Videos | Left Atrial Appendage (LAA) Occluders | April 25, 2019

VIDEO: Overview of the Watchman Left Atrial Appendage Occluder and its Implantation Procedure

This video offers an overview of the Watchman left atrial appendage (LAA) occluder system, including information of its design, implantation and clinical data supporting its use. Catheter-based LAA occlusion is used to seal off the LAA in the heart, which is the source of most stroke-causing clots in patients with atrial fibrillation (Afib). The device be used in place of anticoagulation therapy for stroke prevention. 

 

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VIDEO: New Data on LAA Occlusion From the PREVAIL and PROTECT Trials — Interview with Vivek Reddy, M.D.

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VIDEO: Comparison Between Watchman vs. Amulet LAA Occluders — Interview with Ashish Pershad, M.D.

Device-related Thrombus After Watchman LAA Closure Occurs in Small Number of Patients

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Chronic Total Occlusion (CTO) | August 23, 2019
VIDEO: Selecting Workhorse CTO Wires

Interview with Kevin Rogers, M.D., director of vascular medicine at the University of Colorado Hospital. He explains what wires he uses for chronic total occlusions (CTOs). The university of Colorado is a high-volume CTO center. Read more about the Innovation at the University of Colorado Hospital Cardiology Program.

 

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VIDEO: How to Treat CTOs and Complex PCI Cases — Interview with Khaldoon Alaswad, M.D.

Recent Advances in Interventional Guidewire Technology

VIDEO: New Technology to Treat Chronic Total Occlusions (CTOs), an interview with Farouc Jaffer, M.D., Ph.D.

When to Consider Revascularization of Coronary Chronic Total Occlusions

VIDEO: Treating Chronic Total Occlusions, an interview with Bill Lombardi, M.D.

VIDEO: The Evolution of Complex PCI at University of Colorado  — Interview with John Messenger, M.D., and Kevin Rogers, M.D.

How to Tackle Coronary CTOs

Advanced Visualization | August 09, 2019
VIDEO: Realistic Cinematic Reconstruction of a Heart CT Scan

An example of Siemens' photo-realistic Cinematic image reconstruction. This image is from a CTA exam from a Siemens Force CT scanner. 

Vendors who offer this realistic type of CT image rendering say it is not used for diagnostics. However, the technology can be helpful when explaining things to the patient and their family, educating physicians and staff, and for surgeons, since it offers a realistic view of the anatomy that is easier for most people to understand who are not familiar with cardiac anatomy as it appears in traditional CT multiplanar reconstruction (MPR) images. 

This example of software was demonstrated on the expo floor at the 2019 Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT) meeting. 

 

Find more news and videos from the SCCT meeting

CT Angiography (CTA) | August 08, 2019
VIDEO: Example of Photo-realistic CT Imaging of a CoreValve

This is a quick video example of a cardiac computed tomography (CT) exam showing a Medtronic CoreValve transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) device implanted. The image was reconstructed using Canon Medical’s Global Illumination photo-realistic rendering advanced visualization post-processing software. Vendors who offer this realistic type of CT image rendering say it is not used for diagnostics. However, the technology can be helpful when explaining things to the patient and their family, educating physicians and staff, and for surgeons, since it offers a realistic view of the anatomy that is easier for most people to understand who are not familiar with cardiac anatomy as it appears in traditional CT multiplanar reconstruction (MPR) images. 

This example of software was demonstrated on the expo floor at the 2019 Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT) meeting. 

 

 

 

CT Angiography (CTA) | August 08, 2019
VIDEO: Example of an Automated CT Cardiac Calcium Scoring Exam

This is an example of an automated calcium scoring software to speed review of coronary artery calcium (CAC) scoring cardiac computed tomography (CT) scans. This advanced visualization software from Ziosoft uses artificial intelligence to segment the coronary vessels, identify valves and the aorta and then color code tag the calcium deposits and quantify the amount of calcified plaque in each vessel. It tallies the score into a table and computes an overall Agatston risk score. This risk score correlates to that patient's risk for a heart attack in the future. The software notes calcium in the heart outside the coronaries in valve leaflets and the aorta, but excludes this data. This type of automation is now offered by most advanced visualization and CT system vendors. This automation can save a large amount of post-processing time and make it easier for hospitals to offer low-cost CAC CT screening programs. 

