FDA Clears Dapagliflozin to Treat Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction. This was based on data from the DAPA-HF Trial. John McMurray, M.D., presenting the DAPA-HF Trial at AHA 2019 last November. It was part of the late-breaking presentations in the "Outside the Box: New Approaches to CVD Risk Reduction" session. Photo by AHA/Phil McCarten
May 06, 2020
FDA Clears Dapagliflozin to Treat Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction
May 6, 2020 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved AstraZeneca’s dapagliflozin (Farxiga) oral tablets for…
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ESC Congress Goes Virtual Amid COVID-19 Concerns. #ESC #ESCcongress
May 06, 2020
ESC Congress Goes Virtual Amid COVID-19 Concerns
May 6, 2020 — The European Society of Cardiology (ESC), one of the world's largest cardiovascular conferences, is…
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EuroPCR Cancels Annual Meeting Due to COVID-19. #SARScov2 #COVID19
May 05, 2020
EuroPCR Cancels Annual Meeting Due to COVID-19
May 5, 2020 — The large European interventional cardiology conference EuroPCR has been cancelled due to the contenting…
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#COVID19 #Coronavirus #2019nCoV #Wuhanvirus #SARScov2 Chest CT findings of pediatric patients with COVID-19 on transaxial images. (a) Male, 2 months old, 2 days after symptom onset. Patchy ground-glass opacities GGO in the right lower lobe
May 05, 2020
Radiology: Cardiothoracic Imaging Releases New COVID-19 Findings in Children
May 5, 2020 — Children and teenagers with COVID-19 showed distinctive clinical and computed tomography (CT) findings,…
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FDA Grants Emergency Use Authorization to VitalConnect for Cardiac Monitoring in COVID-19 Patients. SARS-CoV-2 QT monitoring. #COVID19
May 05, 2020
FDA Grants Emergency Use Authorization to VitalConnect for Cardiac Monitoring in COVID-19 Patients
May 5, 2020 — Wearable biosensor vendor VitalConnect Inc. was granted emergency use authorization (EUA) status by the U…
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SCCT Plans to Make 2020 Annual Meeting Virtual Due to COVID-19. #SCCT2020 #SCCT20 #CCTfirst
May 05, 2020
SCCT Plans to Make 2020 Annual Meeting Virtual Due to COVID-19
May 5, 2020 — The Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT) announced plans  this week to hold its annual…
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Figure 4 for the study. Images of a 65-year-old man (patient 6). (a) Cardiac MRI perfusion shows perfusion deficit of anterior/anterolateral wall attributed to left anterior descending artery/left circumflex artery (*). (b) CT coronary angiography. (c) Coronary angiography, left anterior oblique projection with caudal angulation. (d) Three-dimensional image fusion helped refine diagnosis: perfusion deficits (*) were most likely caused by narrow first diagonal branch and its first, stented side branch (arrow
May 04, 2020
3-D Fusion Imaging Improves Coronary Artery Disease Diagnosis
May 4, 2020 – A new technique that combines computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging MRI can bolster…
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Bilateral pulmonary embolisms seen on spectral CT. Photo courtesy of Siemens Healthineers.
May 04, 2020
Practical Diagnosis and Treatment of Suspected Venous Thromboembolism During COVID-19 Pandemic
May 4, 2020 — A committee comprised of vascular surgeons, medical physicians and technologists from the University of…
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SCAI Issues Position Statement on Adult Congenital Cardiac Interventional Training, Competencies and Organizational Recommendations. A congenital atrial septal defect closed using a transcatheter occluder, visualized on 3-D TEE ultrasound.
May 04, 2020
SCAI Issues Position Statement on Adult Congenital Cardiac Interventional Training, Competencies and Organizational Recommendations
May 4, 2020 – The Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI) has released a position statement on…
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Cardiac Insight's Heart@Home ECG Test Kit can help address new telehealth demands placed on cardiology practices by the COVID-19 response using arrhythmia diagnosis technology of the wearable Cardea Solo Sensor.
