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).

Philips in partnership with Innovative Imaging Technologies (IIT) announced an industry-first integrated tele-ultrasound solution on Philips’ Lumify portable ultrasound system powered by IIT’s Reacts collaborative platform. This innovation connects clinicians around the globe in real time by turning a compatible smart device into an integrated tele-ultrasound solution, combining two-way audio-visual calls with live ultrasound streaming.

March 30, 2018 — The Marcus Foundation has donated $15 million to establish the Marcus Stroke Network, a coordinated and collaborative effort among three healthcare systems and the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association (AHA/ASA). The collaborative will work together to help reduce stroke disability and death rates in the Southeastern United States.

LivaNova PLC announced the first patient enrollment in the Perceval Valve Clinical study for Chinese Registration (“PERFECT”) Trial. The study is a pre-market, prospective, single-arm trial. The PERFECT trial is being conducted to demonstrate the safety and effectiveness of the Perceval sutureless aortic heart valve when used to replace a diseased native or malfunctioning prosthetic aortic valve in the indicated Chinese population for tissue heart valve replacement.

March 30, 2018 — Bariatric surgery is predicted to cut in half the risk of premature heart disease and stroke in teens with severe obesity, according to new preliminary research.

Arterys collaborated with GE Healthcare to create the ViosWorks software to cardiac MRI analysis.
Cardiac MRI being performed at the DeBakey Heart Hospital.
Pie Medical's cardiac MRI perfusion functional imaging CAAS MRV software for quantification.
An example of Siemens' MRI DOT Cardiac Engine software.
An example of the GE MRI CardiacVX analysis software for cardiac MRI.

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for cardiac assessment provides a radiation-free alternative to other commonly used modalities like computed tomography (CT) and single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT). Cardiac MRI (CMR) offers greater contrast and image clarity than CT, does not require use of a contrast agent and allows radiation-free perfusion imaging. The technology does, however, present challenges unseen with other modalities.
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