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AI
Using AI to Repurpose Routine CT Scans
05/15/2024

By Karen Olsen

By Karen Olsen
A collaborative team at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles is using artificial intelligence (AI) to mine common chest CT scans to predict mortality. Their research identified a collection of cardiac factors that were predictive of...
A collaborative team at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles is using artificial intelligence (AI) to mine common chest CT scans to predict mortality. Their research identified a collection of cardiac factors that were predictive of...
A collaborative team at...
05/15/2024
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EMS ECMO
Cardiac Arrest
North Carolina's Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist and Forsyth County EMS Launch Innovative Program to Improve Cardiac Arrest Outcomes
05/15/2024

Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist and Forsyth County EMS News

Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist and...
The innovative program, called eCPR, is designed specifically for patients in Forsyth County who experience sudden cardiac arrest caused by a life-threatening irregular heart rhythm, and who show signs that the damage can be reversed. The “e”...
The innovative program, called eCPR, is designed specifically for patients in Forsyth County who experience sudden cardiac arrest caused by a life-threatening irregular heart rhythm, and who show signs that the damage can be reversed. The “e”...
The innovative program, called...
05/15/2024
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PAD Guidelines
New Guidelines Published to Lower the Risk of Amputation in Peripheral Artery Disease
05/14/2024

American Heart Association News

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"It's important to recognize the signs and symptoms of PAD and move quickly to initiate treatment to improve outcomes and reduce risks," Dr. Heather Gornik, chair of the writing committee for the new guidelines, said. "With these updated...
"It's important to recognize the signs and symptoms of PAD and move quickly to initiate treatment to improve outcomes and reduce risks," Dr. Heather Gornik, chair of the writing committee for the new guidelines, said. "With these updated...
"It's important to recognize...
05/14/2024
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structural heart procedures
Teleflex Announces Limited Market Release of the Wattson Temporary Pacing Guidewire
05/14/2024

Teleflex News

Teleflex News
Featuring a simple design to create procedural efficiencies, the Wattson™ Temporary Pacing Guidewire offers dual functionality, supporting both valve delivery and ventricular bipolar pacing during structural heart procedures, including...
Featuring a simple design to create procedural efficiencies, the Wattson™ Temporary Pacing Guidewire offers dual functionality, supporting both valve delivery and ventricular bipolar pacing during structural heart procedures, including...
Featuring a simple design to...
05/14/2024
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TAVR
EuroPCR: Medtronic Evolut TAVR Platform Demonstrates Improved Quality of Life for Women with Severe Aortic Stenosis
05/14/2024
"This study is a major milestone for women, who have historically been excluded and underrepresented in clinical trials," said Roxana Mehran, MD.. "This subset of the data reinforces that compared to balloon-expandable valves, the Evolut TAVR...
"This study is a major milestone for women, who have historically been excluded and underrepresented in clinical trials," said Roxana Mehran, MD.. "This subset of the data reinforces that compared to balloon-expandable valves, the Evolut TAVR...
"This study is a major milestone...
05/14/2024
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Quantitative Flow Ratio (QFR)
GE HealthCare and Medis Medical Imaging Announce Collaboration Focused on Non-Invasive Coronary Assessments to Help Advance Precision Care in Treatment of CAD
05/14/2024

GE HealthCare and Medis Medical Imaging News

GE HealthCare and Medis Medical Imagi...
Together, the two companies will work to further the development and commercialization of Medis Quantitative Flow Ratio (Medis QFR), a non-invasive approach to the assessment of coronary physiology, as part of GE HealthCare’s interventional...
Together, the two companies will work to further the development and commercialization of Medis Quantitative Flow Ratio (Medis QFR), a non-invasive approach to the assessment of coronary physiology, as part of GE HealthCare’s interventional...
Together, the two companies will...
05/14/2024
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Obstructive HCM
SEQUOIA-HCM Trial: Experimental Drug Aficamten Makes Exercise, Everyday Tasks Easier for People With Obstructive Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
05/14/2024

Oregon Health & Science University and European Society of Cardiology News

Oregon Health & Science Universit...
This study demonstrated that aficamten enhanced HCM patients’ exercise capacity with significant improvement in peak oxygen uptake (pVO2), improvement in limiting symptoms, and decreases in LVOT pressure gradients.
This study demonstrated that aficamten enhanced HCM patients’ exercise capacity with significant improvement in peak oxygen uptake (pVO2), improvement in limiting symptoms, and decreases in LVOT pressure gradients.
This study demonstrated that...
05/14/2024
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MI Therapies
Researchers Find Beneficial Effects of Novel Drug Sacubitril/Valsartan in Management of Myocardial Infarction
05/14/2024