CAC scans can be used to determine if a patient needs to go on statin therapy. An Agatston score of zero means the patient has no risk of coronary disease. 

Calcium in arteries is a marker for damage caused by vessel wall inflammation from atherosclerosis. Calcium can form from previously ruptured necrotic, lipid core plaques, also referred to as vulnerable plaques. These are the types of plaque responsible for heart attacks. When the core of these plaques rupture, the blood reacts to the exposed core similar to a wound and begins to clot, forming a thrombus in the vessel, which can block the blood flow. When the vessel heals over time it calcifies, leaving behind an easily identifiable marker on CT imaging. 

This example of software was demonstrated on the expo floor at the 2019 Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT) meeting. 

 

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VIDEO: The History of CT Calcium Scoring — Interview with Arthur Agatston, M.D.

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VIDEO: CT Calcium Scoring to Screen For Who Should Take Statins — Interview with Matthew Budoff, M.D.

 

 

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Information Technology | April 17, 2019
itnTV "Conversations": Creating an Interoperability Strategy

With Intellispace Enterprise Edition as the foundation, Philips Healthcare is connecting facilities and service areas within enterprises, while developing standards-based interoperability that preserves customers' investments and best of breed systems. 

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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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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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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Advanced Visualization | August 09, 2019
VIDEO: Realistic Cinematic Reconstruction of a Heart CT Scan

An example of Siemens' photo-realistic Cinematic image reconstruction. This image is from a CTA exam from a Siemens Force CT scanner. 

Vendors who offer this realistic type of CT image rendering say it is not used for diagnostics. However, the technology can be helpful when explaining things to the patient and their family, educating physicians and staff, and for surgeons, since it offers a realistic view of the anatomy that is easier for most people to understand who are not familiar with cardiac anatomy as it appears in traditional CT multiplanar reconstruction (MPR) images. 

This example of software was demonstrated on the expo floor at the 2019 Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT) meeting. 

 

Find more news and videos from the SCCT meeting

CT Angiography (CTA) | August 08, 2019
VIDEO: Example of Photo-realistic CT Imaging of a CoreValve

This is a quick video example of a cardiac computed tomography (CT) exam showing a Medtronic CoreValve transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) device implanted. The image was reconstructed using Canon Medical’s Global Illumination photo-realistic rendering advanced visualization post-processing software. Vendors who offer this realistic type of CT image rendering say it is not used for diagnostics. However, the technology can be helpful when explaining things to the patient and their family, educating physicians and staff, and for surgeons, since it offers a realistic view of the anatomy that is easier for most people to understand who are not familiar with cardiac anatomy as it appears in traditional CT multiplanar reconstruction (MPR) images. 

This example of software was demonstrated on the expo floor at the 2019 Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT) meeting. 

 

 

 

CT Angiography (CTA) | August 08, 2019
VIDEO: Example of an Automated CT Cardiac Calcium Scoring Exam

This is an example of an automated calcium scoring software to speed review of coronary artery calcium (CAC) scoring cardiac computed tomography (CT) scans. This advanced visualization software from Ziosoft uses artificial intelligence to segment the coronary vessels, identify valves and the aorta and then color code tag the calcium deposits and quantify the amount of calcified plaque in each vessel. It tallies the score into a table and computes an overall Agatston risk score. This risk score correlates to that patient's risk for a heart attack in the future. The software notes calcium in the heart outside the coronaries in valve leaflets and the aorta, but excludes this data. This type of automation is now offered by most advanced visualization and CT system vendors. This automation can save a large amount of post-processing time and make it easier for hospitals to offer low-cost CAC CT screening programs. 

CAC scans can be used to determine if a patient needs to go on statin therapy. An Agatston score of zero means the patient has no risk of coronary disease. 

Calcium in arteries is a marker for damage caused by vessel wall inflammation from atherosclerosis. Calcium can form from previously ruptured necrotic, lipid core plaques, also referred to as vulnerable plaques. These are the types of plaque responsible for heart attacks. When the core of these plaques rupture, the blood reacts to the exposed core similar to a wound and begins to clot, forming a thrombus in the vessel, which can block the blood flow. When the vessel heals over time it calcifies, leaving behind an easily identifiable marker on CT imaging. 

