Abbott recently announced the first patient has been enrolled in a clinical study evaluating the short-term use of common blood thinning medicines, called dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT), after receiving a Xience everolimus-eluting coronary stent.

Merge Hemo cath lab hemodynamics monitoring system.

The current generation of hemodynamic monitoring systems can help catheterization labs electronically document the course of an intervention for the procedure report, follow-up care and administrative processes. However, healthcare IT is moving increasingly toward seamless electronic data integration across the enterprise. For this reason, buyers of these systems need to make sure they can play nice and share their data across multiple layers of IT and with various vendors’ software. 

Aug. 3, 2017 — 4C Medical Technologies Inc. minimally invasive therapies for structural heart disease said its transcatheter therapy for mitral regurgitation (MR) was featured in the Innovation Summit at Cardiovascular Innovations (CVI) 2017 held Aug. 2, 2017 in Denver, Colo.

Aug. 2, 2017 — A new health economic analysis from the landmark FIRE and ICE Trial was published this week in the Journal of the American Heart Association. The data show that treating paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (AF) with cryoballoon catheter ablation may result in substantial cost savings as compared to radiofrequency (RF) ablation.

Aug. 1, 2017 — LimFlow SA announced publication of positive results from the pilot study of the LimFlow Percutaneous Deep Vein Arterialization System (pDVA) in the July issue of the Journal of Endovascular Therapy.

Aug. 1, 2017 — CoreMedic, a start-up developing the ChordArt trancatheter mitral valve repair system, has received investment from the German investment firm SHS Gesellschaft für Beteiligungsmanagement. SHS said it is investing from its fourth fund generation to finance CoreMedic’s further growth and the clinical application of its innovative products. 

Aug. 1, 2017 — The Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare has granted Japanese market clearance for the CardioFocus HeartLight Endoscopic Ablation System for the treatment of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (AF).

Left Atrial Pressure Monitor from Vectorious Medical Technologies Offers New Hope for Heart Failure Patients

Aug. 1, 2017 — Here is the list of the most popular articles and videos on the Diagnostic and Interventional Cardiology (DAIC) magazine website from the month of July, based on website analytics of the month’s 106,727 pageviews:  

1. First Patient in World Enrolled in Study Evaluating TAVR for Asymptomatic Severe Aortic Stenosis
Philips released a new version of its iFR system that displays FFR readings as an overlay on live angiographic, angiogram images.
Heartflow FFR-CT report showing the hemodynalic significance of coronary lesions with a CT scan

The gold standard for assessing the hemodynamic significance of coronary lesions to determine if they should be revascularized or treated medically is fractional flow reserve (FFR). FFR is now written into percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) treatment guidelines, and has been discussed as a possible future parameter if Medicare and other payors begin requiring documentation to show stent implantations are clinically necessary.
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