W. L. Gore & Associates (Gore) announced that the Gore Viabahn VBX Balloon Expandable Endoprosthesis (VBX Stent Graft) has received U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) approval for treatment of de novo or restenotic lesions found in iliac arteries. The approval includes lesions at the aortic bifurcation. This marks the availability of the only balloon expandable stent graft with an indication for the iliac artery.

Nuclear Cardiology Today: Best Practices for Today, Innovations for Tomorrow

January 31, 2017 — The American College of Cardiology (ACC) issued a statement against President Donald Trump’s recent executive order banning travel by foreign nationals from seven predominantly Muslim countries. ACC President Richard A. Chazal, M.D., FACC, said the ACC is the professional home for more than 52,000 cardiovascular care professionals from around the world and the travel ban hinders the sharing of science and ideas. 

January 31, 2017 — Bard Peripheral Vascular Inc. is recalling the Halo One Thin-Walled Guiding Sheath because the sheath body may separate from the sheath hub while removing the device from the patient's leg. The company also reports that the sheath may kink, and that its tip may become damaged during the procedure. The U.S, Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has identified this as a Class I recall, the most serious type of recall.  

Annual waste for high-value medical devices continues to grow at a rapid pace. With bundled payments putting increased pressure on hospitals to manage supply costs while providing quality patient care, there is no room in your cath lab for high-value medical device waste.

But how do you convince your colleagues that automated technology can help you reduce waste? 

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Intravenous contrast media (typically iohexol or iodixanol) used in computed tomography (CT) does not appear to be associated with chronic kidney disease, dialysis, kidney transplant or acute kidney injury, despite long-held fears to the contrary. The results of the largest controlled study of acute kidney injury following contrast media administration in the emergency department were published online in Annals of Emergency Medicine ("Risk of Acute Kidney Injury Following Intravenous Contrast Media Administration").

ecg management systems, GE Muse

The movement from paper electrocardiogram (ECG) review to electronic ECG management systems in the past decade has helped improve efficiency and complete the patient electronic medical record (EMR). Current ECG management systems now offer improved workflow efficiencies, greater interoperability and integration into cardiovascular information systems (CVIS), vendor-agnostic integration of multiple vendor’s ECG system data, and mobile access to waveforms.

 

Hartzler Interventional Cardiology Symposium 2017

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