This example of software was demonstrated on the expo floor at the 2019 Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT) meeting. 

 

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VIDEO: The History of CT Calcium Scoring — Interview with Arthur Agatston, M.D.

VIDEO: New Cholesterol Guidelines Support CT Calcium Scoring for Risk Assessment — Interview with Matthew Budoff, M.D.

CT Calcium Scoring Becoming a Key Risk Factor Assessment

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VIDEO: CT Calcium Scoring to Screen For Who Should Take Statins — Interview with Matthew Budoff, M.D.

 

 

Computed Tomography (CT) | August 07, 2019
VIDEO: Example of In-Stent restenosis Visualized Using Spectral CT

This is an example of in-stent restenosis shown using spectral CT imaging. This example was demonstrated by Philips Healthcare at the 2019 meeting of the Society Of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT). It can sometimes be difficult to determine if showing inside a stent of CT is artifact or real. Spectral CT can definitely help make a diagnosis. This example shows Philips’ Effective Z visualization, where the image is created based on the atomic number of the elements present in the image. After removal of iodine from the image, it shows the shadow in the stent has the same atomic composition as the vessel intima.  

This example is from a Philips IQon dual-energy CT scanner. This system has spectral imaging always on without any need to change protocols. This allows the spectral to be used when needed for additional information without need to rescan a patient.

Read more on this CT system.

VIDEO: Applications of Spectral CT — Interview with Suhny Abbara, M.D.

 

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Chronic Total Occlusion (CTO) | August 23, 2019
VIDEO: Selecting Workhorse CTO Wires

Interview with Kevin Rogers, M.D., director of vascular medicine at the University of Colorado Hospital. He explains what wires he uses for chronic total occlusions (CTOs). The university of Colorado is a high-volume CTO center. Read more about the Innovation at the University of Colorado Hospital Cardiology Program.

 

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VIDEO: Treating Chronic Total Occlusions, an interview with Bill Lombardi, M.D.

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Heart Failure | June 28, 2019
VIDEO: Echocardiographic Findings in the COAPT Trial

Federico Asch, M.D., FASE, director of cardiac imaging research and director of the cardiovascular imaging lab, MedStar Health Research Institute, Washington, D.C., explains the importance of the COAPT Trial and the cardiac ultrasound findings from the study. It was presented as a late-breaking study at the American College of Cardiology (ACC) 2019 meeting and the sub-study was discussed in several sessions at the 2019 American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) conference.

The trial showed the Abbott MitraClip can be used to help large numbers of patients with heart failure who experience increasing levels of mitral valve regurgitation due to the enlargement of their hearts. 

Read more about the COAPT Trial

VIDEO: MitraClip to Treat Heart Failure - Results of the COAPT Trial — Interview with William Abraham M.D. 

VIDEO: Impact of the COAPT Trial on Heart Failure Patients With Functional Mitral Regurgitation — Interview with Andreas Brieke, M.D.

FDA Approves MitraClip for Use in Heart Failure Patients With Functional Mitral Regurgitation

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Cath Lab | June 26, 2019
VIDEO: Ultrasound With Contrast Revascularized 50 Percent of Patients Prior to PCI in Study

Thomas Porter, M.D., FASE, the Theordore F. Hubbard Distinguished Chair of Cardiology and a professor of medicine at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, explains a new study on how cardiac ultrasound imaging combined with bubble contrast was able to break down blood clots and restore blood flow to blocked vessels in STEMI heart attack patients. He gave an update on this new potential therapeutic direction for ultrasound at the 2019 American Society Of Echocardiography (ASE) meeting.

The Brazilian study used this approach in about 100 ST-elevated myocardial infarction (STEMI) patients and was recently published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology (JACC). Porter said about 50 percent of patients had their ST resolved by the time they made it to the cath lab for percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). Two more studies in Amsterdam and Pittsburgh are now starting to see if this technique can be used while transporting patients in an ambulance to further improve heart attack outcomes and to reduce infarct size.

Porter also explains recent research that shows ultrasound pulses promote ATP and nitric acid production, which have a lasting beneficial effect on small vessel perfusion in the area treated and down stream for hours after the use of the transducer. 

