June 17, 2008 - Angiotech Pharmaceuticals Inc. recently launched marketing of its Quill SRS MONODERM for superficial ...
June 16, 2008 - Datascope Corp. said it has exercised its option to acquire the Peripheral Vascular Stent business of ...
June 16, 2008 – Philips released today its new Philips BrightView XCT, reportedly the first time a flat panel X-ray detector will be used for CT imaging in nuclear medicine, integrating Philips BrightView SPECT in a coplanar design with advanced flat-detector X-ray CT technology to acquire low dose, high resolution CT images and to improve registration confidence.
Providing exceptional cardiovascular care for patients to achieve the best possible outcomes is the number one goal for ...
June 16, 2008 - Mindray Medical International Ltd. received FDA 510(k) clearance for its DC-3 color ultrasound system ...
June 16, 2008 – Siemens introduced IQ•SPECT, a works-in-progress that is the newest Symbia feature that enables a ...
June 16, 2008 - To help ensure that more healthcare facilities throughout the U.S. have access to the positron emission ...
Cardiac positron emission tomography (PET) is growing in popularity among cardiologists because it provides the ability ...
June 13, 2008 - MEDRAD signed a distribution and co-marketing partnership agreement with PETNET Solutions, a fully owned ...
Nurses are the primary healthcare providers in the U.S. today, taking on more and more responsibilities within the hospital and often working long, irregular shifts. A physically demanding profession, nursing is consistently listed as one of the top 10 occupations for work-related musculoskeletal disorders, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
June 12, 2008 – In its post-congress report, the Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN) 55th annual ...
When performing radiofrequency (RF) ablation to treat cardiac arrhythmia, medical professionals must balance the safety ...
In addition to the key function mobile computing serves to enter real-time, bedside information into patients’ ...
June 12, 2008 - The higher the level of nicotine in the toenails, the higher the risk of coronary heart disease (CAD) ...
New technology has helped miniaturized bar-code drug administration and patient monitoring systems, eliminating the need for bulky machines or cart-based devices. The pocket-sized devices have helped increase patient safety and help speed triage and diagnosis. Alternatives to cart-based drug administration
Change Healthcare Cardiology Hemodynamics is an integrated hemodynamic monitoring system for monitoring vital signs and ...
June 12, 2008 - Sorin Group closed the sale of its peripheral stent business to Datascope Corp., divesting its noncore ...
June 12, 2008 – The registry arm of a clinical study to assess the safety and effectiveness of Cook Medical’s Zilver PTX Drug-Eluting Peripheral Stent (DES) in treating peripheral arterial disease (PAD) has yielded positive interim results, trial investigators reported at the 2008 SVS Vascular Annual Meeting last week.
Heart disease is the leading cause of death in Americans, claiming hundreds of thousands of lives yearly. The ability to diagnose and treat patients sooner and with more accuracy is key to winning the war against heart disease.