October 14, 2011 — The American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) is preparing a guideline document on using strain echocardiography to evaluate cancer patients for early signs of cardiac toxicity due to their medical treatments. The group has also funded a research study to enhance identification of patients who are at risk.
October 12, 2011 – The Logiq S8 portable ultrasound system from GE Healthcare fits easily into small exam rooms, can be rolled to where it is needed and provides images across a variety of clinical areas including abdominal, musculoskeletal, breast, vascular and cardiology.
The Holy Grail sought for more than two decades by interventional cardiology has been proof that minimally invasive, percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI) procedures can perform as well or better than the gold-standard of coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG). Abbott Vascular is now pitting its Xience V stent against CABG in a new trial.
Providing exceptional cardiovascular care for patients to achieve the best possible outcomes is the number one goal for ...
October 5, 2009 – In a breakthrough development that could dramatically reduce the number of leg amputations and painful bypass graft surgeries performed annually on European patients, a first-of-its kind drug-eluting stent for a widespread form of peripheral arterial disease (PAD) is now available to physicians throughout the European Union.
January 20, 2011 – Drug-coated stents hold promise as a safe and lasting solution for the treatment of clogged leg arteries, suggest two-year results of the Zilver PTX Trial being presented at the 23rd annual International Symposium on Endovascular Therapy (ISET). Blocked leg arteries are a symptom of peripheral arterial disease (PAD), which affects 8 to 12 million Americans.
Digging through boxes, waiting for couriers, finding smashed VHS tapes in the mail, jockeying back and forth between multiple modalities. Like at other hospitals across the country, the manual, tape- and film-based workflow in the pediatric cardiology department at Mercy Children’s Hospital in Toledo, Ohio, had stagnated. The workflow had quadrupled in the time it took the cardiologists to read echocardiograms for the hospital and four outreach centers, resulting in a report turnaround time that could be as long as five to seven days.
Cardiac positron emission tomography (PET) is growing in popularity among cardiologists because it provides the ability ...
October 7, 2011 — There is good news for cancer patients whose medical treatments put them at risk for future cardiac problems: using strain echocardiography can help physicians detect early signs of cardiac toxicity. To get this information out, the American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) is preparing a guideline document outlining the best way to evaluate cancer patients. ASE has also funded a research study to enhance identification of patients who are at risk.
October 7, 2011 – ValveXchange Inc., has performed successful first-in-man (FIM) surgeries demonstrating the practicality and advantages of its novel Vitality two-part heart valve system. Two renowned United States cardiac surgeons, Lars Svensson, M.D., Ph.D., of The Cleveland Clinic and W. Randolph Chitwood, M.D. of The East Carolina Heart Institute, performed the surgeries; they were working with Adrian Ebner, M.D. at his facilities in Asuncion, Paraguay.
October 7, 2011 — Among individuals 65 years and older, as many as 30 percent have aortic valve sclerosis or stenosis and, as a result of their deteriorating health, cannot enjoy a normal lifestyle.
When performing radiofrequency (RF) ablation to treat cardiac arrhythmia, medical professionals must balance the safety ...
October 7, 2011 — U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Margaret A. Hamburg, M.D., released a blueprint containing immediate steps to drive biomedical innovation, while improving the health of Americans.
October 7, 2011 — Boston Scientific Corp. has started patient enrollment in the Omega clinical trial, designed to evaluate the company's Omega platinum chromium bare-metal coronary stent system. The trial will test the safety and effectiveness of OMEGA in treating patients with a single coronary artery lesion.
October 7, 2011 — Biosensors has announced completion of its acquisition of JW Medical Systems Ltd. (JWMS), one of the top three suppliers of drug-eluting stents (DES) in China.
Change Healthcare Cardiology Hemodynamics is an integrated hemodynamic monitoring system for monitoring vital signs and ...
Although computerized physician order entry (CPOE) systems have been around for a few years, only a few vendors really embraced the market with robust offerings and only a few healthcare providers showed interest in adopting them — until the 2009 passage of the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act (ARRA). After that, the landscape changed considerably, as many providers wanted to take advantage of reimbursements available in meeting meaningful use (MU) requirements and the rate of adoption grew significantly.
October 6, 2011 – Cambridge Heart Inc. announced it has concluded data review for the company’s microvolt T-wave alternans-computer-aided detection (MTWA-CAD) feasibility study. The data suggest MTWA is a statistically significant predictor of ischemic events. In addition, the data revealed instances where the company's MTWA test identified underlying coronary artery disease that was not identified by other standard diagnostic modalities.
During RSNA 2011, Infinitt will showcase its latest advances in image and information management across the enterprise.