Germans Trias i Pujol Research Institute News

Germans Trias i Pujol Research Instit...
Sacubitril/Valsartan is a combination drug that has achieved promising results in reducing the rehospitalisation rates and cardiovascular deaths in patients with heart failure. The present work aimed to evaluate the effects of early...
Sacubitril/Valsartan is a combination drug that has achieved promising results in reducing the rehospitalisation rates and cardiovascular deaths in patients with heart failure. The present work aimed to evaluate the effects of early...
Sacubitril/Valsartan is a...
05/14/2024
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Drug-Eluting Stents
New-Gen Resorbable Magnesium Scaffold Freesolve Enters BIOMAG-II Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT)
05/13/2024

Biotronik Press Release

Biotronik Press Release
First Patient Enrolled in RCT comparing BIOTRONIK’s scaffold to a contemporary drug-eluting stent (DES)  BUELACH, Switzerland -- May 13, 2024 -- BIOTRONIK announced today the enrollment of the first patient in the BIOMAG-II trial...
First Patient Enrolled in RCT comparing BIOTRONIK’s scaffold to a contemporary drug-eluting stent (DES)  BUELACH, Switzerland -- May 13, 2024 -- BIOTRONIK announced today the enrollment of the first patient in the BIOMAG-II trial...
First Patient Enrolled in RCT...
05/13/2024
Vascular Disease Management
Heart Failure
Impulse Dynamics Surpasses 10,000 Patients Benefiting From Cardiac Contractility Modulation (CCM) Therapy for Heart Failure
05/13/2024

