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February 19, 2020
DAIC Named a Finalist in the 66th Annual Jesse H. Neal Awards
February 19, 2020 — Connectiv, a division of The Software and Information Industry Association (SIIA), has announced…
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Radial access in the U.S. is now approaching 50 percent. Tranradial access also shows benefit for mortality and decreases in acute kidney injury (AKI).
Dave Fornell, Editor
February 14, 2020
Radial Access Nearing 50 Percent of PCI Volume in U.S.
Transradial access for percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in the United States has grown rapidly over the past 20…
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Here is an example of Fitbit data showing comparisons of data from Fitbit users by state. Residents in some states that take more steps in a day typically have lower incidences of diabetes, as showing in this population health big data heat map from consumer-grade wearable health tracking devices..
Dave Fornell, Editor
February 14, 2020
Tracking Cardiovascular Health Population Trends Using Consumer Wearables
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) highlights physical activity as one of four key behaviors people…
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he American Society of Nuclear Cardiology (ASNC) and the American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) announced the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) have approved the ImageGuide Registry as a Qualified Clinical Data Registry (QCDR) for 2020.
February 14, 2020
CMS Certifies ASNC and ASE ImageGuide Registry for MIPS Payments
February 14, 2020 – The American Society of Nuclear Cardiology (ASNC) and the American Society of Echocardiography (ASE…
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A CSI Diamondabck 360 atheretectomy system in use during a cath lab procedure at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit. Photo by Dave Fornell
February 13, 2020
FDA Issues Final Guidance on Peripheral Vascular Atherectomy Devices
February 13, 2020 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued its final guidance on "Peripheral Vascular…
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The Micra AV leadless pacemaker
February 13, 2020
FDA Clears Medtronic Micra AV to Treat AV Block
February 13, 2020 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approval of Micra AV, the world’s smallest…
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The FDA granted marketing authorization of the Caption Guidance software to Caption Health Inc. in February 2020. It uses artificial intelligence to guide users to get optimal cardiac ultrasound images in a point of care ultrasound (POCUS) setting.
February 13, 2020
FDA Clears Cardiac Ultrasound Software With Artificial Intelligence to Guide User
February 13, 2020 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) cleared software to assist medical professionals in the…
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The DEFINE GPS (Distal Evaluation of Functional performance with Intravascular sensors to assess the Narrowing Effect: Guided Physiologic Stenting) study will be the first time that the use of iFR in conjunction with the Philips Image-Guided Co-registration System (SyncVision) is evaluated for PCI guidance and the optimization of treatment outcomes.
February 12, 2020
DEFINE GPS Study Assesses PCI Guided by Integrated iFR and Angiography
February 12. 2020 — Philips announced a new randomized controlled trial to assess patient outcomes after receiving a…
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he U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Carmat's investigational device exemption (IDE) application to start a U.S. early feasibility study (EFS) of its total artificial heart.
February 12, 2020
Carmat to initiate FDA U.S. Feasibility Study of Total Artificial Heart
February 12, 2020 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Carmat's investigational device exemption…
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he University of Wisconsin (UW) Health’s University Hospital in Madison, Wis., recently became the first facility in the United States to install the Artis icono biplane angiography imaging system from Siemens Healthineers.
February 12, 2020
UW Health First U.S. Installation of Siemens Artis icono Biplane Angiography System
February 12, 2020 — The University of Wisconsin (UW) Health’s University Hospital in Madison, Wis., recently became the…
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The Boston Scientific Eluvia self-expanding, drug-eluting, peripheral stent.
Saloni Walimbe
February 11, 2020
Innovations in Cardiovascular Disease Treatment and the Rising Demand for Stents 
Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are among the leading causes of death across the globe. For patients suffering from high…
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Sanjay Parekh, Ph.D. 
February 11, 2020
Three High Impact AI Market Trends in Medical Imaging at RSNA 2019
February 7, 2020 – At the 2019 Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) meeting in December, there was a record…
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DSA image obtained approximately 24 hours after 1 mg/h IA tPA infusion, 500 U/h heparin via peripheral IV, and daily oral aspirin (81 mg) shows improved perfusion of digital arteries, albeit with suboptimal vascular blush of distal second and third phalanges. Photo courtesy of ARRS
February 11, 2020
What Interventional Radiologists Need to Know About Frostbite and Amputation
February 11, 2020 — An ahead-of-print article in the April issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR)…
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The Aria CV Pulmonary Hypertension System (Aria CV PH System) received FDA Breakthrough Device status.
February 07, 2020
Aria CV Receives FDA Breakthrough Designation for Device to Treat Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
February 7, 2020 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Breakthrough Device Designation for the Aria…
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New SIR position statement and quality documents highlight interventional radiology effective use of nonsurgical ablation to treat kidney cancer in selected patients
February 04, 2020
Interventional Radiologists Increasingly Using Ablation to Treat Kidney Cancer
February 4, 2020 — For some patients, kidney cancer can be effectively treated without surgery, according to the…
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a the CATALYST trial designed to assess Abbott's Amplatzer Amulet left atrial appendage (LAA) occluder for people with atrial fibrillation (AF or AFib). 
February 03, 2020
Amplatzer Amulet LAA Occluder Will be Compared to Anticoagulants in CATALYST Trial
February 3, 2020 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a the CATALYST trial designed to assess…
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The Abbott Tendyne transcatheter mitral valve replacement (TMVR) system, left, became the first TMVR device to gain commercial regulatory clearance in the world. It gains European CE mark in January. Another top story in January was the first use of the Robocath R-One robotic cath lab catheter guidance system in Germany.  Watch a VIDEO of the system in use in one of those cases. 
Dave Fornell, Editor
February 03, 2020
Most Popular Cardiology Technology Content in January 2020
February 3, 2020 — Here is the list of the most popular content on the Diagnostic and Interventional Cardiology (DAIC)…
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Medtronic's PulseSelect Pulsed Field Ablation (PFA) System
January 31, 2020
Medtronic FDA Trial Evaluates Pulsed Electric Fields to Treat Atrial Fibrillation
January 31, 2020 – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has given Medtronic approval to proceed with an…
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Raj Makkar, M.D., led a multicenter national study comparing outcomes for minimally invasive heart valve replacement to open-heart surgery. Photo by Cedars-Sinai. TAVR performs as well as surgery for aortic valve replacement.
January 31, 2020
TAVR Shows Similar Safety Outcomes as Open-Heart Surgery
January 31, 2020 — A new study from the Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai and other centers nationwide shows that…
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Nuance Communications Inc. introduced Nuance Cardiovascular CAPD, a new computer-assisted physician documentation (CAPD) solution designed to help cardiologists improve the quality of complex documentation and the accuracy of reimbursement for cardiac catheterization procedures. The Nuance Cardiovascular CAPD solution is available through a partnership with ZHealth for this solution, which is based on patented algorithms built with ZHealth’s interventional documentation and coding expertise.
January 31, 2020
Nuance Adds Cardiovascular Computer-Assisted Physician Documentation for Cath Lab Reporting
January 29, 2020 – Nuance Communications Inc. introduced Nuance Cardiovascular CAPD, a new computer-assisted physician…
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