Medtronic is recalling some of its implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICD) and cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT-D) devices because of an unexpected and rapid decrease in battery life. The company said this is due to a short circuit and will cause some devices to produce a “Recommended Replacement Time” (first warning that the battery is low) earlier than expected. Some devices may progress from “Recommended Replacement Time” to full battery depletion within as little as one day.
April 12, 2021
Medtronic Recalls its ICDs and CRT-Ds Due to Risk of Rapid Battery Depletion
April 12, 2021 — Medtronic is recalling some of its implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICD) and cardiac…
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The new generation Abbott TriClip G4 device has gained European and Canadian approvals for transcatheter tricuspid valve repair (TTVR).
April 08, 2021
Abbott Receives CE Mark and Canadian Approval for Next-Generation TriClip Tricuspid Valve Repair Device
April 8, 2021 — Abbott today announced it has received European CE mark and Health Canada authorization this week for…
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A reconstructed vessel segment from a cone-beam CT created table side in the cath lab with the Philips Azurion SmartCT software.
April 07, 2021
Philips SmartCT Enables 3D Image Acquisition in the Cath Lab
April 7, 2021 — Philips Healthcare announced U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance for its Philips…
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The Stereotaxis Genesis Robotic Magnetic Navigation system.
April 07, 2021
Broward Health Medical Center First in Florida to Adopt Robotic Ablation Technology to Treat Arrhythmias
April 7, 2021 — Stereotaxis announced that Broward Health Medical Center is establishing a robotic electrophysiology (…
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Rapid Medical's TigerTrieve stent-retriever neuro thrombectomy system.
April 07, 2021
Thrombectomy Market Will Grow With Newly Approved Adjustable Stent Retriever
April 7, 2021 — Market research firm GlobalData's new report, Neurovascular Thrombectomy Devices (Neurology Devices),…
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COVID-19 disrupted all aspects of science and medicine and unmasked striking disparities and opportunities for transformation. Coronavirus impact this past year is expected to result in a massive rise in new cases of chronic health conditions, including cardiolvascular disease and heart failure.
April 07, 2021
Tsunami of Chronic Health Conditions Expected Due to COVID-19 Disruption of Healthcare
April 6, 2021 — A tsunami of chronic health conditions as a result of the COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic, especially…
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Comparison showing platelet adhesion to the surface of various coronary artery drug-eluting stents (DES) in a preclinical study that used aspirin only. Abbott said the Xience stent's fluoropolymer is significantly more anti-thrombotic than other DES.[2] 
April 06, 2021
Abbott’s Xience Stent Receives European Approval for One-Month Dual Anti-Platelet Therapy for High Bleeding Risk Patients
April 6, 2021 — Abbott today announced its Xience stent has received CE mark in Europe for shorter duration of dual…
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The Acutus Medical AcQBlate Force sensing ablation catheter.
April 05, 2021
Acutus Medical Initiates First IDE Therapy Trial With AcQBlate Force Sensing Ablation System
April 5, 2021 — Acutus Medical today announced initial U.S. enrollments in the company’s AcQForce Flutter…
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The Transmedics Organ Care System (OCS) Heart, or “Heart in a Box,” enables transplant surgeons to travel to much farther destinations to procure transplant hearts by acting as a miniature intensive care unit that keeps the heart alive.
April 05, 2021
Heart in a Box Technology Expands Heart Transplant Window
April 5, 2021 — Smidt Heart Institute transplant surgeons Dominic Emerson, M.D., and Pedro Catarino, M.D. know how to…
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The new ACC Electrophysiology (EP) Device Implant Registry, part of the National Cardiovascular Data Registry (NCDR) will include data on implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) and cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillator (CRT-D) procedures previously captured in the NCDR ICD Registry, as well as provide the flexibility to capture novel pacemaker procedures. The registry is aligned with the ACC’s Electrophysiology Accreditation program, fully supporting the program’s data requirements.
April 02, 2021
ACC Launches NCDR Electrophysiology Device Implant Registry
April 2, 2021 — Today, the American College of Cardiology (ACC) launched the Electrophysiology (EP) Device Implant…
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Polar maps demonstrating MBF, uptake, and retention along with their relationship to traditional relative MPI. 