Impulse Dynamics News

Impulse Dynamics News
CCM is the brand name for cardiac contractility modulation—the non-excitatory electrical pulses delivered by the implantable Optimizer device to improve heart contraction. CCM therapy sends unique electrical pulses to the heart cells during...
CCM is the brand name for cardiac contractility modulation—the non-excitatory electrical pulses delivered by the implantable Optimizer device to improve heart contraction. CCM therapy sends unique electrical pulses to the heart cells during...
CCM is the brand name for...
05/13/2024
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White Paper
SG2 Data Highlights Urgency for Increased Cardiovascular Intervention Resources in U.S. Hospitals
11/14/2024
Sg2 recommends health systems focus on short-term care redesign and long-term investment plans for catheterization labs, care teams, resources and patient beds to match forecasted demand. The paper includes multiple short- and long-term...
Sg2 recommends health systems focus on short-term care redesign and long-term investment plans for catheterization labs, care teams, resources and patient beds to match forecasted demand. The paper includes multiple short- and long-term...
Sg2 recommends health systems...
11/14/2024
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First Aid guidelines
AHA/American Red Cross: Updated First Aid Guidelines Enhance Care for Opioid Overdose, Bleeding, Other Emergencies
11/14/2024
These are the first major comprehensive updates to the first aid guidelines since 2010 and address shifts in how the public manages common and critical first aid emergencies.
These are the first major comprehensive updates to the first aid guidelines since 2010 and address shifts in how the public manages common and critical first aid emergencies.
These are the first major...
11/14/2024
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Thrombectomy
Data Show Patients Treated with Penumbra’s Computer Assisted Vacuum Thrombectomy Technology for Pulmonary Embolism Experience Shorter Hospital Stays and Fewer Complications Compared to Other Treatment Options
11/13/2024
Data show patients with intermediate-risk pulmonary embolism (PE) treated with Penumbra’s computer assisted vacuum thrombectomy (CAVT™) technology have a shorter length of hospital stay, shorter post-procedure length of stay, and fewer...
Data show patients with intermediate-risk pulmonary embolism (PE) treated with Penumbra’s computer assisted vacuum thrombectomy (CAVT™) technology have a shorter length of hospital stay, shorter post-procedure length of stay, and fewer...
Data show patients with...
11/13/2024
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Atherosclerosis
Study Identifies Molecule That Simulates Inflammation-Reducing Effects of Low-Fat Diet
11/13/2024
“We have already seen its effectiveness in multiple models of atherosclerosis,” said Andrei Maiseyeu, associate professor at the Cardiovascular Research Institute and Department of Biomedical Engineering at Case Western Reserve’s School of...
“We have already seen its effectiveness in multiple models of atherosclerosis,” said Andrei Maiseyeu, associate professor at the Cardiovascular Research Institute and Department of Biomedical Engineering at Case Western Reserve’s School of...
“We have already seen its...
11/13/2024
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defibrillation
Researchers Discover Far Less Energy Is Needed Than Currently Used in State-of-the-Art Defibrillation Techniques
11/11/2024
"Existing low-energy defibrillation protocols yield only a moderate reduction in tissue damage and pain," author Roman Grigoriev said. "Our study shows these can be completely eliminated. Conventional protocols require substantial power for...
"Existing low-energy defibrillation protocols yield only a moderate reduction in tissue damage and pain," author Roman Grigoriev said. "Our study shows these can be completely eliminated. Conventional protocols require substantial power for...
"Existing low-energy...
11/11/2024
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Heat & CVD
NEJM: Using a Fan and Wetting the Skin Reduces Risk of Deadly Cardiac Strain in Hot and Humid Weather
11/11/2024
"Older adults, especially those with heart disease, are at greater risk due to the strain that hot temperatures put on the heart. Understanding the impacts of different cooling strategies on the heart is important to help vulnerable people...
"Older adults, especially those with heart disease, are at greater risk due to the strain that hot temperatures put on the heart. Understanding the impacts of different cooling strategies on the heart is important to help vulnerable people...
"Older adults, especially those...
11/11/2024
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Endocarditis
New Catheter-Based Approach for Right-Sided Infective Endocarditis
11/11/2024
In a recent study, over 90% of the participants had their infection cleared, and they had lower in-hospital mortality compared to those whose infections remained.
In a recent study, over 90% of the participants had their infection cleared, and they had lower in-hospital mortality compared to those whose infections remained.
In a recent study, over 90% of...
11/11/2024
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Hearts in space
Artificial 'Mini-Hearts' Take Flight to the International Space Station
11/11/2024
The International Space Station research project will examine microgravity’s effect on heart tissue and is designed to better understand how microgravity affects the function of the human heart.
The International Space Station research project will examine microgravity’s effect on heart tissue and is designed to better understand how microgravity affects the function of the human heart.
The International Space Station...
11/11/2024
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Microvascular Disease
Hourglass-Shaped Stent Could Ease Severe Chest Pain From Microvascular Disease
11/08/2024
The different design is thought to increase back pressure, redistributing blood flow more fully through small vessels in the heart that were not working at capacity.
The different design is thought to increase back pressure, redistributing blood flow more fully through small vessels in the heart that were not working at capacity.
The different design is thought...
11/08/2024
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Peripheral IVL
DISRUPT BTK II: Shockwave Medical Further Validates Utility of Intravascular Lithotripsy in Lower Limb Lesions in Late-Breaking Presentation at VIVA 2024
11/08/2024
