A new report from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) discusses the continued quality, safety and effectiveness of servicing of medical devices by original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and third-party entities.

June 7, 2018 — Results from an international clinical trial show that combining clopidogrel and aspirin following a small stroke or experiencing minor stroke symptoms decreases risk of a new stroke, heart attack or other ischemic event within 90 days. The combination therapy was also associated with an increase in major bleeding, although many of those episodes were non-fatal and did not occur in the brain.

June 7, 2018 — The first clinical cases have been completed where the Emboliner Embolic Protection Catheter was used during transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) procedures. The initial procedures were performed at the Heart Center and the University of Dresden Hospital in Dresden, Germany as part of the SafePass clinical trial. 

Radiation dose management is central to child patient safety. Medical imaging plays an increasing role in the accurate diagnosis and treatment of numerous medical conditions. The speed, accuracy and non-invasiveness of medical imaging has also contributed to a sharp increase in the number of imaging procedures.

June 6, 2018 — Maquet Datascope Corp. said it is recalling the CardioSave Hybrid Intra-aortic Balloon Pump (IABP) due to fluid ingress that may affect device operation, interrupt or delay therapy. 

There is a shift occurring in remote ECG monitoring technology used in Holters and cardiac event recorders that may help speed or enhance the diagnosis of arrhythmias. As we have already seen in business and consumer information technologies, there has been a revolution in recent years for how much and how fast digital data can be transmitted wirelessly. Data storage also has greatly expanded and the costs have significantly dropped.

How to reduce radiation exposure in the cath lab fluoroscopy. Imaging system in photo is a Philips XperFlex.

June 6, 2018 — Here is a checklist of dose-sparing practices for angiographic X-ray imaging used in the cath lab. This list was included in a new 2018 consensus document to guide the optimal use of ionizing radiation in cardiovascular imaging.[1] 

June 5, 2018 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared the Biograph Vision, a new positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET-CT) system from Siemens Healthineers. The system offers new technologies to help improve image quality with motion management, improved delineation and quantification of small lesions, and new detector technology.

June 5, 2018 — Philips Healthcare has signed an agreement to acquire EPD Solutions, a provider of image-guidance in catheter ablation procedures for cardiac arrhythmias, for $292 million Euros. EPD’s cardiac imaging and navigation system helps electrophysiologists (EPs) navigate the heart by generating a detailed 3-D image of the cardiac anatomy, while also pinpointing the location and orientation of catheters during the diagnostic and therapeutic procedures for cardiac arrhythmias.

Digital mHealth advances like wearable heart monitors, use of smartphone apps and artificial intelligence will reshape the standard of care in the coming years according to three recent JACC articles.
Artificial Intelligence in Cardiology. Journal of the American College of Cardiology (JACC). Volume 71, Issue 23, June 2018. DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2018
The key figure from the article Kipp W. Johnson, Jessica Torres Soto, Benjamin S. Glicksberg, et al. Artificial Intelligence in Cardiology. Journal of the American College of Cardiology (JACC). Volume 71, Issue 23, June 2018. DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2018.03.521.

June 5, 2018 — The future of cardiovascular care will be transformed by advances in artificial intelligence, digital health technology and mobile devices as a means to prevent and treat heart disease, according to several articles published June 4, 2018 in a Journal of the American College of Cardiology Focus Seminar on the Future Technology of Cardiovascular Care.

The Use of Artificial Intelligence in Cardiology
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