cath lab, radiation exposure, glocoma

May 27, 2016 — Radiation exposure to cath lab staff and physicians has seen growing concern in recent years, as the prevalence of cancers and glaucoma has been observed to be high among interventional cardiologists. This has spurred research projects to help quantify the health risks of working in a cath lab and being exposed to ionizing radiation from the X-ray angiography systems.

Technavio’s latest report on the U.S. anticoagulants market provides an analysis on the most important trends expected to impact the market outlook from 2016-2020.

A new imaging system known as intravascular photoacoustic (IVPA) imaging that produces three-dimensional images of the insides of arteries has the potential to help doctors diagnose plaques on the brink of rupturing.

In a new report, Ampronix looks at the rapid expansion of simulated procedures into medical education, including programs recently implemented for Baylor College and Tuoro University System.

Thirty-day data from the European post-approval study of the Edwards Sapien 3 transcatheter aortic heart valve demonstrated positive patient outcomes, including the lowest reported mortality and stroke rates seen in the SOURCE family of registries.

Edwards Lifesciences Corp. announced that a federal jury in Boston returned a verdict in favor of CardiAQ in a lawsuit filed against a former service provider, Neovasc.

A new technique for cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging improves accuracy by removing patients' need to breathe, reveals research presented at EuroCMR 2016.

cardiac rehab, cardiac rehabilitation, CHF, heart failure

Cardiac rehabilitation and exercise training has been shown to improve clinical status and outcomes in congestive heart failure (CHF) patients.[1] However, it is often difficult to get patients to engage with rehabilitation, exercise and lifestyle changes. Sinai-Grace Hospital (SGH) in Detroit offers the following patient case study to illustrate how rehabilitation programs can aid CHF patients who are willing to engage with them to improve their health.

First-in-human data presented at EuroPCR 2016 demonstrate that hemodynamic data from HeartFlow Inc. may help predict which coronary plaques have the potential to rupture.

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