Watch the VIDEO: Therapeutic Applications for Contrast Ultrasound — another  interview with Porter. 

 

 

Cath Lab | May 20, 2019
VIDEO: Walk Through of the Henry Ford Hospital Structural Heart Cath Lab

This is a walk through of the primary structural heart hybrid cath lab at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, Mich. It is the hospital's newest lab and is centered around a Philips Azurion angiography system, which is a low dose imaging system that significantly reduces dose exposure compared to previous generation systems. As seen in the video, the lab is also equipped with a vascular access ultrasound system, transesophageal echo (TEE) system, an Abiomed Impella console, a large number of storage cabinets, surgical lighting for cases that convert over to open surgery or for transapical TAVR access, movable radiation shielding and ample space to accommodate surgical equipment and extra staff involved in structural heart procedures. There also is an electrosurgical cutter unit in the lab, which Henry Ford operators use to perform transcaval access TAVR procedures for patients who have anatomical challenges to the femoral access route. 

Watch the related VIDEO: Overview of the Henry Ford Hospital Structural Heart Program

 

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Advanced Visualization | August 09, 2019
VIDEO: Realistic Cinematic Reconstruction of a Heart CT Scan

An example of Siemens' photo-realistic Cinematic image reconstruction. This image is from a CTA exam from a Siemens Force CT scanner. 

Vendors who offer this realistic type of CT image rendering say it is not used for diagnostics. However, the technology can be helpful when explaining things to the patient and their family, educating physicians and staff, and for surgeons, since it offers a realistic view of the anatomy that is easier for most people to understand who are not familiar with cardiac anatomy as it appears in traditional CT multiplanar reconstruction (MPR) images. 

This example of software was demonstrated on the expo floor at the 2019 Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT) meeting. 

 

Find more news and videos from the SCCT meeting

CT Angiography (CTA) | August 08, 2019
VIDEO: Example of Photo-realistic CT Imaging of a CoreValve

This is a quick video example of a cardiac computed tomography (CT) exam showing a Medtronic CoreValve transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) device implanted. The image was reconstructed using Canon Medical’s Global Illumination photo-realistic rendering advanced visualization post-processing software. Vendors who offer this realistic type of CT image rendering say it is not used for diagnostics. However, the technology can be helpful when explaining things to the patient and their family, educating physicians and staff, and for surgeons, since it offers a realistic view of the anatomy that is easier for most people to understand who are not familiar with cardiac anatomy as it appears in traditional CT multiplanar reconstruction (MPR) images. 

This example of software was demonstrated on the expo floor at the 2019 Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT) meeting. 

 

 

 

CT Angiography (CTA) | August 08, 2019
VIDEO: Example of an Automated CT Cardiac Calcium Scoring Exam

This is an example of an automated calcium scoring software to speed review of coronary artery calcium (CAC) scoring cardiac computed tomography (CT) scans. This advanced visualization software from Ziosoft uses artificial intelligence to segment the coronary vessels, identify valves and the aorta and then color code tag the calcium deposits and quantify the amount of calcified plaque in each vessel. It tallies the score into a table and computes an overall Agatston risk score. This risk score correlates to that patient's risk for a heart attack in the future. The software notes calcium in the heart outside the coronaries in valve leaflets and the aorta, but excludes this data. This type of automation is now offered by most advanced visualization and CT system vendors. This automation can save a large amount of post-processing time and make it easier for hospitals to offer low-cost CAC CT screening programs. 

CAC scans can be used to determine if a patient needs to go on statin therapy. An Agatston score of zero means the patient has no risk of coronary disease. 

Calcium in arteries is a marker for damage caused by vessel wall inflammation from atherosclerosis. Calcium can form from previously ruptured necrotic, lipid core plaques, also referred to as vulnerable plaques. These are the types of plaque responsible for heart attacks. When the core of these plaques rupture, the blood reacts to the exposed core similar to a wound and begins to clot, forming a thrombus in the vessel, which can block the blood flow. When the vessel heals over time it calcifies, leaving behind an easily identifiable marker on CT imaging. 

This example of software was demonstrated on the expo floor at the 2019 Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT) meeting. 

