COVID-19 is creating a new generation of cardiac patients.  With heart disease already the leading cause of deaths globally, this epidemic within a pandemic — a crisis within a crisis — creates a cardiology conundrum.

In all my years involved in healthcare, this is the most massive medical mystery I’ve encountered. The way patients are triaged, diagnosed, treated and monitored will forever change because of COVID-19.  Perhaps nowhere has that been more evident than in the field of cardiology.

President and CEO, Clinical Care Solutions, GE Healthcare

August 17, 2020 — A Northwestern Medicine Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute physician was the first electrophyiologist in Illinois to use a new advanced imaging system during cryo-ablation for atrial fibrillation. 

August 17, 2020 — Veryan Medical announced it will support Vasorum in the commercialization of the Celt atrial closure device (ACD) in the United States. The Celt ACD is a vascular closure device that has been used in more than 60,000 patients to date with excellent clinical results following percutaneous catheter-based vascular procedures.  

 

August 17, 2020 — Pupil size predicts death and hospital readmission in patients with heart failure, according to research recently published in the ESC Heart Failure, a journal of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC).[1] 

COVID-19 has a big impact on the heart, and patients with pre-existing cardiovascular disease have at least a 10 percent higher risk of death and severe complications due to the virus. The virus also can cause myocarditis, blood clotting, and impact the cardiovascular system due to severe, hyperactive inflammatory responses.  Left, a cardiac CT scan 3-D rendering. right, the COVID-19 virus from a National Institutes of Health (NIH) photo.

August 17, 2020 - The number of people coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is rising with more cases in the U.S. There are more than 5 million SARS-CoV-2 cases in the United States according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), more than any other country, and more than 20 million confirmed cases worldwide, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).
DAIC magazine goes all digital

Dear Valued Reader,

As the work environment rapidly changes due to the COVID-19 panademic, Diagnostic and Interventional Cardiology (DAIC) is also changing.

Now more than ever there is strength in digital. DAIC will move to a fully digital platform, migrating the September/October and November/December issues to enhanced, robust e-books for a true multimedia experience.
Sheer stresses on the walls of arteries are believed to cause the formation atherosclerotic plaques. This is an area of research that is expected to see increased use in the next few years. This study was presented at SCCT 2020 as an example of how sheer stresses can help evaluate and predict the patency of coronary artery bypass grafts (CABG). #SCCT2020 #yesCCT

The latest technical advances and trends in computed tomography (CT) and the latest clinical study data were discussed at the Society of Cardiovascular CT (SCCT) 2020 virtual meeting in July.

All medical conferences moved to a virtual meeting format due to COVID-19 this year, and there has been apprehension that virtual formats do not allow the same feeling and face-to-face collaboration. However, some medical societies are finding the format enables more international physician participation.

The Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT) gave its 2020 Gold Metal Award to computed tomography (CT) pioneer John Lesser, M.D., MSCCT, director of advanced imaging and cardiac CT, Minneapolis Heart Institute, Abbott Northwestern Hospital. It was awarded at the SCCT virtual meeting in July.

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