December 7, 2023 — Indiana University School of Medicine researchers at the school’s South Bend regional campus, in collaboration with colleagues at the University of Notre Dame, have identified a new therapeutic target for pulmonary hypertension, a type of high blood pressure that affects the blood vessels in the lungs.

December 7, 2023 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced Cordis US Corp is recalling its INFINITI Angiographic Catheter due to products being shipped without undergoing sterilization procedures. The FDA has identified this as a Class I recall, the most serious type of recall.

December 7, 2023 — Ajax Health announced today the formation and funding of Cortex, a medical technology company developing an integrated mapping and ablation solution suite for the treatment of atrial fibrillation (AFib), the most common heart rhythm disorder, affecting more than 30 million patients worldwide.

December 6, 2023 — The American Medical Association (AMA) released new 

December 5, 2023 — Raymond Benza, MD, FACC, FAHA, FACP, a top expert in cardiovascular medicine and advanced heart failure and transplantation, has been named Director of Pulmonary Hypertension for the Mount Sinai Health System. In this newly created position, Dr.

December 5, 2023 — David Epstein, MD, a pediatrician who has dedicated his career to caring for very ill children, has been selected as the new director of Pediatric and Congenital Cardiac Intensive Care at Cedars-Sinai Guerin Children’s.

Take a look at the news making top headlines during the month of November on dicardiology.com

November was a busy month with many FDA approvals and breaking clinical trial results. Take a look at the news making top headlines that you might have missed during the month of November.

1. BLOG: Cryoablation Gets New Tech

December 4, 2023 — The Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation (MHIF), an internationally renowned cardiovascular research organization, has announced the publication of original research focused on health equity and outcomes in the fourth trimester of pregnancy (defined as the first 12 weeks postpartum/after delivery).

As coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA) progresses towards becoming the primary imaging modality for not only diagnostic purposes, but also for clinical trial endpoints, there is a need to address the requirements for generating high-quality CCTA image data to ensure accurate and robust CAD assessments

Coronary artery disease (CAD), also known as ischemic heart disease, is the most common heart disease with a prevalence in the United States of approximately 7% in people 20 years and older (1).

December 1, 2023 — As the use of wearable technology grows, smartwatches are marketed across the globe to consumers as a way to monitor health. 

For some, they’re told by these devices that they have atrial fibrillation, an irregular heartbeat, which is known to increase the risk of heart attack and stroke. 

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