Dave Fornell, Editor
March 25, 2020
FDA Takes Action to Increase Supply of Personal Protective Equipment Amid COVID-19 Shortages
March 25, 2020 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said it is taking action to increase U.S. supplies of…
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Hydroxychloroquine causes prolonged QT intervals and cardiac arrhythmias, so this needs to be considered in patients being treated with this drug for COVID-19. #COVID19 #SARScov2 #coronavirus
Marianne Pop, Pharm.D, BCPS
March 24, 2020
COVID-19 Hydroxychloroquine Treatment Brings Prolonged QT Arrhythmia Issues
It has been more than three months since the word coronavirus was uttered on everyone’s lips and all over the social…
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SCAI cancelled due to COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, coronavirus. #COVID19 #coronavirus #coronavirusupdate #SARScov2
March 23, 2020
COVID-19 Cancels SCAI Interventional Cardiology Meeting Set for May 2020 
March 23, 2020 — As the novel coronavirus (COVID-19, SARS-cov-2) continues to spread, the Society for Cardiovascular…
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Medicare, CMS, calls for cancelling or postponing all elective or non-essential medical procedures, test and surgeries due to COVID-19. #COVID19 #SARcov2 #coronavirus #cardiology
Dave Fornell, Editor
March 20, 2020
CMS Calls For Postponing All Elective Cardiac Tests and Procedures to Aid COVID-19 Containment
March 20, 2020 — The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced March 18, 2020, that all elective…
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Medicare will pay for telehealth virtual doctor visits during the duration of the coronavirus COVID-19 outbreak.
March 17, 2020
CMS Expands Medicare Telehealth Benefits During COVID-19 Outbreak
March 17, 2020 — The Trump Administration today announced expanded Medicare telehealth coverage that will enable…
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The European Society of Cardiology (ESC) is recommending in novel coronavirus (COVID-19) patients not discontinuing angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors (ACE-i) or angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs) used to control hypertension. 
Dave Fornell, Editor
March 16, 2020
ESC Council on Hypertension Says ACE-I and ARBs Do Not Increase COVID-19 Mortality
March 16, 2020 — The European Society of Cardiology (ESC) issued a statement March 13 recommending in novel coronavirus…
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Two examples of CT myocardial perfusion (CTP) imaging assessment software. Canon is on the left and GE Healthcare is on the right. Both of these technologies have been around for a few years, but there have been an increasing amount of clinical data from studies showing the accuracy of the technology compared to nuclear imaging, the current stand of care for myocardial perfusion imaging, and cardiac MRI. #SCCT #perfusionimaging 
March 16, 2020
SCCT Issues Expert Consensus on CT Myocardial Perfusion Imaging
March 16, 2020 — The Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT) released a new expert consensus document on…
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Philips Healthcare's new Fiber Optic RealShape (FORS) technology creates real-time 3-D imaging of anatomy and devices inside the body using light, rather than X-rays. FORS uses light traveling through hair-thin fiber optics inside special FORS enabled catheter and guidewires.
Dave Fornell, Editor
March 12, 2020
Philips Developing X-ray Free Cath Lab Imaging to Replace or Supplement Angiography
Philips is working on a prototype cath lab angiographic imaging system that might be able to replace the current X-ray…
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OTC ECG devices
March 11, 2020
A Double-Edged Sword: How Over-the-Counter ECG Devices are Impacting Cardiac Care
Apple created a stir when it announced in 2018 that its Apple Watch Series 4 was the first consumer health and fitness…
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March 10, 2020
FDA Clears SynCardia 50cc Temporary Total Artificial Heart as Bridge to Transplant
March 10, 2020 —  The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared the SynCardia Systems 50cc temporary Total…
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The European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA) electrophysiology (EP) annual meeting cancelled due to coronavirus. #COVID19 #coronavirus #2019nCoV
Dave Fornell, Editor
March 10, 2020
European Heart Rhythm Association Cancelled Due to Coronavirus
March 10, 2020 — Novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has claimed another large cardiology meeting, the European Heart Rhythm…
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Valentina Kutyifa, M.D., Ph.D., University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, N.Y., is doing research in the BIO-LIBRA Study to determine it ICD or CRT-D devices work better in men or women with heart failure often present with non-ischemic cardiomyopathy.
Valentina Kutyifa M.D., Ph.D.
March 09, 2020
BIO-LIBRA Study Evaluates Role of Sex and Device Type in Non-ischemic Cardiomyopathy
Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death for women in North America, and women with heart failure often…
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ACC issues document outlining COVID-19 Implications For Patients With Underlying Cardiovascular Conditions. The COVID-19 mortality rate for patients cardiovascular disease is 10.5 percent based of data from Chinese hospitals since the outbreak. COVID-19 fatality rates for patients with comorbidities are higher than the average population, but cardiac patients had the highest death rate. #COVID19 #coronavirus #2019nCoV #SARS‐CoV‐2
March 09, 2020
ACC COVID-19 Clinical Guidance For the Cardiovascular Care Team
March 9, 2020 — The American College of Cardiology (ACC) is offering updates on the clinical impact of novel…
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COVID-19 outbreak in Seattle cancels SIR 2020 meeting. Interventional radiology meeting cancelled. #COVID19 #coronavirus #2019nCoV
Melinda Taschetta-Millane
March 09, 2020
SIR 2020 Cancelled Due to COVID-19 Outbreak in Seattle
March 9, 2020 — As the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) slowly spreads across the globe, more industry conferences are…
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ACC Cancels 2020 Conference Amid Coronavirus Concerns. #COVID19 #coronavirus #2019nCoV
Dave Fornell, Editor
March 09, 2020
ACC Cancels 2020 Conference Amid Coronavirus Concerns
March 9, 2020 — Less than week after the American College of Cardiology (ACC) said it would push ahead with holding its…
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Schematic depiction of the automated process for assessing fat, muscle, liver, aortic calcification, and bone from original abdominal CT scan data
March 06, 2020
Automated CT Biomarkers Predict Cardiovascular Events Better Than Current Practice
March 6, 2020 — Researchers at the National Institutes of Health and the University of Wisconsin have demonstrated that…
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March 05, 2020
COVID-19 Cancels HIMSS Health IT Conference
March 5, 2020 – Due to the rapidly evolving novel coronavirus (COVID-19) situation in the U.S. and internationally, the…
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) cleared the Acutus Medical SuperMap, an addition to its AcQMap 3-D imaging and mapping system used to guide electrophysiology (EP) catheter ablation procedures. Adding the SuperMap mode to the AcQMap system enables users to visualize any atrial rhythm in less than three minutes. Rapidly mapping and re-mapping the whole heart chamber facilitates a new procedural workflow in EP ablation, making it practical to execute an iterative "map, ablate, re-map" approach.
March 05, 2020
FDA Clears Acutus Medical SuperMap EP Mapping System 
March 5, 2020 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) cleared the Acutus Medical SuperMap, an addition to its…
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March 05, 2020
Abbott’s In-Development Fully Implantable Heart Pump System Earns FDA’s Breakthrough Device Designation
March 5, 2020 — Abbott recently received Breakthrough Device designation from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (…
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A 3-D CT reconstruction of an anomalous right coronary artery (RCA) can be seen arising from the left sinus of valsalva in a short-axis equivalent view. ASE issues New Guidelines for Multimodality Imaging of Congenital Coronary Anomalies
March 05, 2020
New Guidelines for Multimodality Imaging of Congenital Coronary Anomalies
March 5, 2020 — Experts in the medical imaging community have developed a new, landmark consensus document to optimize…
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