April 5, 2018 — Diagnostic and Interventional Cardiology (DAIC) magazine received the 2018 Jesse H. Neal Award for Best Use of Social Media at the Neal Awards luncheon Thursday in New York City. The award was in recognition of DAIC’s extensive social media campaign in cardiology in 2017. The enhanced social media campaign helped DAIC set a record with 1.4 million pageviews in 2017.

The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center will establish the nation’s first center dedicated to treating those with heart failure and arrhythmia with gifts totaling $18 million from Bob and Corrine Frick.

Boston Scientific Corp. announced the acquisition of Securus Medical Group Inc., a privately-held company that has developed a thermal monitoring system for the continuous measurement of esophageal temperature. Boston Scientific has been an investor in Securus since 2016, and the transaction price for the remaining stake not already owned consists of $40 million in cash up-front, as well as up to $10 million in contingent payments based on regulatory achievements and commercial milestones.

April 4, 2018 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared the Somatom Edge Plus computed tomography (CT) system from Siemens Healthineers with the FAST (Fully Assisting Scanner Technologies) Integrated Workflow with the FAST 3D Camera. The camera is the first patient positioning system powered by artificial intelligence (AI).

April 3, 2018 — Following the unprecedented Gore REDUCE Clinical Study conclusion that closure of patent foramen ovale (PFO) can prevent recurrent ischemic strokes, W. L. Gore & Associates Inc. has received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for an expanded indication for its Gore Cardioform Septal Occluder. 

GE Healthcare announced the sale of its Value-Based Care Division — including its software assets for Enterprise Financial Management, Ambulatory Care Management and Workforce Management — to private equity investment firm Veritas Capital. The sale, expected to be completed in third quarter 2018, was valued at $1.05 billion in cash.

American College of Cardiology, #ACC18

Here is the list of the most popular articles and videos on the Diagnostic and Interventional Cardiology (DAIC) magazine website from the month of March 2018. This is based on website analytics of the month’s 184,953 pageviews:

1. ACC 2018 Late-Breaking Trials

2. VIDEO: Editor's Choice of Most Innovative New Cardiac Technology at ACC 2018

Abiomed Inc. announced that it received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Pre-Market Approval (PMA) for its Impella CP heart pump with SmartAssist, utilizing an optical sensor. The company said these advances in technology and software are designed to improve productivity, ease of use and patient management to ensure optimal patient care.

Revised guidelines for the nonsurgical, image-guided interventional treatment of acute ischemic stroke will ensure patients receive the right treatment at the right time. The updated guidelines, endorsed by the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) and 11 other medical societies, were published in the April edition of SIR’s peer-reviewed journal, the Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology (JVIR).

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