Rafael Rivero, M.D., Global Head of Medical Affairs at MSI, said: "The importance of MyoStrain cannot be understated because of the test's immense clinical value and ability to quantify intramyocardial dysfunction across 48 segments of the heart. In a six-heartbeat MRI scan, MyoStrain arms physicians with novel clinical information about a patient's heart health."
August 11, 2020
Myocardial Solutions Announces Strategic Partnership with United Imaging
August 11, 2020 — Myocardial Solutions, Inc. and United Imaging, Inc. have formed a strategic partnership to open new…
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The Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai is working with the Keck Medicine of USC heart surgery team to expand care for children and adults with congenital heart disease. An echocardiographer helps with cardiac ultrasound imaging in a hybrid OR during a congenital case using a Siemens SC2000 imaging system. Photo by Cedars-Sinai.
August 10, 2020
Smidt Heart Institute Enhances Congenital Heart Program to Follow Patients as Neonates Through Adulthood
August 10, 2020 - The Guerin Family Congenital Heart Program in the Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai is expanding…
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Part of a CDC inforgraphic on MIS-C based on reports from U.S. cases March-May 2020.[2] The full inforgraphic can be found at https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/covid-data/infographic-mis-c.html #COVID19
August 07, 2020
NIH-funded Project Wants to Identify Children at Risk for MIS-C From COVID-19
August 7, 2020 — The National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced research funding to encourage the development of…
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The Philips Healthcare Stellarex drug-coated balloon (DCB). It is cleared for use in peripheral vessels and treatment of failing AV access.
Dave Fornell, Editor
August 06, 2020
Recent Developments in Drug-Coated Balloons
Drug-coated balloons (DCB), also referred to as drug-eluting balloons (DEB), were created as a way to reduce very high…
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The Conformal Medical CLAAS device, a next-generation transcatheter left atrial appendage (LAA) closure occluder for patients with atrial fibrillation (AF). LAA occlusion allows AFib patients to go off of life-long anticoagulation therapy. #LAA #LAAC
August 06, 2020
Conformal Medical Secures $85 Million in Funding for Left Atrial Appendage Occluder Trial
August 6, 2020 – Conformal Medical Inc. announced it secured $85 million in Series C financing to support the company’s…
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CardioMech's transcatheter chordae tendineae repair system uses a catheter to attach an anchor on the mitral valve leaflet and then attaches it via a cord to the apex of the heart.
August 05, 2020
Transcatheter Mitral Valve Repair Startup CardioMech Raised $18.5 Million
August 5, 2020 – Minneapolis-based CardioMech AS, a medical device company developing a transfemoral, transseptally…
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Wearable Sensors and AI App Used to Remotely Monitor Heart Failure Patients in NorthShore Health System. Carnegie Mellon University, Northshore and physIQ launch Study of monitoring technology for high-risk cardiac and surgical patients.
August 05, 2020
Wearable Sensors and AI App Used to Remotely Monitor Heart Failure Patients in NorthShore Health System
August 5, 2020 – NorthShore University HealthSystem , Carnegie Mellon University and physIQ are collaborating on a…
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Abiomed Impella is now authorized to treat critical ICU COVID-19 patients on ECMO who develop pulmonary edema or need cardiac decompensation from myocarditis. #COVID19 #SARScov2 #Impella
Dave Fornell, Editor
August 05, 2020
FDA Allows Emergency Use of Impella for COVID-19 Patients on ECMO
August 5, 2020 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued an emergency use authorization (EUA) this week for…
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TomTec offers innovations in cardiac ultrasound, including AI and auto quanitification of echo images.
August 04, 2020
TomTec Releases New Echocardiography Technologies With AI and Auto Quantification
August 4, 2020 — Imaging software company TomTec has released its new TomTec-Arena 2020 product, which offers new…
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The TactiFlex PAF investigational device exemption (IDE) study will evaluate he investigational TactiFlex Ablation Catheter, Sensor Enabled (SE) to treat people suffering from paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (PAF). 
August 04, 2020
Study Evaluates Location Sensor Technology to Improve AFib Ablation Guidance
August 4, 2020 — Abbott announced the first enrollments in the TactiFlex PAF  investigational device exemption (IDE)…
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Examples of allogeneic cardiac cells (also called cardiosphere-derived cells or CDCs).
