AHA president says COVID has a direct impact on the heart and preventive measures for heart disease largely went out the window during the pandemic
July 26, 2021
COVID-19 Long-term Impacts Will Likely Include Higher Rates of Heart Disease
July 26, 2021 — Heart disease and stroke continue to kill more people in the U.S. than any other cause, despite, and…
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The CathWorks angiography image derived FFR assessment system has received national reimbursement approval in Japan. The system uses a rotational angiography image dataset taken while the patient is in the cath lab to quickly reconstruct a 3-D coronary tree showing FFR numbers for all of the artery segments. 
July 26, 2021
CathWorks FFRangio System Receives National Reimbursement Approval in Japan
July 26, 2021 – CathWorks announced that the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) has approved the…
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Improving Consistency and Standardization with Structured Reporting in cardiovascular information systems (CVIS), cardiac PACS.
July 26, 2021
Improving Consistency and Standardization With Structured Reporting
Jeff Rieder M.D., a cardiologist with Coastal Cardiology Charleston, clearly recalls the time when reporting was…
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In the past decade there has been a proliferation of clinical-grade wearable monitors and implantable devices such as pacemakers, ICDs, implantable cardiac monitors, and new pacemaker-like devices that can control hypertension. In the near future, these devices will be tied into a body-wide internet of things for specific patients that can transmit patient data to clinicians wirelessly to enable an integrated, more robust form of telecardiology and telemedicine.
Victor Wollesen
July 23, 2021
Next Generation Cardiac Wearables and Implantables Will Integrate Into Wireless Body Area Networks 
Cardiovascular diseases are among the leading causes of death for people over 65 years old in North America and Europe…
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An example of the Medis QCA angiography imaging derived fractional flow reserve (FFR) assessment. This technology removes the need for pressure wires and adenosine used in traditional FFR assessments of the coronary arteries.
July 22, 2021
Quantitative Flow Ratio (QFR) Study Looks at Impact on Appropriateness of Revascularization in the PIONEER-IV Trial
July 22, 2021 — Medis Medical Imaging is partnering with CORRIB Core Lab and Sinomed in randomized clinical trial of…
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An example of Viz.AI's pulmonary embolism AI application and mobile alert to the physician on-call. Viz.AI and Avicenna.AI Partner to Launch Artificial Intelligence Care Coordination for Pulmonary Embolism and Aortic Disease
July 21, 2021
Viz.AI and Avicenna.AI Partner to Launch Artificial Intelligence Care Coordination for Pulmonary Embolism and Aortic Disease
July 21, 2021 — Artificial intelligence (AI)  medical imaging vendors Viz.AI and Avicenna.AI have partnered to enable…
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A new study with data from more than 10,000 COVID patients confirmed that patients taking statin medications had a 41 percent lower risk of in-hospital death from COVID-19.
July 21, 2021
Large Study Confirms Statins Reduce COVID-19 Severity
July 21, 2021 — In a new study from University of California San Diego School of Medicine, researchers have confirmed…
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A live, 3-D intra-cardiac echo (ICE) ultrasound image from inside the atrium of the heart taken during the first cryoablation EP procedure performed using the technology at Northwestern Medicine. The new Philips Healthcare VeriSight Pro ICE catheter offers superior 2-D and 3-D live image guidance for a wide range of procedures in structural heart disease and electrophysiology (EP), allowing interventionalists to navigate procedures.
July 21, 2021
Northwestern Medicine First in U.S. to Use Live 3D Intracardiac Echo for EP Procedure
July 21, 2021 — Northwestern Medicine Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute recently became the first cardiovascular program…
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ICE image showing the inside of the heart. Mayo Clinic recently became the first to use the next-generation Philips 4-D intracardiac echo imaging catheter. ICE is seeing increased use in structural heart procedures.
July 16, 2021
Mayo Clinic First to Use Next Generation 4D ICE System to Guide Structural Heart Procedures
July 16, 2021 — Mayo Clinic recently became the first to use a next-generation 4-D intracardiac echo (ICE) imaging…
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The Clear AI software can help with identification coronary plaque features in CT scans that may cause heart attacks. Cleerly Coronary’s noninvasive, AI-driven approach supports the understanding of plaques using FDA-cleared technologies.
July 16, 2021
Canon Medical Partners with Cleerly to Tackle Heart Disease, the Leading Cause of Death
July 16, 2021 — Canon Medical Systems USA is joining forces with Cleerly in a strategic partnership to support simple…
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New trial results from the international RAPID Trial show that administering a full dose of a standard blood thinner early to moderately ill hospitalized patients with COVID-19 could halt the thrombo-inflammation process and reduce the risk of severe disease and death. How to anticoagulate COVID patients. How to prevent thrombus in COVID patients.