DISRUPT BTK II's primary effectiveness endpoint of procedural success, defined as ≤50% residual stenosis for all treated target lesions without serious angiographic complications, was met with a rate of 97.9% at 30 days.
DISRUPT BTK II's primary effectiveness endpoint of procedural success, defined as ≤50% residual stenosis for all treated target lesions without serious angiographic complications, was met with a rate of 97.9% at 30 days.
DISRUPT BTK II's primary...
11/08/2024
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White Paper
SG2 Data Highlights Urgency for Increased Cardiovascular Intervention Resources in U.S. Hospitals
11/14/2024
Sg2 recommends health systems focus on short-term care redesign and long-term investment plans for catheterization labs, care teams, resources and patient beds to match forecasted demand. The paper includes multiple short- and long-term...
Sg2 recommends health systems focus on short-term care redesign and long-term investment plans for catheterization labs, care teams, resources and patient beds to match forecasted demand. The paper includes multiple short- and long-term...
Sg2 recommends health systems...
11/14/2024
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First Aid guidelines
AHA/American Red Cross: Updated First Aid Guidelines Enhance Care for Opioid Overdose, Bleeding, Other Emergencies
11/14/2024
These are the first major comprehensive updates to the first aid guidelines since 2010 and address shifts in how the public manages common and critical first aid emergencies.
These are the first major comprehensive updates to the first aid guidelines since 2010 and address shifts in how the public manages common and critical first aid emergencies.
These are the first major...
11/14/2024
Cath Lab Digest
Thrombectomy
Data Show Patients Treated with Penumbra’s Computer Assisted Vacuum Thrombectomy Technology for Pulmonary Embolism Experience Shorter Hospital Stays and Fewer Complications Compared to Other Treatment Options
11/13/2024
Data show patients with intermediate-risk pulmonary embolism (PE) treated with Penumbra’s computer assisted vacuum thrombectomy (CAVT™) technology have a shorter length of hospital stay, shorter post-procedure length of stay, and fewer...
Data show patients with intermediate-risk pulmonary embolism (PE) treated with Penumbra’s computer assisted vacuum thrombectomy (CAVT™) technology have a shorter length of hospital stay, shorter post-procedure length of stay, and fewer...
Data show patients with...
11/13/2024
Cath Lab Digest
Atherosclerosis
Study Identifies Molecule That Simulates Inflammation-Reducing Effects of Low-Fat Diet
11/13/2024
“We have already seen its effectiveness in multiple models of atherosclerosis,” said Andrei Maiseyeu, associate professor at the Cardiovascular Research Institute and Department of Biomedical Engineering at Case Western Reserve’s School of...
“We have already seen its effectiveness in multiple models of atherosclerosis,” said Andrei Maiseyeu, associate professor at the Cardiovascular Research Institute and Department of Biomedical Engineering at Case Western Reserve’s School of...
“We have already seen its...
11/13/2024
Cath Lab Digest
defibrillation
Researchers Discover Far Less Energy Is Needed Than Currently Used in State-of-the-Art Defibrillation Techniques
11/11/2024
"Existing low-energy defibrillation protocols yield only a moderate reduction in tissue damage and pain," author Roman Grigoriev said. "Our study shows these can be completely eliminated. Conventional protocols require substantial power for...
"Existing low-energy defibrillation protocols yield only a moderate reduction in tissue damage and pain," author Roman Grigoriev said. "Our study shows these can be completely eliminated. Conventional protocols require substantial power for...
"Existing low-energy...
11/11/2024
Cath Lab Digest
Heat & CVD
NEJM: Using a Fan and Wetting the Skin Reduces Risk of Deadly Cardiac Strain in Hot and Humid Weather
11/11/2024
"Older adults, especially those with heart disease, are at greater risk due to the strain that hot temperatures put on the heart. Understanding the impacts of different cooling strategies on the heart is important to help vulnerable people...
"Older adults, especially those with heart disease, are at greater risk due to the strain that hot temperatures put on the heart. Understanding the impacts of different cooling strategies on the heart is important to help vulnerable people...
"Older adults, especially those...
11/11/2024
Cath Lab Digest
Endocarditis
New Catheter-Based Approach for Right-Sided Infective Endocarditis
11/11/2024
In a recent study, over 90% of the participants had their infection cleared, and they had lower in-hospital mortality compared to those whose infections remained.
In a recent study, over 90% of the participants had their infection cleared, and they had lower in-hospital mortality compared to those whose infections remained.
In a recent study, over 90% of...
11/11/2024
Cath Lab Digest
Hearts in space
Artificial 'Mini-Hearts' Take Flight to the International Space Station
11/11/2024
The International Space Station research project will examine microgravity’s effect on heart tissue and is designed to better understand how microgravity affects the function of the human heart.
The International Space Station research project will examine microgravity’s effect on heart tissue and is designed to better understand how microgravity affects the function of the human heart.
The International Space Station...
11/11/2024
Cath Lab Digest
Microvascular Disease
Hourglass-Shaped Stent Could Ease Severe Chest Pain From Microvascular Disease
11/08/2024
The different design is thought to increase back pressure, redistributing blood flow more fully through small vessels in the heart that were not working at capacity.
The different design is thought to increase back pressure, redistributing blood flow more fully through small vessels in the heart that were not working at capacity.
The different design is thought...
11/08/2024
Cath Lab Digest
Peripheral IVL
DISRUPT BTK II: Shockwave Medical Further Validates Utility of Intravascular Lithotripsy in Lower Limb Lesions in Late-Breaking Presentation at VIVA 2024
11/08/2024
DISRUPT BTK II's primary effectiveness endpoint of procedural success, defined as ≤50% residual stenosis for all treated target lesions without serious angiographic complications, was met with a rate of 97.9% at 30 days.
DISRUPT BTK II's primary effectiveness endpoint of procedural success, defined as ≤50% residual stenosis for all treated target lesions without serious angiographic complications, was met with a rate of 97.9% at 30 days.
DISRUPT BTK II's primary...
11/08/2024
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