This video educational session, provided in partnership with the American Society of Echocardiography (ASE), is titled "Vascular Ultrasound in Subclinical Disease." It is presented by Valentin Fuster, M.D., Ph.D., chief of the Division of Cardiology and director of Mount Sinai Heart, the Zena and Michael A. Wiener Cardiovascular Institute, and the Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis Center for Cardiovascular Health at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.. This is one of the sessions presented at the ASE 2016 annual scientific sessions, one of the premier meetings for cardiac ultrasound education. For more information, visit asescientificsessions.org. 

For more educational videos on echocardiography, visit the DAIC education channel. 

This video educational session, provided in partnership with the American Society of Echocardiography (ASE), is titled "What is Myocardiac Strain Imaging?" It is presented by Steven Lester M.D., FRCP(C), FASE, FACC, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, Arizona. This is one of the sessions presented at the ASE 2016 annual scientific sessions, one of the premier meetings for cardiac ultrasound education. For more information, visit asescientificsessions.org. 

For more educational videos on echocardiography, visit the DAIC education channel. 

This video educational session, provided in partnership with the American Society of Echocardiography (ASE), is titled "Strain Imaging - Common Errors and Artifacts." It is presented by Zoran Popovic M.D., Ph.D., staff, cardiovascular imaging section, Heart and Vascular Institute, Cleveland Clinic. This is one of the sessions presented at the ASE 2016 annual scientific sessions, one of the premier meetings for cardiac ultrasound education. For more information, visit asescientificsessions.org. 

For more educational videos on echocardiography, visit the DAIC education channel. 

Randy Thompson, M.D., attending cardiologist, St. Luke’s Mid-America Heart Institute, Kansas City, explains protocols and what to consider when working with the newer generation CZT-SPECT camera systems for nuclear cardiology. He spoke during the 2017 American Society of Nuclear Cardiology (ASNC) Today technology update meeting. Watch the related VIDEO "PET vs. SPECT in Nuclear Cardiology and Recent Advances in Technology." Read the related articles "Managing Dose in PET and SPECT Myocardial Perfusion Imaging,"  and "Advances in Cardiac Nuclear Imaging."

This video educational session, provided in partnership with the American Society of Echocardiography (ASE), is titled "Surgical Options for Right Ventricular (RV) Dysfunction and Tricuspid Regurgitation (TR) in Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD) Patients." It is presented by Nahush Mokadam, M.D., FACC, FACS, LeRoss Endowed Professor of cardiovascular surgery, director of heart transplant and mechanical circulatory support, program director cardiothoracic residency, University of Washington. This is one of the sessions presented at the ASE 2016 annual scientific sessions, one of the premier meetings for cardiac ultrasound education. For more information, visit asescientificsessions.org. 

Leslee Shaw, Ph.D., director of clinical research and professor of medicine at Emory University, Atlanta, and past-president of the Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT), discusses how cardiac computed tomography angiography (CTA) offers value in today's cost-conscience environment at the SCCT 2017 meeting. 

Watch the VIDEO: Value–based Imaging, an interview with Daniel Berman, M.D., Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. 

Watch the VIDEO: The Value of the Cardiovascular Service Line, an interview with Linda Gillam, M.D., Atlantic Health System, who suggests how cardiology-related services can demonstrate their value to providers and patients.

More SCCT news and video.

Randall Thompson, M.D., outlines three new CPT codes for FFR-CT, a smart phone-based single-lead ECG system and PET nuclear perfusion imaging. Thompson is a professor of medicine at the University of Missouri, Kansas City, attending cardiologist, Mid-America Heart Institute, St. Luke’s Health, and member of the Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT) Advocacy Committee, American College of Cardiology (ACC) Coding Taskforce and the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology (ASNC) treasurer, speaks at the SCCT 2017 annual meeting.  Read the story "FFR-CT Gains CPT Code for Reimbursement."

David Bluemke, M.D., Ph.D., FAHA, professor of radiology, University of Wisconsin - Madison, incoming editor of RSNA’s journal Radiology and previously the radiologist in chief of imaging services at the NIH, at the Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT) 2017 meeting. Watch the related VIDEO “The Future of Cardiac CT in the Next Decade,” an interview with Leslee Shaw, Ph.D. Read the related article “Advances in Cardiac CT Technology.”

Rami Doukky, M.D., system chair, Division of Cardiology, professor of medicine, Cook County Health and Hospitals System, Chicago, discusses the new CMS requirements for clinical decision support (CDS) appropriate use criteria (AUC) documentation in cardiac imaging starting on Jan. 1, 2018. He spoke at the 2017 American Society of Nuclear Cardiology (ASNC) meeting. Read the article "CMS to Require Appropriate Use Criteria Documentation for Medical Imaging Orders."