 

Related CT Calcium Scorining Content:

VIDEO: The History of CT Calcium Scoring — Interview with Arthur Agatston, M.D.

VIDEO: New Cholesterol Guidelines Support CT Calcium Scoring for Risk Assessment — Interview with Matthew Budoff, M.D.

CT Calcium Scoring Becoming a Key Risk Factor Assessment

ACC and AHA Release Updated Cholesterol Guidelines for 2018

VIDEO: CT Calcium Scoring to Screen For Who Should Take Statins — Interview with Matthew Budoff, M.D.

 

 

Computed Tomography (CT) | August 07, 2019
VIDEO: Example of In-Stent restenosis Visualized Using Spectral CT

This is an example of in-stent restenosis shown using spectral CT imaging. This example was demonstrated by Philips Healthcare at the 2019 meeting of the Society Of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT). It can sometimes be difficult to determine if showing inside a stent of CT is artifact or real. Spectral CT can definitely help make a diagnosis. This example shows Philips’ Effective Z visualization, where the image is created based on the atomic number of the elements present in the image. After removal of iodine from the image, it shows the shadow in the stent has the same atomic composition as the vessel intima.  

This example is from a Philips IQon dual-energy CT scanner. This system has spectral imaging always on without any need to change protocols. This allows the spectral to be used when needed for additional information without need to rescan a patient.

Read more on this CT system.

VIDEO: Applications of Spectral CT — Interview with Suhny Abbara, M.D.

 

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CT Angiography (CTA) | August 08, 2019
VIDEO: Example of an Automated CT Cardiac Calcium Scoring Exam

This is an example of an automated calcium scoring software to speed review of coronary artery calcium (CAC) scoring cardiac computed tomography (CT) scans. This advanced visualization software from Ziosoft uses artificial intelligence to segment the coronary vessels, identify valves and the aorta and then color code tag the calcium deposits and quantify the amount of calcified plaque in each vessel. It tallies the score into a table and computes an overall Agatston risk score. This risk score correlates to that patient's risk for a heart attack in the future. The software notes calcium in the heart outside the coronaries in valve leaflets and the aorta, but excludes this data. This type of automation is now offered by most advanced visualization and CT system vendors. This automation can save a large amount of post-processing time and make it easier for hospitals to offer low-cost CAC CT screening programs. 

CAC scans can be used to determine if a patient needs to go on statin therapy. An Agatston score of zero means the patient has no risk of coronary disease. 

Calcium in arteries is a marker for damage caused by vessel wall inflammation from atherosclerosis. Calcium can form from previously ruptured necrotic, lipid core plaques, also referred to as vulnerable plaques. These are the types of plaque responsible for heart attacks. When the core of these plaques rupture, the blood reacts to the exposed core similar to a wound and begins to clot, forming a thrombus in the vessel, which can block the blood flow. When the vessel heals over time it calcifies, leaving behind an easily identifiable marker on CT imaging. 

This example of software was demonstrated on the expo floor at the 2019 Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT) meeting. 

 

Related CT Calcium Scorining Content:

VIDEO: The History of CT Calcium Scoring — Interview with Arthur Agatston, M.D.

VIDEO: New Cholesterol Guidelines Support CT Calcium Scoring for Risk Assessment — Interview with Matthew Budoff, M.D.

CT Calcium Scoring Becoming a Key Risk Factor Assessment

ACC and AHA Release Updated Cholesterol Guidelines for 2018

VIDEO: CT Calcium Scoring to Screen For Who Should Take Statins — Interview with Matthew Budoff, M.D.

 

 

Cardiac Imaging | July 30, 2019
VIDEO: Assessing Cardiovascular Risk in Ultra-endurance Athletes

Nate Bachman, graduate research assistant in the Human Cardiovascular Physiology Lab of the Dept. of Health and Exercise Science at Colorado State University, describes how he and fellow researchers used multiple types of cardiac imaging to evaluate the cardiovascular health of athletes who compete in endurance events lasting six hours or more, and what the results may suggest for future screening.

