June 2, 2008 - Beta-blocker usage for elective abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) repair reduced in-hospital mortality by 51 percent compared to control hospitals over the same time period, according to findings published in the 2008 issue of the Journal of Vascular Surgery.
Spectrum Surgical Instruments Corp. introduced a new kit for testing surgical instruments for proper sharpness. The ...
June 2, 2008 – Spacelabs Healthcare recently introduced its newest clinical application suite, the ICS G2, which is ...
Providing exceptional cardiovascular care for patients to achieve the best possible outcomes is the number one goal for ...
June 2, 2008 - The ethics committee of the Centro Cardiologico Monzino (CCM-University of Milan), Milan, Italy, has ...
The vProtect Luminal Shield is a self-expanding intracoronary prosthesis designed to limit arterial injury that typically occurs when stents are deployed. The Shield reportedly also provides robust biocompatible support for the vessel to ensure that the target coronary artery will remain patent after placement.
May 30, 2008 - Adroit Medical Systems Inc. this week was award a 36-month supplier agreement by Premier Purchasing ...
Cardiac positron emission tomography (PET) is growing in popularity among cardiologists because it provides the ability ...
May 30, 2008 - Three patients with established cardiac ischemia recently became the first recipients of the vProtect Luminal Shield, a self-expanding intracoronary prosthesis designed to limit arterial injury that typically occurs when stents are deployed.
May 29, 2008 – Providing objective metrics and educational feedback to medical personnel who performed CPR on a cardiac arrest patient significantly improved ventilation rate, compression rate and depth of compression, and was associated with higher initial survival rates for cardiac arrest patients, according to results published in the Archives of Internal Medicine from the Resuscitation with
May 29, 2008 - GE Healthcare IT and Kryptiq, a provider of healthcare information technology solutions, today entered a joint agreement for GE to exclusively distribute Kryptiq’s eScriptMessenger (eSM) in conjunction with GE’s Centricity Electronic Medical Record (EMR) and Centricity Practice Solution.
When performing radiofrequency (RF) ablation to treat cardiac arrhythmia, medical professionals must balance the safety ...
May 29, 2008 - Medical device industry leaders, lawmakers and government officials will gather for the 2008 Annual ...
What makes cardiologists more capable of reading cardiac imaging exams than other physicians such as radiologists, who ...
May 29, 2008 – Double Black Imaging (DBI) is highlighting its new surgical LCD line up at this year’s Association for ...
Change Healthcare Cardiology Hemodynamics is an integrated hemodynamic monitoring system for monitoring vital signs and ...
May 29, 2008 - A study of all U.S. Medicare hospital patients who had abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) repair between 2001 and 2003 shows that high volume hospitals that used endovascular, rather than open surgical approaches, had improved mortality rates.
Double Black Imaging (DBI) is highlighting its new surgical LCD line up at this year’s Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI) show May 31 – June 2, 2008 in San Jose, CA. DBI’s new surgical line includes a wide range of LCDs, including patient vicinity safe LCDs, Large format color medical LCDs and self-calibrating LCDs ideal for mounting on OR carts.
May 28, 2008 - Adding noninvasive imaging to current risk-assessment protocols may identify more people who are at risk ...