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AngioScore Inc. has introduced longer and larger AngioSculpt PTA Scoring Balloon Catheters for the treatment of peripheral artery disease (PAD).
July 10, 2008
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July 11, 2008 - Bioheart Inc. this week said it secured worldwide, nonexclusive distribution rights to the Bioheart 3370 ...
July 10, 2008News
July 11, 2008 - A new study that found wireless systems that track hospital medical equipment can cause potentially hazardous incidents involving lifesaving devices may have caused needless alarmed, says a biomedical engineering technology professor at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI).
July 10, 2008Sponsored Content
Feature | Nuclear Imaging
Cardiac PET/CT represents a major advancement in cardiovascular diagnostics, offering significant clinical and ...
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July 11, 2008 - AngioScore Inc. today announced the launch of new longer and larger AngioSculpt PTA Scoring Balloon ...
July 10, 2008Technology
Bioheart Inc. offers the Bioheart 3370 Heart Failure Monitor, an interactive and simple-to-use at-home device designed to better monitor patients outside hospitals who are suffering from heart failure. The device, manufactured by RTX Healthcare A/S of Denmark, has FDA 510(k) market clearance and CE Mark in Europe.
July 10, 2008News
July 11, 2008 - Micrus Endovascular Corp. said this week it received approval from the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) to market in Japan the Cerecyte microcoil product line, including the MicruSphere, Presidio, HeliPaq and UltiPaq Cerecyte embolic coils, for the endovascular treatment of cerebral aneurysms.
July 10, 2008Sponsored Content
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SPONSORED CONTENT — Studycast is a comprehensive imaging workflow system that allows healthcare professionals to work ...
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July 11, 2008 - St. Jude Medical Inc. today received European CE Mark approval and began its European launch of its line ...
July 10, 2008
Feature | Stents | Ellen W. Rothschild, RN, MS
(Editor's note: this article was updated in March 2017 with links at the bottom to more current stent technology ...
July 09, 2008News
July 10, 2008 - Datascope Corp. said today it exercised its option to acquire the Peripheral Vascular Stent business of ...
July 09, 2008Sponsored Content
Feature | Information Technology
Providing exceptional cardiovascular care for patients to achieve the best possible outcomes is the number one goal for ...
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Feature | Archana Swathy, Research Analyst, Frost & Sullivan
Physicians recognize the importance of ventricular assist devices (VADs) every time a congestive heart failure (CHF) ...
July 09, 2008News
July 10, 2008 - A novel blood pool magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) agent, Vasovist (gadofosveset trisodium), has ...
July 09, 2008
Feature | Richard R. Rogoski
Preliminary results of a multicenter study show that the use of tiny clips to repair the mitral valve may someday ...
July 09, 2008Sponsored Content
Feature | Cardiac Imaging
Cardiac positron emission tomography (PET) is growing in popularity among cardiologists because it provides the ability ...
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July 10, 2008 - The Senate overcame partisan gridlock on July 9, 2008, and passed the Medicare Improvements for Patients ...
July 09, 2008
Feature | Nick Obradovich
The only safe assumption to make about today’s current gold standard imaging modality used to identify and evaluate atheromatous plaque in the peripheral arteries is that there is not one gold standard. To locate and evaluate these plaques that cause peripheral vascular disease (PVD), physicians have multiple tried-and-true imaging tests at their disposal.
July 09, 2008
Feature | Maureen Leahy-Patano
Safe delivery of the balloon or stent through fragile vasculature during percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) procedures is an important criterion for successful patient outcomes.
July 09, 2008