February 7, 2008 - Tryton Medical Inc.’s Side Branch Stent obtains CE Mark approval based on results in the Tryton 1 (First-in-Man Study) with No Side-Branch Restenosis in 30 patients, according to the manufacturer.
McKesson’s ECG Management module, a component of Horizon Cardiology, is a fully integrated, Web-enabled ...
February 6, 2008 - The Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) opens the doors of Ashley River Tower, its new state-of-the-art hospital designed to treat patients with cardiovascular and digestive disease problems, marking the first step in the hospital’s multiphase expansion plan, which will ultimately replace the facility that for 50 years has served as the teaching hospital for MUSC.
Providing exceptional cardiovascular care for patients to achieve the best possible outcomes is the number one goal for ...
February 7, 2008 - A Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine researcher has launched the first U.S. trial in which a purified form of subjects' own adult stem cells is transplanted into their leg muscles with severely blocked arteries to try to grow new small blood vessels and restore circulation in their legs.
The PageWriter Touch Cardiograph from Philips is a hospital cardiograph with color touchscreen display.
Multimodality imaging is dramatically changing the landscape of cardiology PACS (C-PACS). To get a complete picture of ...
Cardiac positron emission tomography (PET) is growing in popularity among cardiologists because it provides the ability ...
When it comes to collecting patient data, the ability to manage that information often becomes more crucial than the speed at which it is collected. But ensuring that the right data gets to the right person when needed often presents some challenges in hospitals that have installed best-of-breed systems or whose budgets have prevented them from purchasing some of the newer, integrated solutions.
The latest version of GE’s MUSE 7.0 system reportedly incorporates enhancements in information technology, ECG management processes and clinical report editing in an all-digital environment for paperless workflow.
February 5, 2008 - Premera Blue Cross has revised its Corporate Medical Policy to make Microvolt T-Wave Alternans ...
When performing radiofrequency (RF) ablation to treat cardiac arrhythmia, medical professionals must balance the safety ...
February 5, 2008 - The Medical Imaging & Technology Alliance (MITA), a division of NEMA, said today that the budget ...
Delivering vivid and insightful CT images of the coronary vessels directly into the cardiac catheterization laboratories (cath labs) has proven very effective by helping save staff from re-acquiring images of the heart and boosting patient throughput. But CT images are only part of the bigger picture.
Medtronic Inc. received FDA clearance of the Reveal DX Insertable Cardiac Monitor (ICM) designed to help physicians identify the cause of unexplained fainting or abnormal heart rhythms, including ventricular tachyarrhythmias (VT), fast ventricular tachyarrhythmias (FVT), bradyarrhythmias and asystole.
Change Healthcare Cardiology Hemodynamics is an integrated hemodynamic monitoring system for monitoring vital signs and ...
The Sentinel by Spacelabs reportedly integrates an entire range of noninvasive diagnostic cardiology solutions including ...
February 5, 2008 - The FAMILION test for Long QT Syndrome (LQTS) has met the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association ...
A new 320-slice computed tomography (CT) system, the AquilionONE by Toshiba America Medical Systems, delivers dynamic ...