Debate About Coronary Testing Highlights ACC Session

March 14, 2019 — Beginning in mid-2019, hospitals performing transcatheter valve repair and replacement will be able to apply for the American College of Cardiology’s new Transcatheter Valve Certification. The certification was announced at the American College of Cardiology (ACC) Quality Summit in New Orleans.

Siemens Healthineers will introduce the Somatom go.Top Cardiovascular Edition, a new version of its established computed tomography (CT) system, at the 68th Annual Scientific Session and Expo of the American College of Cardiology (ACC), March 16-18 in New Orleans. The Somatom Go.Top Cardiovascular Edition is designed to deliver personalized patient dose control in all types of routine cardiovascular imaging. The cost-effective, 128-slice scanner offers outpatient cardiology offices as well as hospitals access to not just coronary CT angiography (CCTA), but also advanced tests, including the HeartFlow FFRCT (fractional flow reserve computed tomography) Analysis.

13th International Symposium on Endovascular Therapeutics

FDA Approves MitraClip for Use in Heart Failure Patients With Functional Mitral Regurgitation

March 14, 2019 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the MitraClip heart valve repair device for patients with heart failure symptoms and moderate-to-severe or severe mitral regurgitation (MR) due to diminished left heart function, commonly known as secondary or functional MR, despite optimal medical therapy.

An imaging procedure commonly performed before starting cancer treatment can provide valuable clues about a patient's risk for heart problems in the months and years after treatment. However, this information is not always reported and is rarely acted upon in current practice, according to research being presented at the American College of Cardiology's 68th Annual Scientific Session, March 16-18 in New Orleans.

V-Wave Ltd. announced that renowned heart failure cardiologist William T. Abraham, M.D., is joining V-Wave as chief medical officer. Abraham makes this move to V-Wave after more than 16 years as director of the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine at the Ohio State University.

March 12, 2019 – Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest was the third leading cause of “health loss due to disease” in the U.S. behind ischemic heart disease and low back/neck pain in 2016, according to new research. The findings were published in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes, an American Heart Association (AHA) journal.


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