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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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.
January 04, 2022
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…
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FDA clears Implicity algorithm to reduce the volume of false positives from Medtronic implantable loop recorders by nearly 80%
January 04, 2022
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…
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The American Heart Association (AHA) is pushing for vaccinations and boosters amid the rapid rise in Omicon variant COVID cases. #COVID19 #SARSCoV2
January 04, 2022
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…
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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.
By Dave Fornell, DAIC Editor
January 04, 2022
Most Popular Cardiology Content in December 2021
January 4, 2021 — Here is the list of the most popular content on the Diagnostic and Interventional Cardiology (DAIC)…
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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.
January 04, 2022
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…
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Novartis' inclisiran (Leqvio)
January 04, 2022
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  …
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European Society of Cardiology (ESC) top news stories in 2021
January 03, 2022
Top 10 ESC Stories in the News in 2021
January 3, 2022 — The following is a list of the 2021 news stories from the European Society of Cardiology (ESC)…
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FDA Contraindicates Janssen COVID Vaccine for People With Previous Thrombosis With Thrombocytopenia. #COVID19 #COVIDvaccine
January 03, 2022
FDA Contraindicates Janssen COVID Vaccine for People With Previous Thrombosis With Thrombocytopenia 
January 3, 2022 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently revised its Janssen COVID-19 Vaccine Fact Sheets…
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Happy New Year from Diagnostic and Interventional Cardiology (DAIC)
January 01, 2022
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!
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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.
December 26, 2021
Most Popular Cardiology Videos During 2021
December 26, 2021 — Here is a list of the most popular videos on the DAIC website from the past year in 2021 based on…
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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
December 23, 2021
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 (…
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A large-scale NIH genetic testing study of people from diverse ancestries, researchers narrowed down the number of genomic variants that are strongly associated with blood lipid levels and generated a polygenic cardiovascular risk score to predict elevated low-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels. Getty Images
December 17, 2021
Diverse Genome Sequences Provide a Powerful Tool for Studying Risk of Heart Disease
In a large-scale study of people from diverse ancestries, researchers narrowed down the number of genomic variants that…
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Top stories on COVID-19 related to cardiology in 2021.
December 16, 2021
Top COVID Content in 2021 Based on What Readers Viewed
COVID-19 was the single biggest topic readers came to DAIC for information in 2021, resulting in more than 300,000…
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