Philips recently announced its latest image guidance solutions to be featured at the 2016 Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics meeting (TCT) in Washington, D.C., Oct. 29 – Nov. 2, 2016. Highlights will include the introduction of instant wave-Free Ratio (iFR) co-registration, which integrates iFR pullback data with the angiogram, and the third generation of HeartNavigator, live image guidance software for advanced structural heart disease procedures.

October 26, 2016 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) provided an update and additional information regarding patient safety issues involving the SynCardia Systems Temporary Total Artificial Heart (TAH-t) Companion 2 Driver System (C2 Driver System). The FDA also updated providers on recent events with an additional SynCardia pneumatic driver system, the Freedom Driver System. 

Medtronic announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval and U.S. launch of the CoreValve Evolut R 34 mm valve, now the largest sized transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) system available in the United States.

Stereotaxis Inc. and Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital (RWJUH) announced that Zyad Younan, M.D., has completed more than 500 cardiac ablation procedures using the Niobe remote magnetic navigation system. Younan currently leads the Northeast region in catheter ablations performed using the Niobe system in the six-and-a-half years since installation.

A recent study from University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) researchers published in PLOS ONE compares different available treatments for stroke prevention in patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation (NVAF).

Cardiovascular Disease Prevention Symposium: From Prevention to Intervention

The Human Animal Bond Research Initiative (HABRI) announced it has awarded a $44,000 grant to Duke University School of Medicine’s Division of Pediatric Cardiology for a new research study on the impact of therapy dogs on pediatric echocardiograms.

SJM, st. Jude Medical, FDA recall, Battery depletion, Recalls ICDs and CRT-D

October 25, 2016 — St. Jude Medical is recalling 251,346 of its Fortify, Unify and Assura implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICD) and cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillators (CRT-D) because the batteries can deplete prematurely. 

October 24, 2016 — Conventional smart clothing uses conductive fibers or rubber as sensing electrodes, and cardiac electrical sensing modules have required at least two or more electrodes to contact the skin for capturing the heart’s electrophysiological signals. However, a new start up company is now offering smart textiles without the need for electrodes. 

medicare bundled cardiac payments, CMS cardiology payments

(Editor’s note: This is the second part of a two-part series on the proposed Medicare five-year demonstration for a mandatory bundled payment system. Part 1 outlined the baseline capability requirements. Part 2 presents a model methodology for developing a successful bundled payment model as it applies to cardiac patients.)
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