Top left, electromechanical wave imaging (EWI) isochrone renderings showing the activation points of the myocardium based on echocardiography axial strain measurements. Bottom right, EWI images overlaid on patient's CT scan of the heart.
March 23, 2021
New Ultrasound Technique Helps Pinpoint Source of Arrhythmias
March 23, 2021 — Researchers at Columbia University are using cardiac ultrasound to improve the critical need to…
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Early detection of high-risk plaque phenotypes holds the promise to prevent myocardial infarction and ischemic stroke by enabling personalized therapeutics. The company Elucid has developed AI to identify these atherosclerotic plaque phenotypes from a CT scan.
March 23, 2021
Study Demonstrates AI Can Estimate RNA Expression From Cardiac CT Scan
March 23, 2021 — Researchers at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden, have published the first-of-its-kind…
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Severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) can potentiate all 3 sides of Virchow’s Triad of coagulopathy, including endothelial dysfunction, blood flow stasis, and hypercoagulability. Angiotensin-converting enzyme-2 (ACE-2)–dependent viral entry and the virus-induced inflammatory response can lead to endothelial dysfunction. Clotting Prevention in COVID-19 Patients, Thrombosis Prevention in COVID-19 Patients, Preventing blood clots in COVID-19 patients
By Dave Fornell, Editor
March 22, 2021
Overview of Trials for Anticoagulation Therapy for COVID-19 Patients
A comprehensive review or more than 80 randomized controlled trials (RCTs) investigating how to best manage optimal…
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University of Minnesota researchers used a hybrid of tissue engineering and regenerative medicine to create heart valves that can grow with the recipient. When implanted in lambs, researchers showed that the tri-tube valves worked better than current animal-derived valves with almost none of the calcification or blood clotting that the other valves showed. This can be implanted in pediatric patients with congenital heart diseas. Photo from Syedain, et al., Tranquillo Lab, University of Minnesota
March 18, 2021
Lab-created Heart Valves Can Grow With the Patient
March 18, 2020 — A groundbreaking new study led by University of Minnesota Twin Cities researchers from both the…
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Vscan Air, a pocket-sized ultrasound from GE Healthcare, enters the market as one of the smallest and lightweight handheld devices without compromising crystal clear image quality and secure data sharing. The vScan is a point of care ultrasound (POCUS).
March 18, 2021
GE Healthcare Unveils Vscan Air Wireless Handheld Ultrasound
March 18, 2021 — GE Healthcare this week unveiled Vscan Air, a cutting-edge, wireless pocket-sized ultrasound that…
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Boston Scientific's TheraSphere Y-90 Glass Microspheres enable selective internal radiation therapy (SIRT), or radioembolization, for hepatocellular carcinoma. This treats liver cancer with low toxicity using millions of microscopic glass beads containing radioactive yttrium (Y-90), delivered directly to liver tumors via catheter. The result in minimal radiation exposure to surrounding healthy tissue.
March 18, 2021
FDA Clears Boston Scientific TheraSphere Y-90 Transcatheter Liver Embolization Microspheres
March 18, 2021 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared Boston Scientific's TheraSphere Y-90 Glass…
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Integrating data from an array of implantable EP devices from different vendors can be difficult or require disconnected silos of data for different vendors. One solution that was recently introduced to integrate data from various vendors is the Optimize EP software, which allows viewing data from all device vendors in one platform to streamline workflows.
By Maninder Bedi, M.D.
March 17, 2021
The Future of Remote Monitoring is Streamlining of Cardiac Device Data Management
A few weeks ago, a patient of mine experienced a cardiac event — his heart stopped. Completely. However, his…
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MRI scan of a damaged heart. Blue means reduced blood flow, orange is good blood flow. In this figure the inferior part of the heart shows dark blue, so the myocardial blood flow is very reduced. The angiogram shows the coronary artery which supplies the blood to this part of the heart is occluded. The three colored MRI images show different slices of the heart — the basal mid and apical slices. Image courtesy of European Heart Journal #COVID #COVID19
March 17, 2021
Heart Damage Found in More Than Half of COVID-19 Patients Discharged From Hospitals
March 17, 2021 — Around 50% of patients who have been hospitalized with severe COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) and have damage to…
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Cloud AI software-as-a-service (SaaS) can help streamline workflows and increase throughput, enabling echocardiographers to better measure global longitudinal strain (GLS) more routinely without impacting productivity. This is an example of the Ultromics EchoGo Core artificial intelligence algorithm with fully automates GLS.