April 01, 2021
ASNC and SNMMI Issue Guide for Using PET Myocardial Blood Flow to Improve Coronary Artery Disease Diagnosis
April 1, 2021 – The ability to measure myocardial blood flow (MBF) as part of myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) is one…
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The most popular content this past month included the release of the list of ACC 2021 late-breaking studies, the first AF patients treated with a new pulsed field ablation system, a blog on how the recently FDA cleared coronary lithotripsy balloon system may become a paradigm shift in the cath lab, and the development of engineered tissue valves that can grow with younger patients. 
By Dave Fornell, Editor
April 01, 2021
Most Popular Cardiology Technology Content in March 2021
April 1, 2021 — Here is the list of the most popular content on the Diagnostic and Interventional Cardiology (DAIC)…
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Researchers found a relationship between stress-associated neurobiological activity on 18F-FDG PET-CT imaging and risk for subsequent Takotsubo syndrome impacting the heart.
March 31, 2021
PET-CT Shows Stressed Brain Linked to Broken Heart
March 31, 2021 — Heightened activity in the brain, caused by stressful events, is linked to the risk of developing a…
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cImage Inc. celebrates its cloud partnership with Digirad Health after a year of successful deployment of PICOM365 for mobile imaging. Digirad’s fleet of mobile SPECT, echocardiology, vascular and general ultrasound units combined with PICOM365’s cloud image management workflow leverage each company’s strengths to create an exemplary reading and reporting environment.
March 31, 2021
ScImage Cloud Partnership With Digirad Aids Flow of Nuclear and Echo Imaging
March 31, 2021 — ScImage Inc. celebrates its cloud partnership with Digirad Health after a year of successful…
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Driven by pandemic realities and clinical demand for portable and intelligent point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS), GE Healthcare unveiled Venue Fit, a streamlined and compact POCUS system, alongside an industry-first artificial intelligence (AI) offering for cardiac imaging on the Venue and Venue Go. The Venue Fit is the smallest system in GE Healthcare’s Venue Family, featuring an easy-to-clean touchscreen, intuitive scanning tools, and a small footprint designed to fit in tight spaces often found in point-of
March 31, 2021
GE Healthcare Expands Ultrasound Family with New Point of Care System and AI Offering
March 31, 2021 — Driven by pandemic realities and clinical demand for portable and intelligent point-of-care ultrasound…
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The Medtronic Harmony Transcatheter Pulmonary Valve (TPV) System. It is first in the world non-surgical heart valve to treat pediatric and adult patients with a native or surgically-repaired right ventricular outflow tract (RVOT) to stop severe pulmonary valve regurgitation caused by congenital heart disease.
By Dave Fornell, Editor
March 26, 2021
FDA Clears First Device to Treat Right Ventricular Outflow Tract Congenital Heart Disease
March 26, 2021 — Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) cleared the Medtronic Harmony Transcatheter…
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The March April 2021 issue of DAIC, Diagnostic and Interventional Cardiology magazine, Dave Fornell is the editor.
March 26, 2021
The DAIC March-April 2021 Digital Edition
View the March-April 2021 digital edition of Diagnostic and Interventional Cardiology (DAIC) magazine, including links…
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Virtual tour views of a University of Colorado cath lab during a CTO procedure (top left), the new robotic EP lab at Banner Health (top right), a bi-plane EP/cath combo lab at Baylor Heart Hospital Dallas (bottom left, and an ECMO procedure at Tufts Medical Center cath lab. Photos by Dave Fornell
March 25, 2021
Virtual Tours of Cath and EP Labs
There is a lot of interest in how other hospitals organize and equip their cardiac cath labs and electrophysiology (EP…
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Neonates and young pediatric patients with congenital heart disease have few options for implantable electrophysiology (EP) devices like pacemakers or ICDs.
March 24, 2021
Critical Need for Pediatric Electrophysiology Devices is Focus of Medical Device Competition 
March 24, 2021 — Congenital heart disease (CHD) affects six out of 1,000 babies born in the U.S. each year and is often…
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PA pressure-guided heart failure management is fast becoming the standard of care in NYHA Class III patients. The Cordella Pulmonary Artery Pressure Sensor enables clinicians to remotely monitor and proactively adjust therapy and medications remotely without the need for office visits.
March 24, 2021
100th Patient Implanted With Cordella Pulmonary Artery Pressure Sensor For Proactive, Remote Heart Failure Management
March 24, 2021 — Endotronix Inc., a digital health and medical technology company working on advancements in treating…
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