March 3, 2017 — A Henry Ford Hospital study found a 100 percent success rate in left atrial appendage (LAA) occlusion ...
March 3, 2017 — In a United Kingdom patent case involving a Edwards Lifesciences lawsuit against Boston Scientific for ...
Philips recently announced the global launch of Azurion, its next-generation image-guided therapy platform.
Providing exceptional cardiovascular care for patients to achieve the best possible outcomes is the number one goal for ...
In the featured article of the March 2017 issue of The Journal of Nuclear Medicine, researchers demonstrate that a new positron emission tomography (PET) radiotracer, gallium-68 (Ga-68)-pentixafor, can quickly and non-invasively identify life-threatening atherosclerotic plaques. The tracer binds to the CXCR4 receptor on inflammatory cells present in atherosclerotic plaques — making it possible to find and treat atherosclerosis early.
Enterprise imaging system expert Louis Lannum was in charge of Cleveland Clinic's efforts to connect images and other ...
March 2, 2017 — BioVentrix Inc. announced that InEk, the German Institute for the Hospital Remuneration System, has ...
Cardiac positron emission tomography (PET) is growing in popularity among cardiologists because it provides the ability ...
Teleflex Inc. has announced 510(k) clearance by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and U.S. commercial launch of the TrapLiner Catheter.
Intact Vascular Inc. announced in February that its Tack Optimized Balloon Angioplasty II Below the Knee (TOBA II BTK) clinical trial has commenced enrollment. The first patient was treated by Joseph Cardenas, M.D., at Yuma Regional Hospital and the Heart, Lung and Vascular Center in Yuma, Ariz.
IBM at the 2017 Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society Conference and Exhibition (HIMSS17) introduced IBM Watson Imaging Clinical Review, the first cognitive imaging offering from Watson Health. The company also announced the expansion of the Watson Health medical imaging collaborative to 24 organizations worldwide, adding clinical and industry expertise for the worldwide initiative finding ways to use medical imaging to identify and predict the risk of cancer, diabetes and diseases of the eye, brain, breast, heart and related conditions.
When performing radiofrequency (RF) ablation to treat cardiac arrhythmia, medical professionals must balance the safety ...
March 2, 2017 — Here is the list of the top 20 most popular pieces of content on the Diagnostic and Interventional ...
March 2, 2017 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) cleared CeloNova BioSciences Inc. first-in-class Cobra PzF ...
Through participation in the new Interventional Radiology (IR) Registry, interventional radiologists can take steps to improve quality of care and outcomes for patients undergoing image-guided interventional procedures.
Change Healthcare Cardiology Hemodynamics is an integrated hemodynamic monitoring system for monitoring vital signs and ...
Up to 40 percent of emergency room (ER) patients with chest pain can safely go home in a little under 2 hours, using a highly sensitive, newly U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved blood test and a heart health scoring system. These findings were drawn from an international study led by Henry Ford Health System.
March 1, 2017 — BTG plc announced U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance has been granted to the Ekos ...
Machine learning is now being commercialized in medical imaging products designed to help improve workflow efficiency ...