W. L. Gore & Associates Inc. announced the first patient implant of the Gore TAG Conformable Thoracic Stent Graft with Active Control System after receiving CE Mark last month. The first implant was performed by Prof. Dr. med. Giovanni Torsello and Dr. med. Martin Austermann at St. Franziskus Hospital, Munster, Germany.

Ionizing radiation, such as X-rays, has a harmful effect on the cardiovascular system even at doses equivalent to recurrent computed tomography (CT) imaging, a new study published in the International Journal of Radiation Biology suggests.

SCAI comments on CMS payment schedule

July 17, 2017 — The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the 2017 Medicare Trustees Report, the 2018 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) and Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment Systems (HOPPS) proposed rules. The Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI) offered the following synopsis of these extensive documents and how the proposals impact on cardiology. 

The American College of Radiology (ACR) recently revised its authoritative guide for the safe and effective use of contrast media.

LimFlow SA announced enrollment of the first patient in the U.S. feasibility study of the LimFlow Percutaneous Deep Vein Arterialization (pDVA) System. The novel, purely percutaneous device is designed for the treatment of end-stage critical limb ischemia (CLI) when all other revascularization efforts have been exhausted. The first patient was treated on July 5, 2017 at Metro Health - University of Michigan Health by Jihad A. Mustapha, M.D., FACC, FSCAI.

Automated medical imaging views using deep learning, artificial intelligence, Philips Epiq

Medical image analysis based on artificial intelligence (AI) employ convolutional neural networks, support vector machines, fuzzy logic systems and other machine learning methods to extract meaning from medical images. State-of-the-art computer vision software gives evidence-based tips to diagnosticians, dispels their possible doubts and ensures diagnostic consistency.

July 17, 2017 — Despite issues with point-of-care INR testing company Alere Inc., Abbott announced this week it is once again commencing a tender cash offer to purchase the company. Abbott offered to purchase all outstanding shares of series B convertible perpetual preferred stock of Alere. Abbott said it will pay $402 per share. Abbott said the new offer will expire at 11:59 p.m., New York City time, Friday, Aug. 11, 2017. 

Abbott wants to acquire Alere;s handheld devices are used to monitor blood clotting time as measured by PT/INR values in people taking warfarin.

Intact Vascular Inc. announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved an Investigational Device Exemption (IDE) supplemental application to modify the primary endpoint in the Tack Optimized Balloon Angioplasty II Below the Knee (TOBA II BTK) clinical trial from 12 months to 6 months.

A review appearing in the July 18 issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology (JACC) discusses current and next-generation implantable hemodynamic monitors. The review particularly examines new approaches focused on the direct measurement of left atrial pressure (LAP), seeking to expand the use of pressure-guided congestive heart failure (CHF) management.

Edwards Sapien 3 TAVR valve will be implanted in asymptomatic aortic stenosis patients in the EARLY TAVR Trial

July 14, 2017 — Morristown Medical Center, part of Atlantic Health System, has randomized the first patient in the world to the EARLY TAVR (Evaluation of Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement Compared to SurveilLance for Patients With AsYmptomatic Severe Aortic Stenosis) trial. 
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