Videos | Left Atrial Appendage (LAA) Occluders | July 24, 2020

VIDEO: Overview of LAA Occlusion Using the Watchman FLX

Devi G. Nair, M.D., FHRS, director of cardiac electrophysiology, St. Bernards Heart and Vascular Center, Jonesboro, Ark., was an investigator in the PINNACLE FLX clinical trial for the Boston Scientific Watchman FLX left atrial appendage (LAA) occluder device. 

The newest iteration of the Watchman was cleared by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in July 2020. Read more about the Watchman FLX 

The transcatheter implant is used in close the LAA, a pouch that forms part of the left atrium. The LAA is implicated in the formation of blood clots that cause stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF). The Watchman FLX is indicated to reduce the risk of stroke in patients with non-valvular AF (NVAF) who need an alternative to oral anticoagulation therapy by permanently closing off the left atrial appendage.

Nair is currently involved with another trial of the Watchman FLX, OPTION FLX trial, which is examining the use of LAA occlusion in post-ablation patients.

Nair is also chairman for the Heart Rhythm Society (HRS) member engagement sub-committee and is a board member of the Arkansas chapter of the American College of Cardiology (ACC).
 

Watch Nair in this interview — VIDEO: Impact of COVID-19 on Electrophysiology Programs

 

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Hemodynamic Support Devices | October 20, 2020
VIDEO: Abiomed Highlights Trends and New Technology in Hemodynamic Support

Chuck Simonton, M.D., chief medical officer at Abiomed, discusses some of the new technologies and clinical trials the company is working on and highlighted hemodynamic presentations at the 2020 Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) Connect virtual meeting.

In this interview Simonton discusses:
   • The new Impella 5.5 device
   • The new Impella ECP expandable pump that collapses to a very small diameter to aid vascular access is about to start first-in-human trials.
   • Smart Assist technology that will incorporated artificial intelligence (AI) to better monitor Impella patients.
   • The Door to Unloading (DTU) Trial that is using Impella first in STEMI patients prior to PCI to prevent reperfusion injury
   •The PROTECT III and IV trials. 

Prior Abiomed, Simonton was the CMO at Abbott Vascular, and was a practicing interventional cardiologist for nearly 30 years at Duke University Medical Center and then at the Sanger Clinic. At Sanger he created his own research team to study patient outcomes following the use of new cardiac technologies. He also founded the Carolinas Cardiovascular Research Foundation at the Carolinas Heart Institute, now part of Atrium Health.
 

Find more TCT news, video and the late-breaking studies

Coronavirus (COVID-19) | October 20, 2020
VIDEO: Use of Impella in COVID-19 Patients

Chuck Simonton, M.D., chief medical officer at Abiomed, explains when advanced hemodynamic support in required in COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) patients. Abiomed received two FDA emergency use authorizations in 2020 to use Impella is certain clinical circumstances, including a provision to use the Impella RP for right heart failure in COVID patients and for the Impella CP to be used in tandem with ECMO to help support critially ill COVID patients.

Find more cardiology related COVID news 

 

Cath Lab | October 19, 2020
VIDEO: Intravascular Lithotripsy to Treat Severely Calcified Coronary Artery Lesions

Dean Kereiakes, M.D., medical director, The Christ Hospital Heart and Vascular Center, medical director, The Christ Hospital Research Institute, and professor of clinical medicine at The Ohio State University, explains the late-breaking Disrupt CAD III study at the 2020 Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) Connect virtual meeting. 

The trial will likely pave the way for U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance for intravascular lithotripsy to be used in the coronary arteries. He offers details on the data and and use of this technology in the cath lab compared to the current techniques of atherectomy, cutting balloons and high pressure balloons that can cause vessel trauma, leading to poorer outcomes. 

The lithotripsy technology breaks up calcium in the vessel walls without trauma, using a compliant balloon and relying on sonic waves to bust the calcium rather than brute force. He said this could be a paradigm shift in how calcified lesions are treated.

Read more on this trial and the technology in the article Shockwave Technology to Sonically Bust Calcified Coronary Lesions Shows Safety and Efficacy in U.S. Pivotal IDE Trial.

