News | Cardiovascular Business

SpringBoard Healthcare is now taking responses for its nationwide wage survey of nurses, technicians and specialists working in cardiac catheterization, electrophysiology and interventional radiology labs. The survey is designed to gather comprehensive insight into the salaries and wages of employees in that sector. The results, based on data from thousands of participants, highlight salary and wage differences by job type, experience, facility type, credentials, and state and region.

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Videos | Congenital Heart

This video, provided by Xeltis, demonstrates the world’s first bioresorbable heart valve enabling cardiovascular ...

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News | Heart Valve Technology

Keystone Heart Ltd. announced data recently published in the American Journal of Cardiology demonstrating new brain lesions in 94 percent of patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR). The lesions were detected by diffusion weighted magnetic resonance imaging (DWI-MRI) (n=34) prior to hospital discharge.

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GE Ultrasound, GE echo, XD Clear, XDclear, TEE, interventional echo
Feature | Dave Fornell

October 3, 2016 — Here is the list of the top 15 most popular pieces of content on the Diagnostic and Interventional ...

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Sci-image, Scimage, CVIS, CIIMS, Cpacs c-pacs, cardiovascular information system
Feature | Val Kapitula, RT(R), PMP, CIIP

Cardiovascular information and imaging systems (CVIS) have existed for many years in the dedicated sub-specialty areas ...

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News | Embolic Protection Devices

Keystone Heart Ltd. recently announced the safety and efficacy of the TriGuard Cerebral Embolic Protection device during transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR), according to preliminary findings discussed at the PCR London Valves 2016 Conference. The findings were drawn from real-world experience of 51 patients.

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CardioKinetix, Parachute device, Heart Failure device therapy
Feature | Heart Failure | Abha Mishra

New cardiovascular device therapies for atrial fibrillation (AF) and heart failure (HF) are rapidly evolving with the ...

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News | Cardiac Diagnostics

Increasing stomach fat – especially the “hidden fat” in your abdomen – is associated with newly identified and worsening heart disease risk factors, according to a study published recently in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. These adverse changes in cardiovascular risk were evident over a relatively short period of time and persisted even after accounting for changes in body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference, two commonly used methods to estimate whether someone is a healthy weight or not.

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News | Thrombectomy Devices

Neuravi recently announced Conformité Européenne (CE) Mark approval and launch of the company’s newly available enhancements to the EmboTrap stent retriever platform, the EmboTrap II Revascularization Device.

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Feature | Angiography | Tom Watson, RCVT, Clinical Analyst, MD Buyline

(Editor's note: links to newer information and video links from recent conferences were added to this article in ...

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News | Cardio-oncology

September 28, 2016 — In a recent study, a Yale Cancer Center team determined that men who received hormonal therapy for ...

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LifePak, AED, sudden cardiac arrest, defibrillator, automatic external defibrillator
Feature | Sudden Cardiac Arrest | Allied Market Research

Automated external defibrillators (AED) are portable and lightweight devices used to deliver an electric shock through ...

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TCT 2016, TCT.16, main arena, late breaking trials
Feature | Cath Lab

September 28, 2016 — The Cardiovascular Research Foundation (CRF) included 11 late-breaking trials and 16 first report ...

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News | Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT)

Avinger Inc. recently announced the company has received an FSS Contract Award from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). The award establishes terms under which VA hospitals across the country may acquire Avinger’s Lumivascular portfolio of optical coherence tomography (OCT) image-guided catheters for their veterans hospitals.

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News | EP Lab

In August, the European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA) and EP Europace journal announced the release of the supplement to its ninth annual EHRA White Book, developed in partnership with Biotronik. The supplement was released just ahead of the 2016 European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Congress, Aug. 27-31 in Rome.

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