Who Can Get the COVID-19 Vaccine? Roberto Lang, M.D., director of noninvasive cardiac imaging, University of Chicago Medical Center and former American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) president, received his first dose of the COVID vaccine in December. In addition to front line hospital workers, nursing home staff and residents also qualified for the first round of vaccinations. Right, Shannon Yaw, a nurse at a hard-hit nursing home in Michigan, received her first dose just before Christmas.
Dave Fornell, Editor
January 04, 2021
Who Qualifies for the COVID Vaccine Under CDC Guidelines
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Dec. 3, released an interim guidance document  to federal, state,…
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First Patient Treated With Harpoon Transcatheter Mitral Valve Repair Device in U.S. Trial. #TMVR
December 29, 2020
First Patient Treated With Harpoon Transcatheter Mitral Valve Repair Device in U.S. Trial 
December 29, 2020 — Edwards Lifesciences announced Dec. 21 that the first patient was treated in the RESTORE clinical…
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Coffee and tea are good for your heart, heart healthy. Top News Stories in 2020 From the European Society of Cardiology
December 29, 2020
Top News Stories in 2020 From the European Society of Cardiology
December 29, 2020 — Here is a list of the top 10 news stories from the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) in 2020…
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Health Canada has approved the expanded use of the Edwards Lifesciences Sapien 3 and Sapien 3 Ultra transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) heart valves for the transfemoral treatment of patients diagnosed with severe symptomatic aortic stenosis who are at low risk for open-heart surgery. #TAVR #TAVI
December 29, 2020
Edwards Sapien 3 TAVR Valve Receives Expanded Approval in Canada
December 29, 2020 — Health Canada has approved the expanded use of the Edwards Lifesciences Sapien 3 and Sapien 3 Ultra…
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COVID-19 related topics by far out-paced all other topics in cardiology in 2020 on the DAIC website. Several stories topped the list related to the cardiovascular issues with hydroxychloroquine being used as a treatment for the virus. Top new device technologies in 2020 included European approval of the Abbott Tendyne transcatheter mitral valve, FDA approval of Medtronic's new Micra AV pill-sized pacemaker, and FDA clearance of the first drug-eluting stent with short-duration dual-antiplatelet therapy.
Dave Fornell, Editor
December 28, 2020
Top 25 Stories in Cardiology in 2020
Here are the top 25 best performing articles on the Diagnostic and Interventional Cardiology (DAIC) website from 2020.…
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This year's top videos are dominated by COVID-19's impact on cardiology and many of the videos from a series produced this year on Tuft Medical Center's cardiology program. Top DAIC cardiology videos from 2020 #TuftsmedicalCenter #Tufts #COVID19
Dave Fornell, Editor
December 23, 2020
Top 25 Cardiology Videos on DAIC in 2020
Here are the top performing 25 videos on the DAIC website in 2020. The picks are based on Google Analytics of the DAIC…
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Demonstrations videos of new technologoies are among the most popular video content on the DAIC website each year. Included this year are videos showing how it install a subcutaneous ICD, CT photo-realistic rendering, How to implants the Micra leadless pacemaker and many others.
Dave Fornell, Editor
December 23, 2020
Video Demonstrations of How Cardiovascular Technology Works
December 23, 2020 — Demonstrations of new technologies and explanations of how they work are among the most popular…
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Thrombus formation in the aortic arch in a 46-year-old COVID patients in the ICU. Three trials are underway to find which anticoagulant strategy is best to treat moderate and critically ill patients where COVID-causes venous thrombo-embolism (VTE) is a major cause of complications. Image courtesy of Margarita Revzin et al.