Find additional TCT 2020 news, video and late-breaking studies

 

Antiplatelet and Anticoagulation Therapies | October 19, 2020
VIDEO: Crushing Prasugrel Tablets Does Not Help STEMI Patients

The COMPARE CRUSH Trial looked at the effect of pre-hospital crushed prasugrel tablets in patients with STEMI planned for primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).[1] This video is of the press conference presentation of this late-breaking study by doctor George Vlachojannis, from UMC Utrecht, at the 2020 Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) Connect virtual meeting. 

The idea was to crush the tablets to enable faster antiplatelet inhibition, but the findings of this study showed it did not improve TIMI 3 flow on first angiography or ST-segment resolution at 1 hour post PCI.

Find additional TCT 2020 news, video and late-breaking studies

 

Reference:

1. Vlachojannis GJ, Vogel RF, Wilschut JM, Lemmert ME, Delewi R, Diletti R, van Vliet R, van der Waarden N, Nuis RJ, Paradies V, Alexopoulos D, Zijlstra F, Montalescot G, Angiolillo DJ, Krucoff MW, Van Mieghem NM, Smits PC. COMPARison of pre-hospital CRUSHed vs. uncrushed Prasugrel tablets in patients with STEMI undergoing primary percutaneous coronary interventions: Rationale and design of the COMPARE CRUSH trial. Am Heart J. 2020 Jun;224:10-16. doi: 10.1016/j.ahj.2020.03.005. Epub 2020 Mar 11.

 

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itnTV "Conversations": Creating an Interoperability Strategy

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Hemodynamic Support Devices | March 06, 2019
VIDEO: Complex PCI Involving Prior CABG and Comorbidities

Perwaiz Meraj, M.D., FACC, FSCAI, director of interventional cardiology, assistant professor, Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, Northwell Health System discusses the importance of hemodynamic support to safely perform a percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) with prior coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery and comorbidities. Learn more at ProtectedPCI.com/DAIC.

In this video, Meraj discuss a complex coronary intervention of a 77-year-old woman with stage 4 CKD, prior CABG, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, diabetes, who presented with angina and NSTEMI with an ejection fraction of 40 percent. The team at Northwell consulted with cardiac surgeons and the heart team, and determined that this patient was too high risk for another bypass surgery. Read more on this case.

 

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VIDEO: Analysis of Outcomes for 15,259 U.S. Patients with AMICS Supported with the Impella Device — Interview with William O'Neill, M.D.

VIDEO: The Door-to-Unloading (DTU) STEMI Safety and Feasibility Trial — Interview with Navin Kapur, M.D.

VIDEO: Cardiogenic Shock Case with Impella CP Support — Case study with Michael Amponsah, M.D.,

 

 

Heart Failure | February 13, 2019
VIDEO: Analysis of Outcomes for 15,259 U.S. Patients with AMICS Supported with the Impella Device

William O'Neill, M.D., highlights best practice protocols based on Impella Quality database and real-world evidence showing improved outcomes in cardiogenic shock. Learn more at ProtectedPCI.com/DAIC

 

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VIDEO: Complex PCI Involving Prior CABG and Comorbidities — Interview with Perwaiz Meraj, M.D.

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VIDEO: Cardiogenic Shock Case with Impella CP Support — Case study with Michael Amponsah, M.D.,

 

January 10, 2019
VIDEO: Escalation of Support and Algorithms for Cardiogenic Shock

Mark Anderson, M.D., FACS, vice chair of cardiac surgery services and cardiothoracic surgeon at Hackensack University Medical Group, outlines a multi-disciplinary heart team approach in treament decision-making for patients in cardiogenic shock. Learn more at ProtectedPCI.com/DAIC.

Anderson discusses improving outcomes for patients in cardiogenic shock through the early use of mechanical circulatory support and the development of a shock protocol with the heart team. He outlines Hackensack University Medical Center’s multi-disciplinary, heart team approach in treatment decision-making for patients in cardiogenic shock. The team includes cardiac surgeons, interventional cardiologists, heart failure specialists and intensivists. 

 

 

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Hemodynamic Support Devices | October 20, 2020
VIDEO: Abiomed Highlights Trends and New Technology in Hemodynamic Support

Chuck Simonton, M.D., chief medical officer at Abiomed, discusses some of the new technologies and clinical trials the company is working on and highlighted hemodynamic presentations at the 2020 Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) Connect virtual meeting.

