Outside of medicine, computer-generated virtual twins of real machines like cars or airplanes have been used in engineering to allow modeling in a virtual environment. This is used for assessment of aerodynamics and to identify areas of sheer stresses and the performance of the machines under various conditions. In the past couple years, several medical companies have developed similar "digital twin" technology to computer model a patient's heart or other organs for use in a virtual test environment.


July 26, 2021 — Heart disease and stroke continue to kill more people in the U.S. than any other cause, despite, and likely even due to, the impact of the deadly COVID-19 pandemic last year. This is according to new provisional data released from the U.S Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

July 26, 2021 – CathWorks announced that the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) has approved the application to provide reimbursement for the CathWorks FFRangio System, making it more broadly available for coronary artery disease decision-making in Japan. The CathWorks FFRangio has already received regulatory approval from the Japanese Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Agency (PMDA) in December 2019 and is also commercially available in the United States and Europe.


Jeff Rieder M.D., a cardiologist with Coastal Cardiology Charleston, clearly recalls the time when reporting was dictated. The problem with traditional transcription methods, he explains, is that it was easy to inadvertently omit important information. In addition, different providers could use different terminology, making the reports inconsistent and increasing the likelihood that important information could be overlooked when reading them.



Cardiovascular diseases are among the leading causes of death for people over 65 years old in North America and Europe. According to a report by the World Health Organization (WHO) on the top 10 causes of death in 2019, heart disease remained at the top of the list. The world’s aging population has resulted in an even greater surge in health problems.


July 22, 2021 — Medis Medical Imaging is partnering with CORRIB Core Lab and Sinomed in randomized clinical trial of angiography-derived fractional flow reserve (FFR) using the Medis Quantitative Flow Ratio (QFR) technology.

July 21, 2021 — Artificial intelligence (AI)  medical imaging vendors Viz.AI and Avicenna.AI have partnered to enable intelligent care coordination and improve patient triage of patients suffering from pulmonary embolism (PE) and aortic disease.


July 21, 2021 — Northwestern Medicine Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute recently became the first cardiovascular program in the United States to use a new real-time, 3-D intra-cardiac echocardiography (ICE) imaging device for patients with heart rhythm disorders.


July 21, 2021 — In a new study from University of California San Diego School of Medicine, researchers have confirmed that patients taking statin medications had a 41 percent lower risk of in-hospital death from COVID-19. The findings were published July 15, 2021 in Plos One and expand upon prior research conducted at UC San Diego Health in 2020.[1]

July 16, 2021 — Mayo Clinic recently became the first to use a next-generation 4-D intracardiac echo (ICE) imaging device in a patient to guide a transcatheter left atrial appendage (LAA) closure at Mayo Clinic.

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