Diagnostic and Interventional Cardiology

Khaldoun Tarakji is moving from Cleveland Clinic to Medtronic.

News | EP Lab

Khaldoun Tarakji Joins Medtronic as Vice President and Chief Medical Officer of Cardiac Ablation Solutions

January 7, 2022 — Khaldoun Tarakji, M.D., M.P.H., associate section head of cardiac electrophysiology at the Heart ...

January 07, 2022

With the advent of endovascular technology in the 1990s, carotid angioplasty and stenting (CAS) emerged as an alternative mode of revascularization.

News | Stents Carotid

Transcarotid Artery Revascularization (TCAR) Versus Carotid Endarterectomy (CEA) Cost-Effectiveness Shows Benefit for Stenting

January 5, 2022 – A cost-effectiveness model based on peer-reviewed sources suggests that although five-year costs for ...

January 05, 2022

Mark Butler, Ph.D., is the principal investigator on the new trial using smart prescription bottles. Photo by Feinstein Institutes)

News | Pharmaceuticals

Smart Prescription Bottles Trial Looks at Reducing Cardiovascular Disease in Black Community

January 5, 2022 — The Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, the science arm of Northwell Health, recently received ...

January 05, 2022

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Feature | Information Technology

SPONSORED CONTENT: Unveiling the Future of Cardiovascular Workflow

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March 21, 2024

News | EP Lab

Stereotaxis Robotics Reduces Incidence of Silent Cerebral Embolism During AF Ablation

January 5, 2022 — Stereotaxis announced a recent publication in Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine titled “Atrial ...

January 05, 2022

$The Pie Medical Imaging angiography-based vessel fractional flow reserve (CAAS vFFR) technology can use angiography imaging alone to assess FFR without the need for pressure wires or adenosine.$

News | FFR Technologies

European Trial Evaluates Angiography Vessel Fractional Flow Reserve (vFFR) Guided PCI Versus Conventional FFR

January 4, 2022 - Pie Medical Imaging (PMI), a global leader in cardiac imaging, part of the Esaote Group, recently ...

January 04, 2022

FDA clears Implicity algorithm to reduce the volume of false positives from Medtronic implantable loop recorders by nearly 80%

News | Remote Monitoring

FDA Clears AI-Powered ECG Analyzer for Implantable Loop Recorders

January 4, 2022 – Remote patient monitoring and cardiac data management solutions vendor Implicity received U.S. Food ...

January 04, 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

The American Heart Association (AHA) is pushing for vaccinations and boosters amid the rapid rise in Omicon variant COVID cases. #COVID19 #SARSCoV2

News | Coronavirus (COVID-19)

AHA Says Vaccines and Boosters Should be Priority As Omicron COVID Variant Rapidly Spreads

January 4, 2022 — The Omicron variant, as of Dec. 25, made up 58.6% of new COVID-19 infections in the U.S., according to ...

January 04, 2022

Among the top stories from December 2021 was new ultrasound transducer technology introduction by Philips Healthcare and the use of cardiac MRI to assess myocarditis caused by COVID-19 vaccinations.

Feature | By Dave Fornell, DAIC Editor

January 4, 2021 — Here is the list of the most popular content on the Diagnostic and Interventional Cardiology (DAIC) ...

January 04, 2022

The Philips CavaClear IVC Filter Removal Laser Sheath showing how it hooks to the filter and the laser follows the IVC structure down to where it is anchored in scar tissue. It uses a CO2 laser to dissolve the issue and release the device so it can be sheathed and removed from the body.

News | Cath Lab

FDA Clears Philip CavaClear Laser Assisted IVC Filter Removal System

January 4, 2022 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has authorized marketing of the first laser-based device ...

January 04, 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

News | Pharmaceuticals

FDA Clears Novartis Inclisiran to Lower Cholesterol With Only Two Doses a Year

January 4, 2022 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared Novartis' inclisiran (Leqvio), the first small ...

January 04, 2022

European Society of Cardiology (ESC) top news stories in 2021

News | ESC

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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

Happy New Year from Diagnostic and Interventional Cardiology (DAIC)

News | Cardiovascular Business

Happy New Year from the DAIC Team

Wishing you a healthy and happy New Year from the DAIC team. Look for many exciting new changes to come in 2022!

January 01, 2022

The most popular videos in 2021 included the use of ECMO for COVID-19 patients, a demonstration of the Medis QFR angiography image derived FFR system, and the use of remote EP monitoring systems.

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December 26, 2021 — Here is a list of the most popular videos on the DAIC website from the past year in 2021 based on ...

December 26, 2021

Vascular network (red) in healthy heart tissue (left) and in severe Covid-19 (right). Due to faulty reforming of the network as a result of Covid-19, numerous branches, splits and even loops develop in the capillaries, which can be analysed mathematically. Image courtesy of M. Reichardt, P. Møller Jensen, T. Salditt

News | Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Innovative X-ray Imaging Shows COVID-19 Can Cause Vascular Damage to the Heart

December 23, 2021 — An interdisciplinary research team from the University of Göttingen and Hannover Medical School (MHH ...

December 23, 2021