In this interview Simonton discusses:
   • The new Impella 5.5 device
   • The new Impella ECP expandable pump that collapses to a very small diameter to aid vascular access is about to start first-in-human trials.
   • Smart Assist technology that will incorporated artificial intelligence (AI) to better monitor Impella patients.
   • The Door to Unloading (DTU) Trial that is using Impella first in STEMI patients prior to PCI to prevent reperfusion injury
   •The PROTECT III and IV trials. 

Prior Abiomed, Simonton was the CMO at Abbott Vascular, and was a practicing interventional cardiologist for nearly 30 years at Duke University Medical Center and then at the Sanger Clinic. At Sanger he created his own research team to study patient outcomes following the use of new cardiac technologies. He also founded the Carolinas Cardiovascular Research Foundation at the Carolinas Heart Institute, now part of Atrium Health.
 

Find more TCT news, video and the late-breaking studies

Cath Lab | October 19, 2020
VIDEO: Intravascular Lithotripsy to Treat Severely Calcified Coronary Artery Lesions

Dean Kereiakes, M.D., medical director, The Christ Hospital Heart and Vascular Center, medical director, The Christ Hospital Research Institute, and professor of clinical medicine at The Ohio State University, explains the late-breaking Disrupt CAD III study at the 2020 Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) Connect virtual meeting. 

The trial will likely pave the way for U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance for intravascular lithotripsy to be used in the coronary arteries. He offers details on the data and and use of this technology in the cath lab compared to the current techniques of atherectomy, cutting balloons and high pressure balloons that can cause vessel trauma, leading to poorer outcomes. 

The lithotripsy technology breaks up calcium in the vessel walls without trauma, using a compliant balloon and relying on sonic waves to bust the calcium rather than brute force. He said this could be a paradigm shift in how calcified lesions are treated.

Read more on this trial and the technology in the article Shockwave Technology to Sonically Bust Calcified Coronary Lesions Shows Safety and Efficacy in U.S. Pivotal IDE Trial.

Find additional TCT 2020 news, video and late-breaking studies

 

Antiplatelet and Anticoagulation Therapies | October 19, 2020
VIDEO: Crushing Prasugrel Tablets Does Not Help STEMI Patients

The COMPARE CRUSH Trial looked at the effect of pre-hospital crushed prasugrel tablets in patients with STEMI planned for primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).[1] This video is of the press conference presentation of this late-breaking study by doctor George Vlachojannis, from UMC Utrecht, at the 2020 Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) Connect virtual meeting. 

The idea was to crush the tablets to enable faster antiplatelet inhibition, but the findings of this study showed it did not improve TIMI 3 flow on first angiography or ST-segment resolution at 1 hour post PCI.

Find additional TCT 2020 news, video and late-breaking studies

 

Reference:

1. Vlachojannis GJ, Vogel RF, Wilschut JM, Lemmert ME, Delewi R, Diletti R, van Vliet R, van der Waarden N, Nuis RJ, Paradies V, Alexopoulos D, Zijlstra F, Montalescot G, Angiolillo DJ, Krucoff MW, Van Mieghem NM, Smits PC. COMPARison of pre-hospital CRUSHed vs. uncrushed Prasugrel tablets in patients with STEMI undergoing primary percutaneous coronary interventions: Rationale and design of the COMPARE CRUSH trial. Am Heart J. 2020 Jun;224:10-16. doi: 10.1016/j.ahj.2020.03.005. Epub 2020 Mar 11.

 

Stents Drug Eluting | October 19, 2020
VIDEO: Results of the OPTIMIZE IDE Trial for the Svelte Drug Eluting Stent 

Dean Kereiakes, M.D., medical director, The Christ Hospital Heart and Vascular Center, medical director, The Christ Hospital Research Institute, and professor of clinical medicine at The Ohio State University, explains the late-breaking OPTIMIZE Trial at the 2020 Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) Connect virtual meeting. 

OPTIMIZE looked at the safety and efficacy of the novel Svelte drug eluting stent (DES). It is a thin strut cobalt chromium stent that uses a bioresorbable amino acid-based drug carrier to elute sirolimus. It also was designed specifically for transradial access and direct stenting with a very low crossing profile. 

The trial showed the device did not meet non inferiority for existing DES by a small margin, but there were questions raised about the criteria used in the design of the trial being flawed, rather than the device itself. Kereiakes explains these issues in the video. 