August 04, 2020
Three Years After Stem Cell Trial for Heart Failure was Abandoned New Evidence Shows it Works
August 4, 2020 - More than three years after a clinical trial was prematurely ended for failing to show progress in…
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Large Study in Japan Finds High Survival Rates With Impella Heart Pump
August 03, 2020
Large Study in Japan Finds High Survival Rates With Impella Heart Pump
August 3, 2020 — A three-year, investigator-led, prospective study of Japanese patients who received an Impella heart…
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Two of the top pieces of content in July included the FDA clearance for the new Watchman FLX left atrial appendage occluder (left), which includes a video interview with one of the trial investigators. COVID-19 content remained among the top content in July, and one story explained the odd pattern of cardiac cell death in COVID-19 patient autopsies. 
Dave Fornell, Editor
August 03, 2020
Most Popular Cardiology Technology Content in July 2020
August 3, 2020 — Here is the list of the most popular content on the Diagnostic and Interventional Cardiology (DAIC)…
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An example of perivascular fat attenuation index (FAI) imaging inside the coronary vascular wall to show areas of inflammation. #SCCT2020
Dave Fornell, Editor
July 30, 2020
Low-attenuation Coronary Plaque Burden May Become Next Big Cardiac Risk Assessment
There is a promising recent development in cardiovascular computed tomography angiography (CCTA) to analyze plaque to…
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Left, a 3-D rendering of a heart from a cardiac CT exam. Right, a lung-CT exam showing the heart and ground glass lesions in the lungs of a COVID-19 patient. CT has become a front-line imaging modality in the COVID era because it offers both cardiac and lung information to help determine a patients disposition with chest pain, COVID-19 and COVID-caused myocarditis and pulmonary embolism.
Dave Fornell, Editor
July 28, 2020
Impact of Cardiac CT During COVID-19
July 28, 2020 — The use of cardiovascular computed tomography angiography (CCTA) is one of the areas that has seen a…
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Dapagliflozin (Farxiga) heart failure drug performs very will to improve outcomes for patients with chronic kidney disease.
July 28, 2020
Dapagliflozin Meets All Endpoints to Treat Chronic Kidney Disease
July 28, 2020 — AstraZeneca's heart failure medication dapagliflozin (Farxiga) significantly reduced the worsening of…
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A cardiac CT of a patient with pacemaker leads, which can be challenging to get good images due to metal artifact. This image was rendered from using Canon's AiCE AI-assisted interactive reconstruction with Global Illumination 3-D rendering from a scan on an Aquilion One Genesis SP system.
Dave Fornell, Editor
July 27, 2020
Top 9 Cardiovascular CT Studies in Past Year
There has been tremendous growth in the field of cardiovascular computed tomography (CT) in the past two decades, with…
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July 24, 2020
CeloNova Completes Enrollment of First Randomized 14-Day DAPT Trial For a Stent
July 24, 2020 — CeloNova BioSciences Inc. announced it successfully completed enrollment of the COBRA REDUCE randomized…
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Figure B — Top panel, neutrophils noted in collections within small vessels (blue arrow), plump endothelial cells (yellow arrowhead) and a single perivascular dying myocyte (blue arrowhead). Bottom panel, single myocyte undergoing degeneration (blue arrowhead) and plump endothelial cell (yellow arrowhead). Figure C — Electron microscopy, showing particles of SARS-CoV-2 virus present within a cardiac endothelial cell (blue arrowheads), but not present in neighboring cardiac myocyte. #COVID19
July 23, 2020
Autopsies Reveal Surprising Cardiac Changes in COVID-19 Patients
July 23, 2020 - A series of autopsies conducted by Louisiana State University (LSU) Health New Orleans pathologists…
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Hershey's Chocolate display with samples and coco pods at the American College of Cardiology (ACC) 2012 annual meeting. The company was making the case that chocolate can be good for your heart, which is now supported by several studies. Photo by Dave Fornell
July 22, 2020
Eating Chocolate Once a Week May Reduce Risk of Heart Disease
July 22, 2020 — Eating chocolate at least once a week is linked with a reduced risk of heart disease, according to…
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