December 23, 2020
NIH Pauses Anticoagulant Trial For Critically Ill COVID-19 Patients
December 23, 2020 — Three clinical trial platforms working together to test the effects of full doses of anticoagulants…
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ECG with paroxysm correct form of atrial flutter. Getty Images
December 23, 2020
ACC, AHA Issue Updated Performance Measures for Adults with Atrial Fibrillation or Atrial Flutter
December 23, 2020 — The American College of Cardiology (ACC) and the American Heart Association (AHA) has made two…
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The FDA December 18 issued an emergency use authorization (EUA) for a second COVID-19 vaccine from Moderna for use in individuals 18 years of age and older. #COVID19 #SARSCoV2 #Vaccine
December 23, 2020
FDA Approved Second COVID-19 Vaccine From Moderna
December 23, 2020 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration December 18 issued an emergency use authorization (EUA) for a…
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Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 colorized scanning electron micrograph of a cell (pink) heavily infected with SARS-CoV-2 virus particles (teal and purple), isolated from a patient sample. Image courtesy of NIAID. MIS-C Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children. #COVID19
December 22, 2020
NIH Begins Study of COVID Infection and Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C)
December 22, 2020 — An observational study has launched to evaluate the short- and long-term health outcomes of SARS-…
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With the FDA clearance of the Vital Data Sensor, Biotronik's Biomonitor IIIm features two-in-one detection, providing physicians the ability to monitor for early signs of potential life-threatening cardiac arrhythmias and body temperature increases potentially associated with fever.
December 22, 2020
FDA Clears Fever-Detecting Cardiac Monitor From Biotronik
December 22, 2020 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) cleared Biotronik's Vital Data Sensor, which identifies…
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The stent struts of the Biotronik Orsiro stent.
December 21, 2020
New Stent Kink Resistance Testing Proposed in ASTM International Standard
December 21, 2020 – A proposed ASTM International standard will answer the need for a standardized test method that…
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HeartMate 3 heart pump is now approved for use for pediatric patients battling advanced heart failure offering a new treatment option for this underserved population
December 21, 2020
FDA Approves Abbott's HeartMate 3 VAD for Pediatric Patients
December 21, 2020 — U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved updated labeling December 17 for Abbott's…
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AI Medic Inc. has obtained official product certification from the NIDS for its own medical video analysis software, AutoSEG
December 16, 2020
AI Fully Automates Cardiac CT Image 3-D Analysis
December 16, 2020 — AI Medic Inc. announced that it has obtained official product certification from the NIDS (National…
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A peripheral artery disease (PAD) patient CT scan showing blockages in the femoral arteries in the legs with collateral flow in the leg on the right.
December 16, 2020
First-In-Human Use Reported for Bioresorbable Efemoral Vascular Scaffold System
December 16, 2020 — Efemoral Medical announced the first-in-human (FIH) use of the its Efemoral bioresorbable vascular…
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Corpath GRX interventional cardiology robotic system is comprised of two different components: 1. The control console. 2. The bedside unit.
December 16, 2020
Corindus Launches technIQ 1 Smart Procedural Automation Series for CorPath GRX Cath lab Robotic System
December 16, 2020 — Corindus, A Siemens Healthineers company and a leading developer of vascular robotics, began its…
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The Digisonics' cardiovascular information system (CVIS) system.
December 16, 2020
Intelerad Acquires Digisonics to Expand its Enterprise Imaging Workflow 
December 16, 2020 - Intelerad Medical Systems, a provider of enterprise imaging workflow solutions, has acquired…
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The Medis Quantitative Flow Ratio (QFR) is a novel, non-invasive, angiography-based physiologic FFR-like assessment of the presence and extent of coronary artery disease.
December 16, 2020
Acist Medical Partners With Medis to Distribute Angiography Image Derived FFR Quantification System
December 16, 2020 – Acist Medical Systems Inc. announced a formal distribution partnership with Medis Medical Imaging…
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COVID-19 has posed challenges for physicians whose cardiac patients are at-risk and reluctant to schedule an office visit. Floyd Russak, M.D., of Russak Personalized Medicine, an internal medicine physician practicing in Greenwood Village, Colo., manages many cardiac patients who do not have ready access to a cardiologist
December 15, 2020
Cardiac Monitoring in the Time of COVID-19: Next Generation Wearable ECG Technology Comes into Its Own
COVID-19 has posed challenges for physicians whose cardiac patients are at-risk and reluctant to schedule an office…
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