News | Analytics Software

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Office of Minority Health (CMS OMH) released a new interactive map to increase understanding of geographic disparities in chronic disease among Medicare beneficiaries.

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News | Leads Implantable Devices

St. Jude Medical Inc. announced CE Mark approval and launch of three new Quartet left ventricular (LV) leads, offering additional electrode spacing options and one new lead shape.

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News | Heart Valve Technology

NeoChord Inc. announced that David H. Adams, M.D., and Michael A. Borger, M.D., Ph.D., will serve as national co-principal investigators of the company’s U.S. pivotal trial scheduled to commence later this year.

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Cybersecurity data breaches of healthcare cloud computing systems are on the rise.
Feature | Cybersecurity | Matt Peterson

A person’s healthcare records contain a wealth of sensitive information. This does not involve just their medical ...

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Technology | Wearables

AliveCor, Inc., the leader in FDA-cleared electrocardiogram (ECG) technology for mobile devices, announced today the ...

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Merge Healthcare, an IBM company, offers award-winning cardiology and hemodynamics solutions that provide a complete ...

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News | Cardiovascular Ultrasound

Civco Medical Solutions announced that it has acquired PCI Medical, a market leader in high-level disinfection products for ultrasound transducers. The acquisition equips Civco with a portfolio of hardware and consumables for cost-effective infection control compliance in the ultrasound transducer reprocessing market.

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Conventional ultrasound systems too often yield non-diagnostic exams. Recognizing this, GE Healthcare has developed an ...

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Technology | Balloon Catheter

NuCryo Vascular LLC announced the launch of the Next Generation Cryoplasty Inflation device. The device received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance in late 2015 and works in conjunction with the PolarCath Balloon Dilatation System.

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News | Structural Heart

V-Wave Ltd, maker of an investigational interatrial shunt device for patients with advanced heart failure (HF), announced the results of its first human implants were published in The Lancet.

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News | Cardiac Diagnostics

Routine mammography, widely recommended for breast cancer screening, may also be a useful tool to identify women at risk for heart disease, according to a study scheduled for presentation at the American College of Cardiology's (ACC) 65th Annual Scientific Session.

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radial access, robotic navigation in the cath lab.
Feature | Radial Access | Amir Kaki M.D., FACC, FSCAI, Medical Director Cardiac Cath Laboratories, Detroit Medical Center

Millions of percutaneous coronary interventions (PCIs) are performed each year around the world to treat obstructive ...

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Pulmonary embolism, toshiba
Feature | Pulmonary Embolism | Alain T. Drooz, M.D., FSVM, and David J. Spinosa, M.D.

Acute pulmonary embolism (PE) can pose a major treatment quandary for clinicians. While massive (high-risk) PE is ...

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Case Study | Inventory Management

Emory St. Joseph’s Hospital in Atlanta took control of more than $2.5 million in cardiovascular inventory by automating ...

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News | Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)

Duke University researchers have taken a major step towards realizing a new form of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) that could record biochemical reactions in the body as they happen.

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