July 15, 2021
Study Supports Early Anticoagulant Treatment to Reduce Death in Moderately Ill COVID-19 Patients
July 15, 2021 — COVID-19 is marked by heightened inflammation and abnormal clotting in the blood vessels, particularly…
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An example of HeartFlow's FFR-CT analysis of blockage severity in a patient's coronary vessels based on a cardiac CT scan.
July 15, 2021
HeartFlow Becomes Publicly Traded Company in Merger With Longview Acquisition Corp.
July 15, 2021 — HeartFlow, which has commercialized noninvasive computed tomography derived fractional flow reserve (…
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Diluting of a blood sample for real-time deformability cytometry testing. Researchers at the Max-Planck-Zentrum fĂĽr Physik und Medizin in Erlangen. Germany, were able to show for the first time COVID-19 significantly changes the size and stiffness of red and white blood cells, sometimes over months. From the study How a COVID-19 Infection Changes Blood Cells in the Long Run. Reasons for long COVID.
July 15, 2021
COVID-19 Changes Properties Blood Cells 
July 15, 2021 — Using real-time deformability cytometry, researchers at the Max-Planck-Zentrum für Physik und Medizin…
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Leveraging Vivasure Medical’s PerQseal vascular closure device technology, PerQseal Blue consists of an intravascular patch designed to seal the vessel from the inside, returning the vein to its natural state after it dissolves over time, so no foreign bodies are left behind.
July 15, 2021
Vivasure Medical is Developing a Sutureless Venous Closure Device for Transcatheter Valve Procedures
July 15, 2021 — Vivasure Medical announced its development program for PerQseal Blue, a sutureless and fully…
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The inherent spectral capabilities of Mayo Clinic's new third-generation photon-counting CT research scanner allows clear visualization of the intact portions of the coronary artery lumen (arrowhead) by reducing the bright signal from the dense coronary calcifications (arrows). Spectral CT is able to bin photos on different energies that can be used to enhance or subtract chemical elements based on their spectral signature, such as calcium shown here, and iodine.
July 14, 2021
Mayo Clinic Begins Use of New Photon-counting CT Detector
July 14, 2021 — Performing the first cardiac scan on their new photon-counting detector computed tomography (CT)…
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Medtronic announced clinical trial results from the STROKE AF trial demonstrating the superiority of the Reveal Linq Insertable Cardiac Monitor (ICM) to detect abnormal heartbeats, otherwise known as atrial fibrillation (AF), in both large and small vessel stroke patients compared to standard of care.
July 14, 2021
Medtronic Insertable Cardiac Monitor Detects Significantly Higher Rates of Atrial Fibrillation in Large and Small Vessel Stroke Patients Compared to Standard of Care
June 13, 2021 — Medtronic announced clinical trial results from the STROKE AF trial demonstrating the superiority of…
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ast End Medical announced it received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance for the company's SafeCross Transseptal Radiofrequency (RF) Puncture and Steerable Balloon Introducer System. The 3-in-1 system, which includes a steerable introducer sheath with an ultra-visible positioning balloon and radiofrequency (RF) puncture dilator, aims to provide a predictable and safe solution for electrophysiology (EP) and structural heart interventions requiring left atrial access.
July 14, 2021
FDA Clears SafeCross Transseptal RF Puncture and Steerable Balloon Introducer System
July 13, 2021 — East End Medical announced it received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance for the…
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An example of a strain echo from the study showing reduced peak longitudinal/reservoir left atrial strain in a COVID-19 patient who developed atrial fibrillation during admission. Average left atrial strain here is 20% (normal should be above 38%).
July 14, 2021
Speckle Tracking Strain Echo May Predict Heart Complications From COVID-19
July 13, 2021 — Researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine have shown that speckle-tracking strain echocardiograms may…
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Humana’s new draft Fusion policy outlines coverage determinations for myocardial assessment and the use of PET/CT and SPECT/CT for certain neurologic indications. ASNC has submitted additional feedback on the draft policy.
July 13, 2021
Humana Hears ASNC’s Concerns, Reverses Restrictive PET/CT Coverage Policy
July 13, 2021 — In a recent blog, the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology (ASNC) reported that Humana, one of the…
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Medtronic announced in June it was stopping the sale and distribution of the Medtronic Heartware HVAD left ventricular assist device (LVAD). Abbott announced the same day it has the capacity to meet increased demand for LVADs as Medtronic leaves the market.
By Dave Fornell, Editor
July 08, 2021
Medtronic Ends Sales of HVAD Ventricular Assist System
Medtronic announced in June it was stopping the sale and distribution of the Medtronic Heartware HVAD left ventricular…
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