Find additional TCT 2020 news, video and late-breaking studies

 

 

 

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Hemodynamic Support Devices | October 20, 2020
VIDEO: Abiomed Highlights Trends and New Technology in Hemodynamic Support

Chuck Simonton, M.D., chief medical officer at Abiomed, discusses some of the new technologies and clinical trials the company is working on and highlighted hemodynamic presentations at the 2020 Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) Connect virtual meeting.

In this interview Simonton discusses:
   • The new Impella 5.5 device
   • The new Impella ECP expandable pump that collapses to a very small diameter to aid vascular access is about to start first-in-human trials.
   • Smart Assist technology that will incorporated artificial intelligence (AI) to better monitor Impella patients.
   • The Door to Unloading (DTU) Trial that is using Impella first in STEMI patients prior to PCI to prevent reperfusion injury
   •The PROTECT III and IV trials. 

Prior Abiomed, Simonton was the CMO at Abbott Vascular, and was a practicing interventional cardiologist for nearly 30 years at Duke University Medical Center and then at the Sanger Clinic. At Sanger he created his own research team to study patient outcomes following the use of new cardiac technologies. He also founded the Carolinas Cardiovascular Research Foundation at the Carolinas Heart Institute, now part of Atrium Health.
 

Find more TCT news, video and the late-breaking studies

Coronavirus (COVID-19) | October 20, 2020
VIDEO: Use of Impella in COVID-19 Patients

Chuck Simonton, M.D., chief medical officer at Abiomed, explains when advanced hemodynamic support in required in COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) patients. Abiomed received two FDA emergency use authorizations in 2020 to use Impella is certain clinical circumstances, including a provision to use the Impella RP for right heart failure in COVID patients and for the Impella CP to be used in tandem with ECMO to help support critially ill COVID patients.

Find more cardiology related COVID news 

 

Cath Lab | October 19, 2020
VIDEO: Intravascular Lithotripsy to Treat Severely Calcified Coronary Artery Lesions

Dean Kereiakes, M.D., medical director, The Christ Hospital Heart and Vascular Center, medical director, The Christ Hospital Research Institute, and professor of clinical medicine at The Ohio State University, explains the late-breaking Disrupt CAD III study at the 2020 Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) Connect virtual meeting. 

The trial will likely pave the way for U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance for intravascular lithotripsy to be used in the coronary arteries. He offers details on the data and and use of this technology in the cath lab compared to the current techniques of atherectomy, cutting balloons and high pressure balloons that can cause vessel trauma, leading to poorer outcomes. 

The lithotripsy technology breaks up calcium in the vessel walls without trauma, using a compliant balloon and relying on sonic waves to bust the calcium rather than brute force. He said this could be a paradigm shift in how calcified lesions are treated.

Read more on this trial and the technology in the article Shockwave Technology to Sonically Bust Calcified Coronary Lesions Shows Safety and Efficacy in U.S. Pivotal IDE Trial.

Find additional TCT 2020 news, video and late-breaking studies

 

Stents Drug Eluting | October 19, 2020
VIDEO: Results of the OPTIMIZE IDE Trial for the Svelte Drug Eluting Stent 

Dean Kereiakes, M.D., medical director, The Christ Hospital Heart and Vascular Center, medical director, The Christ Hospital Research Institute, and professor of clinical medicine at The Ohio State University, explains the late-breaking OPTIMIZE Trial at the 2020 Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) Connect virtual meeting. 

OPTIMIZE looked at the safety and efficacy of the novel Svelte drug eluting stent (DES). It is a thin strut cobalt chromium stent that uses a bioresorbable amino acid-based drug carrier to elute sirolimus. It also was designed specifically for transradial access and direct stenting with a very low crossing profile. 

The trial showed the device did not meet non inferiority for existing DES by a small margin, but there were questions raised about the criteria used in the design of the trial being flawed, rather than the device itself. Kereiakes explains these issues in the video. 

Find additional TCT 2020 news, video and late-breaking studies

 

 

 

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Artificial Intelligence | September 25, 2020
VIDEO: Use of Artificial Intelligence in Nuclear Imaging

Ernest Garcia, Ph.D., MASNC, FAHA, endowed professor in cardiac imaging, director of nuclear cardiology R&D laboratory, Emory University, developer of the Emory Cardiac Tool Box used in nuclear imaging and past-president of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology (ASNC), explains the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in cardiac imaging. He said there is a tsunami of new AI applications that are starting to flood the FDA for market approval, and there are several examples of AI already in use in cardiac imaging. He spoke on this topic in a keynote session at the 2020 ASNC meeting.

