FDA approves Medtronic’s extravascular ICD for abnormal heart rhythms
The Aurora EV-ICD MRI SureScan is similar in size and shape to traditional ICDs, but it is implanted outside of the patient’s heart and veins.
View ArticlePARTNER 3, Evolut and more: TAVR takes the spotlight in 4 late-breaking...
All eyes were on TAVR during the first round of late-breaking clinical trials at TCT 2023 in San Francisco. Researchers shared key updates related to devices from Edwards Lifesciences, Medtronic,...
View ArticleCoronary drug-coated balloon superior to standard of care for in-stent...
Robert Yeh, MD, detailed the importance of the pivotal AGENT IDE trial, which focused on the use of a paclitaxel-coated balloon to treat in-stent restenosis.
View Article‘More dangerous than useful’: 1 in 5 coronary stents implanted by...
A cardiologist-led think tank tracked data from more than 1 million procedures, exploring the clinical and economic impacts of implanting low-value coronary stents.
View ArticleIVL gains higher level of reimbursement with one of biggest coding updates...
Intravascular lithotripsy therapy to break up calcified coronary lesions will now be reimbursed at a higher rate under new in-hospital codes the went into effect Oct. 1.
View ArticleFDA grants breakthrough device designation to AI-powered, retinal...
CLAiR offers physicians another way to evaluate a patient’s cardiovascular health: non-invasive retinal images captured during routine eye exams.
View ArticleTAVR and LAAO at the same time? Samir Kapadia breaks down the WATCH-TAVR trial
Could this late-breaking clinical trial from TCT 2023 be a sign of things to come in the years ahead? Samir Kapadia, MD, explored the topic in a new interview.
View ArticleIVUS-guided PCI boosts 2-year survival, reduces need for bypass surgery
IVUS was especially effective when treating patients with a complex coronary anatomy, researchers found.
View ArticleNext-gen RF catheter from Biosense Webster improves QOL in patients with...
After 12 months, researchers found that the device was associated with control of AFib in 99% of patients and relief from AFib symptoms in 93.1% of patients.
View ArticleTAVR or SAVR? Where things stand now, from a surgeon's perspective
Kendra Grubb, MD, one of the country's leading experts on cardiac surgery, discussed what she tells her patients when they ask if TAVR is better than SAVR for treating severe aortic stenosis.
View ArticleCMS increases reimbursement for AI-powered heart failure platform
Ultromics thinks the significant payment increase will help ramp up utilization among U.S. healthcare providers.
View ArticlePHOTO GALLERY: Interventional cardiology technologies at TCT 2023
Browse through some of the many highlights from TCT 2023 in San Francisco.
View ArticleAI specialists raise $80M to ramp up commercialization of imaging analysis...
The big funding round continues a busy year for Elucid as the company works to get its AI software in the hands of more physicians.
View Article10 ways to improve care for in-hospital cardiac arrest
“Nearly 300,000 cardiac arrests occur in hospitals in the United States each year, and only about 25% of people survive to hospital discharge after these types of events,” according to one author of a...
View ArticleThe future of cardiology: 5 potentially game-changing AI studies from AHA 2023
AI was one of the biggest stories at the American Heart Association’s Scientific Sessions 2023 conference in Philadelphia. Researchers presented new data about heart attack care, voice recognition...
View ArticleFully bioresorbable stents boost care for CLI patients in LIFE-BTK trial
Ramon Varcoe, MBBS, co-principal investigator for the LIFE-BTK trial, discussed the results with Cardiovascular Business at TCT 2023. "I can't wait to start using these in my patients. It's going to...
View ArticleThe expanding scope of FDG-PET in nuclear cardiac imaging
Jamie Bourque, MD, spoke to Cardiovascular Business about the growing number of ways FDG-PET scans are being used in cardiology. This includes evaluating inflammation, tracking EP device infections and...
View ArticleChatGPT struggles with echocardiography, but still shows potential to help...
ChatGPT may not be quite ready to help prepare trainees for their next echocardiography exam—but it does show promise.
View ArticleCardiologists may want to rethink how they track prosthesis-patient mismatch...
Researchers evaluated two techniques for predicting PPM after TAVR, comparing them to how cardiologists typically check for PPM in day-to-day practice.
View ArticleFDA clears AI-powered image reconstruction technology for cardiac CT scanners
The new technology, trained using more than 3 billion data points, was designed to reduce image noise and improve the overall quality of CT scans.
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