemodynamic monitoring systems featuring ...

August 23, 2022

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Feature | Information Technology

SPONSORED CONTENT: Unveiling the Future of Cardiovascular Workflow

Providing exceptional cardiovascular care for patients to achieve the best possible outcomes is the number one goal for ...

March 21, 2024

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Feature | Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Anthony Fauci, MD, Announces He is Stepping Down

Anthony S. Fauci, MD, who was instrumental in leading the country through the COVID-19 pandemic, announced today through ...

August 22, 2022

According to a release just issued by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Medtronic is recalling Cobalt/Crome Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators (ICDs) and Resynchronization Therapy Defibrillators (CRT-Ds) after receiving reports that some devices have triggered short circuit protection (SCP) alerts during the second phase of high voltage waveform therapy and delivered reduced-energy electric shocks.

News | Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD)

Medtronic Recalls Cobalt XT, Cobalt and Crome ICDs and CRT-Ds for Risk that Devices May Issue a Short Circuit Alert and Deliver Reduced Energy Shock During High Voltage Therapy

August 19, 2022 — According to a release just issued by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Medtronic is ...

August 19, 2022

A) Patients with prior COVID have higher rates of impaired MFR indicating cardiovascular disease B) Impaired MFR is associated with a higher rate of adverse events in patients with no prior COVID and those with prior COVID

News | Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Reduced Myocardial Blood Flow is New Clue in How COVID-19 is Impacting the Heart

August 19, 2022 — Patients with prior COVID may be twice as likely to have unhealthy endothelial cells that line the ...

August 19, 2022

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Cardiac positron emission tomography (PET) is growing in popularity among cardiologists because it provides the ability to diagnose cardiac disease with greater accuracy and precision

Feature | Cardiac Imaging

SPONSORED CONTENT: Finding the Right Solution

Cardiac positron emission tomography (PET) is growing in popularity among cardiologists because it provides the ability ...

March 05, 2024

Summer research program participants Jack Monday, left, and Nicholas Lam, right, work together in the BRAINS Lab at McGovern Medical School. Credit: Photo by Rogelio Castro/UTHealth Houston

News | Stroke

Teen Stroke Patient, Returning Participant Take Different Paths to Work Together This Summer in Uthealth Houston Brains Research Lab

August 19, 2022 — Nicholas Lam was building a set in his performing arts high school’s scene shop when he began feeling ...

August 19, 2022

News | Heart Failure

Hackensack University Medical Center Becomes Second Hospital in the World to Implant New Heart Pump to Treat Chronic Heart Failure

August 19, 2022 — Hackensack Meridian Health, Hackensack University Medical Center cardiac surgeon Yuriy Dudiy, M.D ...

August 19, 2022

As the cardiology community commemorates the importance of heart health on World Heart Day, Sept. 29, here’s a quick look back in heart history at four individuals who earned their place in the National Inventors Hall of Fame

Feature | Cardiovascular Business | By Christine Book

At the Intersection of History and Heart Health: Inventors Hall of Fame Inductees

As the cardiology community commemorates the importance of heart health on World Heart Day, Sept. 29, here’s a quick ...

August 18, 2022

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BLOG: Combining Local Impedance with Contact Force to Perform RF Ablation

When performing radiofrequency (RF) ablation to treat cardiac arrhythmia, medical professionals must balance the safety ...

December 11, 2023

Six digital healthcare start-ups from five countries have officially become the first cohort of the Edison Accelerator in Canada – a program orchestrated by GE Healthcare.

News | Artificial Intelligence

CardioWise, Inc. Selected for the Inaugural Edison Accelerator By GE Healthcare in Collaboration with Nex Cubed

August 18, 2022 — Six digital healthcare start-ups from five countries have officially become the first cohort of the ...

August 18, 2022

A variant typical of the Finnish population that protects against heart diseases was identified in the FinnGen genomic study coordinated by the University of Helsinki.

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New Gene Variant That Protects Against Coronary Heart DIsease Uncovered

August 18, 2022 — A variant typical of the Finnish population that protects against heart diseases was identified in the ...

August 18, 2022

A first-in-human multicenter trial involving Mayo Clinic used a new ablation technique for patients with ventricular tachycardia, an abnormally rapid heart rhythm that is a leading cause of sudden cardiac death worldwide

News | Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD)

First-in-Human Trial Shows Promise for Hard-to-Treat Ventricular Tachycardia Heart Rhythms

August 18, 2022 — A first-in-human multicenter trial involving Mayo Clinic used a new ablation technique for patients ...

August 18, 2022

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Case Study | Hemodynamic Monitoring Systems

TECH BRIEF — Integrated Hemodynamic Monitoring System Helps Improve Lab Performance, Efficiency

Change Healthcare Cardiology Hemodynamics is an integrated hemodynamic monitoring system for monitoring vital signs and ...

November 14, 2023

Scatterplot showing the relation of telomere length (y-axis) depending on age (x-axis). Image courtesy of Falkenhausen et al.

News | ECG

Common Electrocardiogram Measures Are Not Associated With Telomere Length

August 17, 2022 — A new research paper was published in Aging (“Aging (Albany NY)” by Medline/PubMed, “Aging-US” by Web ...

August 17, 2022

News | Cardiovascular Business

Memorial Cardiac and Vascular Institute Adds Cardiologists to its Physician Roster

August 17, 2022 — Memorial Healthcare System, a South Florida-based academic medical center, has added a diverse trio of ...

August 17, 2022

Histological analysis comparing the size of the heart of a normal mouse (left) and a mouse lacking the protein MKK6 (right). Image courtesy of CNIC

News | Cardiovascular Clinical Studies

CNIC Scientists Uncover Opposing Roles of p38 Proteins in Cardiac Hypertrophy

August 17, 2022 — A study carried out by scientists at the Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares (CNIC) ...

August 17, 2022