News | Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD)

Shockwave Medical reported positive results from the DISRUPT BTK Study, which were presented at the annual Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiological Society of Europe (CIRSE) congress, Sept. 16-20 in Copenhagen, Denmark.

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News | Cardiovascular Information Systems (CVIS)

ScImage Inc. and Invia Imaging Solutions recently announced formation of a joint partnership at the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology’s (ASNC) 22nd Annual Scientific Session, Sept. 14-17 in Kansas City, Mo. ScImage, provider of scalable web-based image and information management systems, has teamed with Invia, a cardiology imaging software solutions provider, to enable users of ScImage’s Picom365 Enterprise PACS (picture archiving and communication system) seamless access to 4DM. Users of Picom365 will now have access to 4DM’s advanced quantification capabilities as part of their on-premises, cloud or hybrid enterprise solution.

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News | Heart Failure

The heart failure space across the seven key markets of the U.S., France, Germany, Italy, Spain, the U.K. and Japan is set to grow from $3.7 billion in 2016 to around $16.1 billion by 2026, according to research and consulting firm GlobalData. This represents an impressive compound annual growth rate of 15.7 percent.

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CZT SPECT camera detectors offered by GE.
Feature | Nuclear Imaging | Dave Fornell

Cardiac nuclear myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) has been a mature area of imaging for years, but has recently started ...

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News | Cardiovascular Surgery

Gecko Biomedical announced it has received CE Mark approval for its Setalum Sealant, allowing the company to market its technology in Europe.

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News | Robotic Systems

September 18, 2017 — Corindus Vascular Robotics Inc. announced first patient enrollment in the PRECISION GRX Registry, a ...

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News | Drug-Eluting Balloons

Philips announced the two-year results from the ILLUMENATE European randomized clinical trial (EU RCT) demonstrating the efficacy of Philips Spectranetics' Stellarex .035-inch drug-coated balloon (DCB) for peripheral arterial disease (PAD) in comparison to uncoated balloon angioplasty. Marianne Brodmann, M.D., of the Medical University of Graz in Austria, presented the data as a late-breaking trial at the Vascular Interventional Advances (VIVA 17) Annual Conference, Sept. 11-14 in Las Vegas.

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News | Embolic Protection Devices

September 18, 2017 – Claret Medical announced publication of a new study in the Journal of the American College of ...

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Technology | Hemodynamic Monitoring Systems

Fysicon announced that it has been granted 510(k) clearance by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its QMAPP hemodynamic monitoring system.

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Technology | Computed Tomography (CT)

Hitachi Healthcare Americas Inc. announced it has attained U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance to market its Supria True64 computed tomography (CT) system.

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Technology | SPECT Imaging

September 15, 2017 — Philips highlighted its newest solution for nuclear cardiology, CardioMD IV, at the American ...

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News | Cardiac Diagnostics

September 14, 2017 — Scientists at the National Institutes of Health have expanded the understanding of how chronic ...

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News | Hypertension

Marijuana use is associated with a three-fold risk of death from hypertension, according to research published recently in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology.

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Peter Schneider, M.D. presents late breaking clinical trial results at VIVA 17 in Las Vegas. Panelists (l to r) Krishna Rocha-Singh, M.D., Sean Lyden, M.D., John Kaufman, M.D., Donna Buckley, M.D.
Feature | Cath Lab

September 14, 2017 — Here are quick summaries for all the key late-breaking vascular and endovascular clinical trials ...

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News | Angiography

The southern U.S. sees some of the highest numbers of chronic medical conditions, such as peripheral artery disease which can result in the loss of a limb. To help minimize amputations among their patient population, Capel Surgical Clinic & Vascular Center in Greenwood, Miss., uses advanced X-ray technology to restore blood flow in occluded arteries. Capel Surgical Clinic also uses the Ultimax-i FPD multipurpose system from Toshiba Medical, a Canon Group company, for interventional procedures, diagnostic angiograms and aortagrams.

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