May 04, 2020
Cardiac Insight Launches New Telehealth Solution for Cardiology Practices with Heart@Home ECG Test Kit
May 4, 2020 — Cardiac Insight Inc., a U.S.-based digital healthcare innovator specializing in body-worn sensor…
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This is one of the images from the NIH photo gallery of COVID-19 images it has captured as part of its research on the virus. The full gallery can be found at https://www.flickr.com/photos/nihgov/albums/72157713108522106/with/49807561242/. #COVID19 #SARScov2
By Dave Fornell and Melinda Taschetta-Millane
May 04, 2020
COVID-19 Clinician Update
In an effort to keep the imaging field updated on the latest information being released on coronavirus (COVID-19), the…
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Abiomed Adds ECMO Cardiopulmonary Support to its Portfolio with the purchase of Breethe. The Breethe ECMO system. Abiomed invested in Breethe in mid-2019. Breethe has applied for 510(k) clearance by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
May 01, 2020
Abiomed Adds ECMO Cardiopulmonary Support to its Portfolio
May 1, 2020 — Abiomed, maker of the Impella heart pump, has acquired Breethe, developer of a novel extracorporeal…
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Dave Fornell, Editor
May 01, 2020
Structured Reporting Has Become Key in New CVIS System Adoption
According to the healthcare IT market research firm KLAS, adopting structured reporting is top of mind in the…
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Childhood Obesity and High Blood Pressure Warn of Future Heart Disease. Vivian Fornell playing doctor at the Elgin Public Library. Photo by Dave Fornell
April 30, 2020
Childhood Obesity and High Blood Pressure Warn of Future Heart Disease
April 30, 2020 — A large study in adolescents and children, some as young as 3 years of age, shows a link between…
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An example of strain imaging cardiac echocardiography software offered on Canon's cardiac ultrasound systems. It is highly automated to speed workflow. It color codes areas of different strain values, graphs these in a visual plot and pulls quantification measurements. Photo by Dave Fornell.
Dave Fornell, Editor
April 30, 2020
Three Key Trends in Echocardiography Systems
The biggest trend across healthcare the past two years is the emergence of artificial intelligence (AI) and its…
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EP lab photo from Philips Healthcare
April 30, 2020
HRS Addresses EP Fellow Issues During Pandemic
May 1, 2020 — The Heart Rhythm Society (HRS) has created a COVID-19 Task Force to make recommendations related to…
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#COVID19 #Coronavirus #2019nCoV #Wuhanvirus #SARScov2 Pulmonary CT angiography of a 68 year old male. The CT scan was obtained 10 days after the onset of COVID-19 symptoms and on the day the patient was transferred to the intensive care unit.
April 30, 2020
New Research Highlights Blood Clot Dangers of COVID-19
April 23, 2020 — A special report published in the journal Radiology outlines prevention, diagnosis and treatment of…
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The temporary COVID-19 hospital at the McCormick Place convention center in Chicago being toured by Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker April 3. The hospitals beds are set up in at least two of the expo halls, included two used the for annual RSNA radiology meeting in November each year. Photo by Susan Blair, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Chicago District
Dave Fornell, Editor
April 28, 2020
Cardiology Meetings Continue to be Cancelled or Go Virtual Due to COVID-19
(UPDATED information added to this article June 10, 2020) April 28, 2020 — Medical conferences are where the latest…
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There have been several safety reports to the FDA that COVID-19 patients receiving hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine, either aloneaths and Injuries From Use of Antimalarial Drugs in COVID-19 Patients. he U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a Drug Safety Communication today reminding doctors there are serious side effects when using hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine in the off-lable use to treat COVID-19 patients. This includes potentially life-threatening heart rhythms. #COVID19 #SARScov2
Dave Fornell, Editor
April 24, 2020
FDA Reports of Deaths and Injuries From Use of Antimalarial hydroxychloroquine in COVID-19 Patients
April 23, 2020 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a Drug Safety Communication today reminding doctors…
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AliveCor and Omron are partnering to integrate Alivecor's mobile device ECG technology with Omron's wireless blood pressure monitoring technology on Remote Cardiovascular Monitoring into one platform for remote patient monitoring.
April 24, 2020
AliveCor and Omron Partner on Remote Cardiovascular Monitoring
April 24, 2020 — AliveCor and Omron Healthcare announced a global, strategic alliance that combines AliveCor's mobile…
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