Wearable technologies, possible changes to stenting practices, state legislation on energy drinks, expanded use of minimally invasive heart repair procedures, and the development of a new class of cholesterol lowering drugs are among top stories anticipated in cardiology in 2015.

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DAIC readers chose the following stories as the most popular content in 2014, based on website analytics. The list is broken into the top 20 most popular news items from 2014 and a list of the top 20 archived technical articles accessed in 2014. 
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Now that transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) is rapidly becoming an established treatment option, cardiology has shifted focus toward the next major frontier in interventional structural heart technology — transcatheter mitral valve repair (TMVR). It was very obvious at the 2014 Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) meeting that mitral valve technology will become the next major trend, as sessions on this topic where packed to capacity.  

Zoll Medical Corp. announced that it will acquire Advanced Circulatory Systems Inc.

Medical market analyst firm GlobalData said the medical device tax has been a distraction to the overall goal of lower healthcare costs. 

Image Wisely.org now offers online educational materials for fluoroscopy, computed tomography (CT) and nuclear medicine exams. Fluoroscopy is the latest addition to Image Wisely, which helps radiology providers optimize radiation dose and provide safe, effective imaging care. 

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