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CTA and ACC Collaborate to Tackle Cardiovascular Disease with Technology

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This new document builds off of the previously published Best Practices for Consumer Cardiovascular Technology Solutions in January 2022. Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death globally, taking an estimated 695,000 lives in 2021 in the United States, about 1 in every 5 deaths, according to the CDC.

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GE HealthCare Announces Prucka 3 Digital Amplifier as Next Generation Platform for Electrophysiology Innovation

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Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death globally - affecting millions of individuals and placing a significant burden on healthcare systems today. [1] Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death globally - affecting millions of individuals and placing a significant burden on healthcare systems today. [1]

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CardioSignal Looks to Expand CVD Detection through Patients Phones

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CardioSignal has already developed digital biomarkers for AFib and heart failure, while more solutions could be on the way for aortic stenosis, coronary artery disease, and pulmonary artery hypertension.

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America’s Growing CVD Problem

CardiacWire

It’s well known that heart disease is the U.S.’s s top cause of death, and our rising CVD rates have been widely covered, but a look back on some of the biggest stories of 2024 suggests that cardiovascular disease is about to become a much bigger problem. If applied across the U.S., adult population.

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Biosense Webster Begins Enrollment of Pivotal Trial Evaluating the Laminar Left Atrial Appendage Elimination Device?

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The first procedures, performed by leading physicians Saibal Kar , MD, FACC, FSCAI, (Program Director, Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship, Los Robles Health System , California, HCA Healthcare National Physician Director, Interventional Cardiology) and Devi Nair , MD, FACC, FHRS, (Director, Cardiac Electrophysiology Division, St.

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Supercharging the ECG: AI set to Revolutionize the Diagnostic Cardiology Market

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While the spotlight in 2023 shone on developments around Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI), away from the limelight a quiet revolution in AI was taking place, which promises to transform the way we diagnose, manage, and treat cardiovascular diseases, the world’s leading cause of death.

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Avocados for the Heart; Cardiology's Sad State; CBD for Pulmonary Hypertension?

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Avocado consumption of at least two servings per week is linked to a lower risk of cardiovascular disease. Harvard University Heart Letter) A clinical polygenic risk score test for diseases ranging from atrial fibrillation (AFib) to breast cancer was piloted by scientists.