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How Artificial Intelligence Will Change Medical Imaging

VIDEO: Artificial Intelligence for Echocardiography at Mass General — Interview with Judy Hung, M.D.

VIDEO: ACC Efforts to Advance Evidence-based Implementation of AI in Cardiovascular Care — Interview with John Rumsfeld, M.D.

VIDEO: Overview of Artificial Intelligence and its Use in Cardiology — Interview with Anthony Chang, M.D.

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Coronavirus (COVID-19) | September 15, 2020
VIDEO: Example of a Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C) Pediatric Echocardiogram

Case is a 6-month-old infant boy admitted to hospital due to respiratory distress then worsened by a pericardial effusion and solitary kidney and renal failure. Diagnosed as multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) due to COVID-19 exposure. Cardiac ultrasound case submitted to DAIC by Mohamed Shahwan, European Gaza Hospital. 

 

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Pharmaceuticals | September 10, 2020
VIDEO: Icosapent Ethyl Significantly Reduces Coronary Plaque in EVAPORATE Study

Matthew Budoff, M.D., director of cardiovascular CT at The Lundquist Institute, and professor of medicine at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, presented the  EVAPORATE Study final results at the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) 2020 Congress. He explains how cardiac CT was used to monitor patients taking icosapent ethyl (Vascepa) showed it showed a 17 percent reversal of low attenuation plaques in the coronary arteries.

Final results from Effect of Icosapent Ethyl on Progression of Coronary Atherosclerosis in Patients with Elevated Triglycerides on Statin Therapy (EVAPORATE) Trial showed a significant reduction in the primary endpoint of icosapent ethyl reducing LAP plaque volume from baseline. Whereas there was a progression of LAP plaque volume in the placebo group. There were significant differences between icosapent ethyl and placebo at study end for secondary endpoints of other types of plaque volume changes, including and sequentially total, total non-calcified, fibrofatty, and fibrous plaque volumes. All regressed in the icosapent ethyl group and progressed in the placebo group, (p<0.01 for all). The only secondary endpoint which did not achieve a significant difference between groups in multivariable modeling was dense calcium (p=0.053).

Read more in the article "Icosapent Ethyl Significantly Reduces Coronary Plaque in EVAPORATE Study."

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Remote Viewing Systems | August 19, 2020
VIDEO: How GE Healthcare’s Zero Footprint Viewer Supports Clinical Care

Enterprise viewers are designed to provide fast and easy access to a patient’s imaging history, and today’s modern healthcare systems require a clinical viewer capable of meeting the diverse needs of a large group of users. GE Healthcare’s Zero Footprint Viewer can quickly and easily display digital images, video clips and cine loops from any department and on many different devices.

It provides access to images and reports from anywhere, whether it’s on the hospital floor, in surgery, in clinic or at home, to allow clinicians to access and develop clinical insights that deliver patient results and drive operational efficiencies.

Learn more at https://www.gehealthcare.com/products/healthcare-it/enterprise-imaging/centricity-universal-viewer-zero-footprint

 

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Coronavirus (COVID-19) | September 29, 2020
VIDEO: Overview of Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C) in COVID-19 Exposed Children

Deepika Thacker, M.D., a pediatric cardiologist with Nemours Children’s Health System, Wilmington, Del., helped discover one of the first cases of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) in the United States. She explains how they treated the first and subsequent pediatric patients with the COVID-19 related syndrome. Read more about the first case of MIS-C Nemours treated in the article Case Study Describes One of the First U.S. Cases of MIS-C.

The dangerous Kawasaki Disease-like syndrome occurs in a small number of children exposed to the COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) virus. MIS-C is an autoimmune reaction where the COVID appears asymptomatic, but the immune system overeacts to the virus and begins attacking health tissues in the body. It causes severe causes inflammation of the heart, lungs and other vital organs.

 

CDC Reports 800 U.S. Children Diagnosed With MIC-C

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported as of Sept. 10, 2020, there have been 792 confirmed cases in the United States of the rare MIS-C condition in children that is linked to COVID-19.

The agency also reported there have been 16 deaths reported from the MIS-C cases reported in 42 states, New York City and Washington, D.C., as of Sept. 3. Nearly all cases of MIS-C occurred in children who tested positive for the new coronavirus, while the remainder were in children who were around a person with COVID-19.

