In an effort to contain COVID-19 and the new rapid spread of the delta virus across the U.S., a coalition of 10 cardiovascular societies issued a statement of support for healthcare systems requiring COVID-19 vaccines for its employees. ACC, HRS, ASNC, SCMR, SCCT, ASE, HFSA, STS, SCAI.
By Dave Fornell, Editor
July 30, 2021
Cardiovascular Societies Support COVID-19 Vaccines for all Healthcare Workers 
July 30, 2021 — A coalition of 10 U.S.-based cardiovascular societies have issued a statement today in support of all…
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Innovative Health Inc. announced several new initiatives to increase savings from single-use device reprocessing in the electrophysiology (EP) lab. #HRS21 #HRS2021 #Heartrhythm21
July 30, 2021
Innovative Health Planning to Add Catheter Reprocessing for  Emerging EP Technologies 
July 30, 2021 – Innovative Health Inc. announced several new initiatives to increase savings from single-use device…
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Results of the STROKE-VT trial showed direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) are more effective than aspirin in reducing cerebrovascular events, including stroke in patients undergoing ventricular tachycardia ablation.
July 29, 2021
Oral Anticoagulants After Catheter Ablation Helps Reduce Stroke in High-Risk Patients
July 29, 2021 – Results of the STROKE-VT trial shows direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) are more effective than aspirin…
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The devices compared in the study were the Bardy Carnation Ambulatory Monitor long-term continuous ECG system (left) and the BioGuardian MCT cardiac event monitor (right).  #HRS21 #HRS2021 #HeartRhythm21
July 29, 2021
Human ECG Monitoring Outperforms AI Dependent Remote Cardiac Monitoring
July 29, 2021 – Results from a new clinical trial found human-oversight dependent continuous electrocardiography (ECG)…
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The BardyDx Carnation Ambulatory Monitor (CAM) is a P-wave centric wearable ambulatory cardiac patch monitoring and arrhythmia detection device. 
July 29, 2021
Bardy Carnation Ambulatory Monitor Patch Decreases Diagnosis Time and Readmissions
July 29, 2021 — A recent clinical study from Overlake Medical Center utilizing the Bardy Diagnostics Carnation…
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St. Jude Medical Pays $27 Million for Allegedly Selling Defective ICD and CRT-D devices
July 28, 2021
St. Jude Medical Pays $27 Million for Allegedly Selling Defective Heart Devices
July 28, 2021 — The U.S. Justice Department announced earlier this month that St. Jude Medical Inc. agreed to pay $27…
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ScImage Inc., a provider of cloud-centric cardiovascular and radiology enterprise imaging and reporting solutions, announced a partnership with Cardiology Consultants PA (CCPA). The Spartanburg, S.C., cardiology group consists of 14 physicians, six nurse practitioners, three office locations and a newly opened office-based lab/ambulatory surgical center (OBL/ASC) servicing upstate South Carolina and western North Carolina. ScImage provided a CVIS, or cardiovascular information system.
July 28, 2021
ScImage Announces Cloud Install at Cardiology Consultants of Spartanburg
July 28, 2021 - ScImage Inc., a provider of cloud-centric cardiovascular and radiology enterprise imaging and reporting…
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The AcQMap 3D Imaging and Mapping System, left, and the AliveCor KardiaMobile device and app for personal ECG monitoring using a smartphone, right. The companies plan to use remote monitoring to see if it helps improve care for ablation patients.
July 27, 2021
AliveCor and Acutus Partner to Evaluate Arrhythmia Management and Treatment
July 27, 2021 — AliveCor Inc., which offers FDA-cleared, smart-phone enabled personal electrocardiogram (ECG)…
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July 27, 2021
Philips Receives FDA Breakthrough Device Designation for Laser Assisted IVC Filter Removal Device
July 27, 2021 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Breakthrough Device Designation (BDD) to a…
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Schematic illustration of a pre-vascularized stem cell patch having multiple stem cell-laden bio-inks to encorage heart cell regrowth at infarct areas. With permission from Elsevier. Read the original article.Jinah Jang, Reprinted from Biomaterials, Vol 112, Jinah Jang et al., 3D printed complex tissue construct using stem cell-laden decellularized extracellular matrix bioinks for cardiac repair, Pages 264-274, Copyright (2017),
July 27, 2021
Bioprinted 3D Cardiac Patches Could Reverse Scar Formation, Promote Myocardial Regeneration After Heart Attacks
July 27, 2021 -- Cardiovascular diseases account for 32% of global deaths. Myocardial infarction, or heart attacks,…
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Medtronic announced new data from the landmark WRAP-IT study published in Heart Rhythm,[1] demonstrating a significantly lower infection risk for patients who develop hematomas after cardiac implantable electronic devices (CIEDs) when the Tyrx Absorbable Antibacterial Envelope is used at implant. The analysis showed an 82% reduction in major CIED infections among patients with the Tyrx Envelope who developed hematomas compared to patients in the control group who developed hematomas.
July 27, 2021
Tyrx Absorbable Antibacterial Envelope Effectively Reduces Infections in Cardiac Device Patients with Hematomas
July 27, 2021 — Medtronic announced new data from the landmark WRAP-IT study published in Heart Rhythm,[1]…
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Images or a digital twin mitral valve of a patient created from cardiac ultrasound that were used to perform a virtual surgical procedure to test how the intervention would impact the patient prior to actually performing the procedure. The right image shows color coding for sheer stresses on the valve leaflets before and after the virtual surgery. The right image shows the model quantitation of leaflet coaptation at peak systole prior to the the virtual surgery. Read the original article in Plos One https:/
By Dave Fornell, Editor
July 26, 2021
Development of Computer Generated Virtual Hearts Using Echocardiography
Outside of medicine, computer-generated virtual twins of real machines like cars or airplanes have been used in…
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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 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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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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