Linda Gillam, M.D., MPH, FACC, FAHA, FASE, chair, cardiovascular medicine, Atlantic Health System, suggests how cardiology-related services can demonstrate their value to providers and patients at the 2017 American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) annual meeting.

Watch the related VIDEO "MACRA's Impact on Cardiology," an interview with Kim A. Williams, Sr., M.D., chief of cardiology at Rush University Medical Center, Chicago. 

Read the article "HHS Finalizes Cardiology Bundled Payment Model to Lower Healthcare Costs."

DAIC Editor Dave Fornell takes a tour of some of the most innovative new cardiac ultrasound technologies at the American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) 2017 annual scientific sessions. Watch the related ASE VIDEO "Ultrasound Technology Trends and Technology to Watch."

Partho Sengupta, M.D., professor of medicine, director of cardiovascular imaging and chair of cardiac innovations at the West Virginia University Heart and Vascular Institute, discusses futuristic technologies that are entering cardiac ultrasound at the 2017 American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) annual meeting. Watch the related ASE 2017 VIDEO "Ultrasound Technology Trends and Technology to Watch."

DAIC Editor Dave Fornell takes a tour of some of the most innovative new electrophysiology (EP) technology at the 2017 Heart Rhythm Society (HRS) annual meeting. This included new ablation and electromapping systems to improve cardiac ablation effectiveness, new wearable monitoring technologies that are replacing traditional Holter monitors, implantable cardiac monitors, new pacemaker and implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICD), and other EP lab technologies. 

Find links and more news from the Heart Rhythm Society 2017 late-breaking electrophysiology trials.
 

This video, provided in partnership with the American Society of Echocardiography (ASE), is titled "Strain Fundamentals Made Easy - Strain in Routine clinical Practice: Knobology and Beyond." It is presented by Teerapat Yingchocharoen, M.D., FASE, from Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand. He is also a co-director of the Echo ASE ASEAN conference. This is one of the sessions presented at the ASE 2016 annual scientific sessions, one of the premier meetings for cardiac ultrasound education. For more information, visit asescientificsessions.org.

Tom Kloetzly, sales and marketing VP for Shimadzu Medical Systems USA, explains the evolution of Shimadzu Corporation since its founding 142 years ago. Kloetzly focuses on the Trinias Interventional X-ray line shown at RSNA 2016. Kloetzly states “A key feature of Trinias, is the ability to image from fingertip to fingertip during a transradial approach which makes for much shorter hospital stay with the patient up and moving almost immediately after the procedure. Features Like RSM-DSA, a type of motion correction subtraction, eliminates patient movement during acquisition while STENTVIEW, is an enhanced visualization during stent placement in real-time." For more information: www.shimadzu.com/med/products/angio/index.html.

DAIC Editor Dave Fornell takes a tour of some of the interesting new technologies from the vendor booths on the expo floor at the 2017 meeting of the American College of Cardiology (ACC). For key technology trends at ACC.17, watch the VIDEO "Cardiac Technology Trends at ACC.17."

ITN Editor Dave Fornell takes a tour of some of the most innovative new technology that was displayed on the expo floor at the 2017 Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) annual meeting. The two most significant technology advances are discussed in Fornell's blog "Two Technologies That Offer a Paradigm Shift in Medicine at HIMSS 2017."

Machine learning is now being commercialized in medical imaging products designed to help improve workflow efficiency and augment the clinical user, not replace them. Steve Holloway with the U.K.-based healthcare market intelligence firm Signify Research discussed the expanding roles of artificial intelligence in imaging applications at the 2017 HIMSS healthcare IT conference. Read the article from HIMSS 2017 "How Artificial Intelligence Will Change Medical Imaging."

Detailed imaging is needed to support complex interventions for the assessment and procedure guidance.  See how the GE Healthcare cardiovascular ultrasound systems fit into the in Interventional space – from the Vivid E95 with cSound premium system to the Vivid iq compact system. For more information, go to www3.gehealthcare.com/en/products/categories/ultrasound/vivid/vivid_e95.

Mahadevappa Mahesh, MS, Ph.D., chief physicist and professor of radiology and radiological science at Johns Hopkins Hospital, explains the basics of medical imaging dose monitoring technologies. This includes monitoring and recording software meet new Joint Commission requirements, state dose laws and to improve patient safety regarding X-ray radiation exposure. Read the article “The Role of Dose Tracking Systems in Radiation Safety Programs.”