The CDC report also gave the following statistics:

   • Most cases are in children between the ages of 1 and 14 years, with an average age of 8 years.
   • Cases have occurred in children from <1 year old to 20 years old.
   • More than 70% of reported cases have occurred in children who are Hispanic/Latino (276 cases) or non-Hispanic Black (230 cases).
   • 99% of cases (783) tested positive for SARS CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. The remaining 1% were around someone with COVID-19.
   • Most children developed MIS-C 2-4 weeks after infection with SARS-CoV-2.
   • Slightly more than half (54%) of reported cases were male.
 

Find additional CDC statistics on U.S. MIS-C cases

 

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Cardiac Imaging | August 12, 2020
VIDEO: Example of Strain Imaging That Can Derive Hemodynamic Pressure Loops

Advanced visualization company Medis recently purchased Advanced Medical Imaging Development S.r.l. (AMID), which developed software to automatically track and measure strain in echocardiograms. That technology is now being adapted for strain imaging in CT and MRI. Using this imaging data, the software also can noninvasively derive pressure gradient loops and curves, similar to using invasive pulmonary arterial (PA) hemodynamic pressure catheters. This information is useful in monitoring critically ill patients on hemodynamic support and to monitor worsening severity of heart failure. 

The technology was discussed at the 2020 Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT) virtual meeting. Examples of this technology are presented in this video. 
 

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Coronavirus (COVID-19) | May 28, 2020
VIDEO: Why QT-prolongation Occurs in COVID-19 Patients on Hydroxychloroquine and Azithromycin

Interview with Andrew D. Krahn, M.D.,FHRS, head of the division of cardiology at St. Paul’s Hospital, and professor of medicine at the University of British Columbia, and vice president of the Heart Rhythm Society (HRS). He is an expert in long QT syndrome (LQTS) and is involved with the National Long QT Registry. He explains the issues with the drugs being used to treat coronavirus (COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2) patients and why these combined with the cardiac impact of the virus is causing prolonged ECG QT segment prolongation, leading to deadly arrhythmias. COVID-19 can cause myocarditis that causes QT prolongation and the front-line COVID drugs hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin also cause QT prolongation.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a Drug Safety Communication April 23, 2020, reminding doctors there are serious side effects when using hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine in the off-label use to treat COVID-19 patients. This includes potentially life-threatening heart rhythm problems. The FDA said case reports from the FDA Adverse Event Reporting System database, published medical literature and the American Association of Poison Control Centers National Poison Data System are reporting serious heart-related adverse events and patient deaths. Read more about this alert.

The FDA warning confirmed fears from the American Heart Association (AHA), the American College of Cardiology (ACC) and the Heart Rhythm Society (HRS). These societies April 8 jointly published a new guidance, “Considerations for Drug Interactions on QTc in Exploratory COVID-19 (Coronavirus Disease 19) Treatment,” to detail critical cardiovascular considerations in the use of hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin for the treatment of COVID-19. The societies warned that use of  these agents in a large number of patients in combination would results in arrhythmias and deaths. Read more.

However, there are numerous advocates that argue hydroxychloroquine needs to be used in less sick patients who are not already hypoxic to treat COVID, but it is being used primarily in very sick patients where it is not effective. Advocates also argue the drug can be used to help prevent coronavirus, similar to the drug's effect in preventing malaria. In terms of drug safety, advocates argue the drug has been used in millions of patients for more than 50 years without a high risk of arrhythmias. Several trials are now underway in the United States to test its use against COVID-19, but enrollment has been hampered because of the FDA warning. There will likely be more interest in hydroxychloroquine after it was revealed May 18, 2020, that President Trump is taking the drug for prophylaxis against COVID-19.

 

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Coronavirus (COVID-19) | April 22, 2020
VIDEO: Multiple Cardiovascular Presentations of COVID-19 in New York

Justin Fried, M.D., Attending cardiologist at Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York City, and assistant professor at at Columbia University and lead author on a report that explains the cardiovascular presentations of COVID-19. The study looked at four patient cases where cardiology became involved in the patient's care.

Novel coronavirus (COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2) can present as a cardiovascular issue, or patients can develop myocarditis or cardiogenic shock as the virus progresses. SARS-CoV-2 has a much higher mortality rate in patients with comorbiditities, but is highest in patients with comorbidities like heart failure and coronary artery disease. Fried said these conditions are exacerbated by COVID-19.