CT Angiography (CTA) | July 24, 2019
VIDEO: The History of CT Calcium Scoring

Arthur Agatston, M.D., clinical professor of medicine, Florida International University, Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, is the name-sake of the Agatston score used in CT calcium scoring. He explains the history of the scoring system from the early 1990s and the evolution of CT technology for cardiac imaging. The latest American Heart Association (AHA) 2018 cholesterol guidelines now include the use of CT calcium scoring, which was a big topic at the Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT) 2019 meeting.

Read the article How the Agatston Calcium Score Was Created and its Impact on Heart Attack Prevention.

See a quick example of a CT calcium scoring exam in the VIDEO: Example of an Automated CT Cardiac Calcium Scoring Exam.

 

 

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VIDEO: New Cholesterol Guidelines Support CT Calcium Scoring for Risk Assessment — Interview with Matthew Budoff, M.D.

CT Calcium Scoring Becoming a Key Risk Factor Assessment

ACC and AHA Release Updated Cholesterol Guidelines for 2018

VIDEO: CT Calcium Scoring to Screen For Who Should Take Statins — Interview with Matthew Budoff, M.D.

 

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Cardiovascular Ultrasound | July 01, 2019
VIDEO: Cardiovascular Damage Caused by Chagas Disease

Federico Asch, M.D., FASE, director of cardiac imaging research and director of the cardiovascular imaging lab, MedStar Health Research Institute, Washington, D.C., spoke about the cardiovascular impact of chagas disease and the symptoms that should be considered for patients who are from, or visited, South or Central America. He spoke on the topic at the 2019 American Society Of Echocardiography (ASE) meeting.

Chagas, also called trypanosomiasis, is a tropical parasitic disease caused by the protist Trypanosoma cruzi. It is spread through the bite of the triatominae insect, which is also known as the "kissing bug." Link to the Center for Disease Control (CDC) page on Chagas.

Asch served as the co-chair of the group that created the guidelines to image Chagas disease.

Read the guidelines at "Recommendations for Multimodality Cardiac Imaging in Patients with Chagas Disease: A Report from the American Society of Echocardiography in Collaboration With the InterAmerican Association of Echocardiography (ECOSIAC) and the Cardiovascular Imaging Department of the Brazilian Society of Cardiology (DIC-SBC).

 

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EP Lab | July 26, 2019
VIDEO: What Electrophysiologists Need From CT Imaging Prior to AF and VT Ablations

Mark Ibrahim, M.D., FACC, assistant professor of medicine and radiology, associate program director, advanced cardiac imaging fellowship, University of Utah, explains what radiologists and cardiologists need to know what is needed from CT imaging prior to ablation procedures for atrial fibrillation (AF) and ventricular fibrillation (VF). He spoke at a joint session of the Heart Rhythm Society (HRS) and the Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT) at the 2019 SCCT meeting. 

 

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EP Lab | July 25, 2019
VIDEO: Use of Radiotherapy to Noninvasively Ablate Ventricular Tachycardia

Pierre Qian, MBBS, cardiac electrophysiologist fellow, Brigham and Women's Hospital, explains how his facility is working with radiation oncology to use radio therapy to noninvasively ablate ventricular tachycardia (VT). He spoke on this topics during a joint electrophysiology session by the Heart Rhythm Society (HRS) and the Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT) at the SCCT 2019 meeting.

Here is a link to another radiotherapy EP project Qian recently had published - A Novel Microwave Catheter Can Perform Noncontact Circumferential Endocardial Ablation in a Model of Pulmonary Vein Isolation. 

 

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Atrial Fibrillation | June 21, 2019
VIDEO: Artificial Intelligence to Automatically Risk Stratify Atrial Fibrillation Patients

Sanjaya Gupta, M.D., electrophysiologist, St. Luke's Mid America Heart Institute, and assistant professor, University of Missouri–Kansas City School of Medicine, explains how his center developed an artificial intelligence (AI) application to automatically risk stratify atrial fibrillation (AFib) patients. The Epic-based app stratifies patients into those who should be placed on anticoagulation and those who are candidates for left atrial appendage (LAA) occlusion. He spoke at the 2019 AI-Med Cardiology conference. 

His center hopes to develop similar guidelines based AI apps for other types of cardiac risk scoring. Gupta said he is looking for other centers to partner with to co-develop and test these AI apps.    

