News | Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD)

Biotronik announced CE approval for its new Ilivia implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) and cardiac resynchronization therapy devices (CRT-Ds), improving magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) access for cardiac device patients. Ilivia devices come with the company’s ProMRI technology, as well as MRI AutoDetect.

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News | Point of Care Testing

Abbott and Alere Inc. announced a definitive agreement for Abbott to acquire Alere. Under the terms of the agreement, Abbott will pay $56 per common share at a total expected equity value of $5.8 billion.

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News | Dave Fornell

Medtronic announced Feb. 3 that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) revised the CoreValve’s instructions for use ...

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News | Patient Engagement

Stanford Health Care recently released a new app that allows patients using Android smartphones to easily access their own medical information anywhere in the world.

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News | Stents Drug Eluting

Medtronic plc announced the recent CE Mark and commercial launch for an expanded size matrix of the Resolute Onyx DES, a next-generation drug-eluting stent now available in 4.5 and 5 mm diameter sizes. The CE Mark also approved several new product indications including treatment of left main vessels and small vessels.

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Abbott announced that it has acquired private medical device company Kalila Medical Inc. Kalila Medical is a developer of next-generation access technologies used in cardiac electrophysiology procedures for the treatment of heart rhythm disorders, including atrial fibrillation. Financial terms were not disclosed.

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News | Enterprise Imaging

Agfa HealthCare announced it would be showcasing its convergence approach to enterprise imaging during the 2016 Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society annual conference (HIMSS16). The company’s Enterprise Imaging and Enterprise Content Management (ECM) platforms will be on display at the annual conference and exhibition, March 1 - 3, in Las Vegas.

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Technology | Patient Engagement

On February 1, the first day of American Heart Month, the American Heart Association (AHA) announced plans to develop a first-of-its-kind workplace health solution that leverages the cognitive computing power of IBM Watson.

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News | EP Lab

The findings of a major study led by cardiovascular imaging specialists at Allegheny General Hospital (AGH) suggest magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a safe and effective diagnostic procedure for patients with implantable cardiac devices.

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News | Cardiovascular Ultrasound

Alpha Source, a Milwaukee-based provider of healthcare technology management solutions, announced the publication of a retroactive data study on the total cost of ownership of ultrasound imaging equipment.

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News | EP Lab

Diseased hearts may be thrown out of rhythm by structural differences, now visible for the first time, in protein groups that connect heart muscle cells, according to the authors of a study published in the journal Nature Communications online.

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News | Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD)

Intact Vascular Inc. announced that positive six-month results from its Tack Optimized Balloon Angioplasty – Below-the-Knee (TOBA-BTK) clinical study were presented at the LINC 2016 conference by principal investigator Marianne Brodmann, M.D.

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News | Cardiovascular Information Systems (CVIS)

IBM Watson Health announced that the 2015/2016 Best in KLAS: Software & Services report recognized two of its newly acquired companies for population health and imaging solutions.

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Technology | Population Health

Boston Scientific Corp. and Accenture have developed a cloud-based, data-driven digital health solution for hospitals to help improve patient outcomes and reduce costs to treat patients with chronic cardiovascular diseases.

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News | Stent Grafts

In November, following the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval of Cook Medical’s Zenith Alpha Thoracic Endovascular Graft, the first patient was treated with the device in the United States.

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