"We tried to put together some of the observations we noted in our early experiences in these patients at out center with manifestations of COVID-19," explained Fried. "We are seeing significant cardiac involvement, but it is important to note that many of our patients with underlying cardiovascular disease, notably heart failure and coronary disease, are developing significant effects form COVID-19 that is destabilizing conditions, and that presents unique challenge. I worry most about our patients who have underlying cardiovascular disease, which can be exacerbated by COVID-19."

Read more details in the article "New York City Physicians Note Multiple Cardiovascular Presentations of COVID-19."

 

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VIDEO: 9 Cardiologists Share COVID-19 Takeaways From Across the U.S.

VIDEO: Impact of COVID-19 on the Interventional Cardiology Program at Henry Ford Hospital — Interview with William O'Neill, M.D.

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ACC COVID-19 Clinical Guidance For the Cardiovascular Care Team

VIDEO: COVID-19 Precautions for Cardiac Imaging — Interview with Stephen Bloom, M.D.

Rapid Drop in Heart Attacks and Stroke at Hospitals Concerns ACC 

VIDEO: Cancelling Non-essential Cardiac Procedures During the COVID-19 Outbreak — an interview with SCCT President Ehtisham Mahmud, M.D.

VIDEO: Telemedicine in Cardiology and Medical Imaging During COVID-19 — Interview with Regina Druz, M.D.

The Cardiac Implications of Novel Coronavirus

VIDEO: What Cardiologists Need to Know about COVID-19 — Interview with Thomas Maddox, M.D.

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Left Atrial Appendage (LAA) Occluders | October 02, 2020
VIDEO: Overview of Left Atrial Appendage (LAA) Closure Technology and New Innovations

Horst Sievert, M.D., is the director of the Cardiovascular Center Frankfurt, and associate professor of internal medicine-cardiology at the University of Frankfurt. He discusses left atrial appendage (LAA) device advances and new developments for more effective LAA closure to reduce the stroke risk in atrial fibrillation (AFib or AF) patients and new developments for more effective LAA closure to reduce the stroke risk in atrial fibrillation (AFib or AF) patients.

He said there are current limitations using the Boston Scientific Watchman FLX and Abbott Amplatzer Amulet devices. One of the new concepts in transcatheter LAA occlusion technology from Append Medical is a suture delivery system that eliminate permanent metal implants and mimics a surgical suture closure without the need for an open chest procedure.

Sievert has more than 30 years experience in cardiology and has been the principal investigator in a number of clinical trials and has authored more than 130 manuscripts and 500 abstracts in peer-reviewed journals and 50 books and book contributions. He is also chairman of Scientific Advisory for Append Medical, developer of a novel LAA closure device.

Read more about the Append device — First-Of-Its-Kind, No-Implant LAA Occluder Noted for Innovation at 2019 ICI Meeting
 

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EP Lab | October 01, 2020
VIDEO: Virtual Tour of the Robotic Electrophysiology Lab at Banner Health

Peter Weiss M.D., MSc, director of ventricular arrhythmia management and robotics, and assistant clinical professor of medicine at the Heart Institute, Banner University of Arizona Medical Center, Phoenix, takes a video tour of Banner's new robotic electrophysiology (EP) lab. It is the site of the first U.S. install of the Stereotaxis Genesis robotic system. It is a smaller, more refined system from the earlier generation from a decade ago. Weiss performs a guided tour of the lab and its mapping technologies. 

 

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EP Lab | September 30, 2020
VIDEO: Advantages of Robotic Ablation in the EP Lab

Peter Weiss M.D., MSc, director of ventricular arrhythmia management and robotics, and assistant clinical professor of medicine at the Heart Institute, Banner University of Arizona Medical Center, Phoenix, explains the advantages of using robotic navigation in the electrophysiology (EP) lab. He has used Stereotaxis robots for the past decade to reduce fluoro imaging and improve ablation outcomes. Banner just opened a new robotic EP lab with a Stereotaxis Genesis system, the first to be installed in the U.S. and only the second install in the world.

 

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VIDEO: Virtual Tour of the Robotic Electrophysiology Lab at Banner Health — Interview with Peter Weiss, M.D.