 

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Left Atrial Appendage (LAA) Occluders | April 25, 2019
VIDEO: Overview of the Watchman Left Atrial Appendage Occluder and its Implantation Procedure

This video offers an overview of the Watchman left atrial appendage (LAA) occluder system, including information of its design, implantation and clinical data supporting its use. Catheter-based LAA occlusion is used to seal off the LAA in the heart, which is the source of most stroke-causing clots in patients with atrial fibrillation (Afib). The device be used in place of anticoagulation therapy for stroke prevention. 

 

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Advanced Visualization | August 09, 2019
VIDEO: Realistic Cinematic Reconstruction of a Heart CT Scan

An example of Siemens' photo-realistic Cinematic image reconstruction. This image is from a CTA exam from a Siemens Force CT scanner. 

Vendors who offer this realistic type of CT image rendering say it is not used for diagnostics. However, the technology can be helpful when explaining things to the patient and their family, educating physicians and staff, and for surgeons, since it offers a realistic view of the anatomy that is easier for most people to understand who are not familiar with cardiac anatomy as it appears in traditional CT multiplanar reconstruction (MPR) images. 

This example of software was demonstrated on the expo floor at the 2019 Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT) meeting. 

 

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CT Angiography (CTA) | August 08, 2019
VIDEO: Example of Photo-realistic CT Imaging of a CoreValve

This is a quick video example of a cardiac computed tomography (CT) exam showing a Medtronic CoreValve transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) device implanted. The image was reconstructed using Canon Medical’s Global Illumination photo-realistic rendering advanced visualization post-processing software. Vendors who offer this realistic type of CT image rendering say it is not used for diagnostics. However, the technology can be helpful when explaining things to the patient and their family, educating physicians and staff, and for surgeons, since it offers a realistic view of the anatomy that is easier for most people to understand who are not familiar with cardiac anatomy as it appears in traditional CT multiplanar reconstruction (MPR) images. 

This example of software was demonstrated on the expo floor at the 2019 Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT) meeting. 

 

 

 

Heart Valve Technology | July 24, 2019
VIDEO: Transcatheter Mitral Valve Replacement Planning

Joao Cavalcante, M.D., FSCCT, director of structural heart CT and cardiac MRI, Minneapolis Heart Institute, discusses transcatheter mitral valve replacement (TMVR) imaging requirements at the Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT) 2019 meeting. SCCT held its first TMVR planning hands-on workshop, which he was involved in. TMVR is expanding with currently FDA cleared valve-in-valve (VIV) and valve-in-ring (VIR) procedures.

 

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Interventional Imagers: The Conductors of the Heart Team Orchestra

VIDEO: The Importance of the Neo-LVOT in Transcatheter Mitral Valve Replacement  — Interview with Dee Dee Wang, M.D.

VIDEO: Transcatheter Structural Heart Procedure Navigation Technology Advances  — Interview with Stephen Little, M.D.

Recent Advances in Transcatheter Valve Technology

Abbott Begins Tendyne Transcatheter Mitral Valve U.S. Pivotal Trial

VIDEO: The Essentials of CT Transcatheter Valve Imaging — Interview with Jonathon Leipsic, M.D.,

New LAMPOON Technique Reduces LVOT Obstruction in Transcatheter Mitral Valve Replacement

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Cardiovascular Ultrasound | July 10, 2019
VIDEO: Using an iPhone to Perform a Cardiac Ultrasound Exam

This is an example of a cardiac echocardiography exam performed using an iPhone and the Butterfly IQ ultrasound transducer and app. The company is exhibiting at the American Society Of Echocardiography (ASE) 2019 meeting. This is the first “ultrasound system on a chip.” The Butterfly IQ ultrasound system consists of a transducer that connects to an iPhone or iPad to record ultrasound exams. The system has 18 different applications for specialized images, including cardiac imaging, vascular, lung, abdominal and others. The apps allow for quantification and offers many of the features of larger cart-based systems. The company is working on incorporating artificial intelligence technologies to automate some processes, such as auto ejection fractions.

This technology was picked as one of the big ultrasound advances in the VIDEO: 4 Recent Advances in Echocardiography Technology and in the VIDEO: Editor's Choice of the Most Innovative New Technology at RSNA 2018.

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