The new AHA resuscitation guidelines now call for full PPE before performing CPR to reduce the transmission of of the more easily transmissible omicron and delta COVID variants. #COVID
January 24, 2022
New CPR Guidance Addresses More Contagious COVID-19 Variants
January 24, 2022 — In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly the Delta and Omicron variants, new American…
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Medtronic Inc. is recalling its HawkOne Directional Atherectomy System product due to the risk of the guidewire within the catheter moving downward or prolapsing when force is applied during use.
January 24, 2022
Medtronic Recalls HawkOne Atherectomy System Due to Risk of Tip Damage During Use
January, 24, 2022 — Medtronic Inc. is recalling its HawkOne Directional Atherectomy System product due to the risk of…
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The cardiovascular effects of long-hauler COVID in 2022
By Dave Fornell, DAIC Editor
January 23, 2022
What We Know About Cardiac Long-COVID Two Years Into the Pandemic
By the end of the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, there was a clear sign that some virus patients had longer-…
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Arineta created a dedicated cardiac CT scanner in partnership with GE Healthcare a couple years ago. With increased interest in CTA with the new chest pain guidelines, the company decided to also start direct sales of these systems for the first time at RSNA in their own booth. Photos by Dave Fornell
By Dave Fornell, DAIC Editor
January 19, 2022
6 Takeaways in Cardiac and Vascular Imaging at RSNA 2021
Here are a few of the key takeaways on the new technologies that will impact cardiovascular and interventional medicine…
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New study finds children treated for MIS-C had normal heart function within three months after their first symptoms
January 19, 2022
Heart Function Recovers Quickly in Children With COVID-19 Related MIS-C 
January 19, 2022 — Heart function recovery returned within three months in children who developed COVID-19 related…
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The Cardiovalve transcatheter mitral valve replacement (TMVR) technology for patients suffering from mitral or tricuspid regurgitation (MR and TR), is undergoing clinical trials in Europe.
January 18, 2022
Technology Incubator Peregrine Ventures Exits Transcatheter Valve Company Cardiovalve
January 18, 2022 — Peregrine Ventures, a leading investment firm dedicated to supporting life changing healthcare…
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Cydar EV Maps assists in the planning, real-time guidance, and post-procedure review of endovascular surgery. It brings cloud-based AI and computer vision to mobile surgery, enabling reductions in radiation exposure, fluoroscopy time, and procedure time.
January 18, 2022
Endovascular 3D Image Guidance Added to Philips Zenition Mobile C-arm
January 18, 2022 – Philips Healthcare announced physicians will now have access to advanced new 3D image guidance…
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The Endologix PQ Bypass System is a percutaneous femoral-popliteal bypass system that enables a minimally invasive, catheter-based procedure to put a graft in a patient's femoral vein to bypass blockages in the SFA.
January 17, 2022
First-of-its-Kind Outpatient Transcatheter Leg Artery Bypass Procedure Performed
January 17, 2022 – The Vascular Care Group (TVCG) announced Stephen J. Hoenig M.D., successfully completed a…
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The ASE released new guidelines for pre-procedural structural heart echo imaging assessments. This image showing the aortic and mitral valves in life-like TrueView rendering is from a Philips Epiq CV version 9.0 system.
January 17, 2022
New ASE Guideline Outlines Acquisition of Essential Transesophaegal Echo Images in Structural Heart Prior to Intervention
January 17, 2022 – As the increasing number of structural heart interventions are assisted by real-time imaging…
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The Affera Inc. Sphere-9 pulsed field (PF) energy radiofrequency ablation system. Medtronic purchased the company in January 2022.
January 14, 2022
Medtronic to Acquire Affera to Expand Cardiac Ablation Portfolio
January 14, 2022 — Medtronic has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Affera Inc., a Boston area-based,…
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A new treatment to achieve return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) in refractory cardiac arrest patients is the use of resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta (REBOA). The images show the balloon seen deployed on an angiogram and an illustration showing its placement in the aorta. 
By Adam Power, M.D.
January 14, 2022
Will Resuscitative Endovascular Balloon Occlusion of the Aorta Move the Needle on Out-of-hospital Cardiac Arrest Mortality?
Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) continues to be overwhelmingly fatal despite cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)…
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EnSite X EP mapping system with EnSite Omnipolar Technology provides a 360-degree view of the heart, regardless of catheter orientation. FDA Clears New Cardiac Mapping System to Improve How Doctors Treat Abnormal Heart Rhythms
January 13, 2022
FDA Clears New Cardiac Mapping System to Improve How Doctors Treat Abnormal Heart Rhythms
January 13, 2022 — Abbott received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance for the EnSite X EP System with…
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The first pig heart to be transplanted into a human is moved from a perfusion transport system to the patient during the groundbreaking procedure January 7, 2022. This is the first human to receive a pig heart transplant. #Pigheart
By Dave Fornell, DAIC Editor
January 10, 2022
First Human Receives a Pig Heart Transplant
January 10, 2022 — The University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) and the University of Maryland Medical Center…
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Akura Medical Closes $25 Million in A1 Financing to Develop New Thrombectomy System
January 10, 2022
Akura Medical Closes $25 Million in A1 Financing to Develop New Thrombectomy System
January 10, 2022 – Akura Medical Inc., a Shifamed portfolio company, announced the closing of its $25 million Series A1…
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The CSI Wirion atherectomy embolic protection device is being recalled due to complaints of filter breakage during retrieval.
January 10, 2022
Cardiovascular Systems Inc Recalls Wirion Embolic Protection Device Due Filters Breaking During Retrieval
January 10, 2022 — Cardiovascular Systems Inc. (CSI) is recalling the Wirion atherectomy embolic protection device…
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Abbott plans to expand the monitoring capabilities of its FreeStyle Libre device to enable people to make healthier decisions. The platform uses a disk that is adhered to the skin and uses wireless communication with the patient's smartphone to transfer data into an app where they can monitor their glucose levels in real time without the need for finger prick blood tests. This wearable technology is now being expanded to other areas of biohealth monitoring.
January 07, 2022
Abbott Announces Future of Biowearables at Consumer Electronics Show
January 7, 2022 — Abbott announced it is developing a new category of consumer biowearables called Lingo, which is…
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Khaldoun Tarakji is moving from Cleveland Clinic to Medtronic.
January 07, 2022
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,…
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With the advent of endovascular technology in the 1990s, carotid angioplasty and stenting (CAS) emerged as an alternative mode of revascularization.
January 05, 2022
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…
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Mark Butler, Ph.D., is the principal investigator on the new trial using smart prescription bottles. Photo by Feinstein Institutes)
January 05, 2022
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…
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Stereotaxis Robotics Reduces Incidence of Silent Cerebral Embolism During AF Ablation
January 05, 2022
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…
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