March 16, 2021
Global Longitudinal Strain Echo and AI Can Aid Fight Against Heart Failure
Heart failure (HF) is a prevalent yet silent epidemic, affecting 26 million people and costing global healthcare…
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Example of an angioplasty balloon catheter being expanded inside an artery to push atherosclerotic plaque and thrombus out of the way to reopen the vessel lumen to increase or reopen bloodflow. Balloon catheters are used to revascularize patients with heart attacks and to deploy stents to prop open the expended vessel.
By Dave Fornell, Editor
March 16, 2021
Overview of Angioplasty Balloon Technology Advances
The first devices developed for interventional cardiology were percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA)…
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A study from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis provides evidence that the coronavirus can invade and replicate inside heart muscle cells, causing cell death and interfering with heart muscle contraction. The image of engineered heart tissue shows human heart muscle cells (red) infected with COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) (green). Image by Lina Greenberg.
March 12, 2021
COVID-19 Can Kill Heart Cells and Interfere With Contraction
March 12, 2021 — Since early in the pandemic, COVID-19 has been associated with heart problems, including reduced…
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The Philips Stellarex low-dose paclitaxel drug-coated balloon prior to insertion in the cath lab. Five-year ILLUMENATE EU RCT and Pivotal Data Confirm Safety of Philips Stellarex Low-dose Drug-coated Balloon
March 12, 2021
Five-year ILLUMENATE EU RCT and Pivotal Data Confirm Safety of Philips Stellarex Low-dose Drug-coated Balloon
March 12, 2021 — Philips Healthcare announced the final, five-year results of two major randomized controlled trials (…
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Interactions between capillary function, inflammation, hypoxia, and neurotransmission. The expression of ACE2 and other SARS‐CoV‐2 entry factors on parenchymal cells and observations of infected cells in biopsy material hold important clues to understand COVID‐19‐related organ damage. COVID-19 Blood Vessel Damage May Cause Brain Fog and Other Long-hauler Symptoms
March 12, 2021
COVID-19 Blood Vessel Damage May Cause Brain Fog and Other Long-hauler Symptoms
March 12, 2021 — A new review suggests that blood vessel damage and impaired oxygen delivery related to COVID-19 play a…
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Cardinal Health Sells its Cordis Cardiology Business to Hellman & Friedman. Hopes to build the Cordis Accelerator for innovative cardiovascular device development.
March 12, 2021
Cardinal Health Sells its Cordis Cardiology Business to Hellman & Friedman
March 12, 2021 — Cardinal Health today announced that it is selling its Cordis cardiology and endovascular business to…
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An example of intra-cardiac echo (ICE) imaging from Siemens Healthineers showing color flow Doppler with severe valve regurgitation. ICE has seen wider use in transcatheter structural heart  procedures because, unlike TEE, it can be used without deeper sedation of anesthesia.
By Dave Fornell, Editor
March 11, 2021
Trends and Advancements in Intra-cardiac Echo Imaging Systems
Intra-cardiac Echocardiography (ICE) uses catheter-based cardiac ultrasound array to image anatomy and devices inside…
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The Teleflex Manta large-bore vascular closure device can seal holes between 12 and 25 French.
Dave Fornell, Editor
March 09, 2021
Large Bore Closure in Structural Heart Interventions
While many cardiac and vascular procedures have largely moved to minimally invasive techniques, the size of these…
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Ophthalmic optical coherence tomography (OCT) scan view of the macula in retina with vessels. Detecting heart disease with OCT imaging of the eye.Getty Images
March 08, 2021
Detecting Heart Disease Through an Eye Exam
March 8, 2021 — In a new study from Shiley Eye Institute at UC San Diego Health, researchers have identified a…
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CardioBra is a two-part system, uniquely designed to work with Claravue electrodes by Nissha Medical Technologies. CardioBra used with Claravue reinforces electrode adherence and promotes ECG lead placement under the breast with added support. Claravue's low-profile pre-wired design eliminates the pinch clips allowing for a comfortable fit. Womens heart health. Female stress testing.
March 08, 2021
Kansas Cardiologist Improves the Stress Test Experience for Women With ECG Bra
March 8, 2021 — University of Kansas Health System Cardiologist Ashley Simmons, M.D., knew there could and should be a…
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March 03, 2021
CRT May Benefit More Heart Failure Patients in New Analysis of REVERSE Trial
March 3, 2021 — Medtronic announced new results from the landmark REVERSE trial, evaluating outcomes of cardiac…
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Impulse Dynamics Optimizer Smart device is an implantable device that helps optimize cardiac pumping action in heart failure patients.
March 03, 2021
European Union Allows MRI Scans of Heart Failure Patients With Impulse Dynamics Implanted Optimizer Smart Devices
March 3, 2021 — Impulse Dynamics recently announced that DEKRA Certification B.V., a global regulatory organization,…
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