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EP Lab | July 28, 2020
VIDEO: Impact of COVID-19 on Electrophysiology Programs

Devi G. Nair, M.D., FHRS, director of cardiac electrophysiology, St. Bernards Heart and Vascular Center, Jonesboro, Ark., explains the impact of COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) on her EP program and what was done to continue operations and recover procedural volume. She also shares how EP played a role in the team approach to treating coronavirus patients at her center.

Her experience is an example of how centers have dealt with issues related to the pandemic, including shutting down elective procedures, treating emergent cases, reopening services, new safety precautions and how telehealth played a role.

Nair is also chairman for the Heart Rhythm Society (HRS) member engagement sub-committee and is a board member of the Arkansas chapter of the American College of Cardiology (ACC).

Watch Nair in this interview — VIDEO: Overview of LAA Occlusion Using the Watchman FLX

 

 

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Artificial Intelligence | September 25, 2020
VIDEO: Use of Artificial Intelligence in Nuclear Imaging

Ernest Garcia, Ph.D., MASNC, FAHA, endowed professor in cardiac imaging, director of nuclear cardiology R&D laboratory, Emory University, developer of the Emory Cardiac Tool Box used in nuclear imaging and past-president of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology (ASNC), explains the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in cardiac imaging. He said there is a tsunami of new AI applications that are starting to flood the FDA for market approval, and there are several examples of AI already in use in cardiac imaging. He spoke on this topic in a keynote session at the 2020 ASNC meeting.

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Artificial Intelligence | September 21, 2020
VIDEO: Artificial Intelligence May Improve Cath Lab Interventions

Nick West, M.D., chief medical officer for Abbott, explains the details from a survey of 1,400 patients, physicians and healthcare executives in an effort to understand the needs to guide future technology development. Artificial intelligence (AI) is being looked at as a way to better personalize medicine. In the cath lab, AI might be used to help interpret intravascular images as a second set of eyes for the physician. AI also might enable immediate feedback on how to proceed with a case based on current guidelines and clinical evidence.

Read more about the survey in the article "Emerging Technology and Data Key to Closing Treatment Gaps to Improve Cardiovascular Care."

See Part 1 of this video where west describes the key findings of the survey in the VIDEO: Survey Shows Large Disconnect in Medical Technology Across Continuum of Care.

 

 

Cardiovascular Business | September 14, 2020
VIDEO: Survey Shows Large Disconnect in Medical Technology Across Continuum of Care

Nick West, M.D., chief medical officer for Abbott, explains the details from a survey of 1,400 patients, physicians and healthcare executives in an effort to understand the high-level issues regarding the use of technology in medicine, the gaps in communication, and patient perceptions to guide future technology development. 

Four high-level observations emerged from our study:

1. Patients are frustrated by the level of care they’re receiving – they understandably want a personalized healthcare experience “tailored for me,” across the care continuum.

2. Physicians lament the lack of time they have to spend with patients, their limited visibility into patient adherence to treatment and lifestyle changes, and challenges with other key factors that influence the quality of care they can provide.

3. Administrators are pressured to deliver patient satisfaction and reduce costs across multiple departments.

4. Diagnostic and data-driven technology holds the promise to move care from a point-in-time, intervention-only focus to a more holistic “whole patient” view by improving the accuracy of
diagnosis, appropriate interventions as required, and evidence-based post-procedural care.

Read more about the survey in the article "Emerging Technology and Data Key to Closing Treatment Gaps to Improve Cardiovascular Care."

See Part 2 of this video where West describes the how AI might be used in interventional cardiology in the VIDEO: Artificial Intelligence May Improve Cath Lab Interventions.

Remote Viewing Systems | August 19, 2020
VIDEO: How GE Healthcare’s Zero Footprint Viewer Supports Clinical Care

Enterprise viewers are designed to provide fast and easy access to a patient’s imaging history, and today’s modern healthcare systems require a clinical viewer capable of meeting the diverse needs of a large group of users. GE Healthcare’s Zero Footprint Viewer can quickly and easily display digital images, video clips and cine loops from any department and on many different devices.

It provides access to images and reports from anywhere, whether it’s on the hospital floor, in surgery, in clinic or at home, to allow clinicians to access and develop clinical insights that deliver patient results and drive operational efficiencies.

Learn more at https://www.gehealthcare.com/products/healthcare-it/enterprise-imaging/centricity-universal-viewer-zero-footprint

 

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