Researchers from Google have introduced a new approach for cardiac monitoring that relies on the active noise canceling (ANC) technology found in headphones and earbuds.

The technique,…

Kingsway Financial Services, a Chicago-based holding company with subsidiaries in several industries, has acquired New Jersey-based Digital Diagnostics Imaging (DDI) for $11 million. The…

Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) has been one of the hottest topics in…

Medtronic has gained U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for a new first-of-its-kind extravascular implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) and defibrillation lead that allows…

Advanced artificial intelligence (AI) models can be trained to identify abnormal…

Augmented reality is becoming more common in healthcare settings, with St. Louis-based developer …

Specialists at Cleveland Clinic have treated a hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) patient with a new gene therapy designed to reverse disease progression.

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Nearly one-fifth of patients die within two years of undergoing transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR), according to a new analysis…

Cardiologists are often not too concerned when atrial arrhythmias occur during the 90-day “blanking period” after catheter ablation. According to a new analysis published in JACC: Clinical Electrophysiology, however, such…

Cardiologists can safely perform routine electrophysiology (EP) studies during…

Attune Medical, the Chicago-based healthcare technology company, has received a De Novo…

Non-vitamin K oral anticoagulants (NOACs) are associated with fewer major bleeding events and deaths than vitamin K antagonists (VKAs) when treating patients who develop new-onset atrial fibrillation (AFib) after…

Pharmacy-provided low-cost generic programs (LCGPs) can help improve patient access to affordable cardiovascular disease (CVD) medications. According to a new analysis published in Annals of Internal Medicine, however,…

Catheter ablation procedures may help improve the mental health of patients presenting with symptomatic atrial fibrillation (AFib), according to a new analysis published in JAMA.[1] The study’s authors identified key…

A bicyclist killed outside Omaha, Nebraska, on the morning of Sept. 10 has been identified as Matthew Latacha, MD, a veteran cardiologist with Methodist Health System. He was 47 years old.…

Boston Scientific has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for its Watchman FLX Pro left atrial appendage closure…

Certain intra-aortic balloon pumps (IABPs) manufactured by Datascope, a subsidiary of Getinge, have been involved in…

Pulsed field ablation (PFA) is as effective for the treatment of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (AFib) as radiofrequency or cryoballoon ablation, according to new research presented at…