March 6, 2007 — St. Jude Medical Inc. has announced FDA clearance for its Venture Wire Control Catheter on a rapid ...
March 6, 2007 — Federal health advisors recommended in a 9-2 vote that the FDA not approve the Chronicle Implantable ...
March 6, 2007 — Researchers from William Beaumont Hospital in Michigan have found that a simple, outpatient multislice ...
Providing exceptional cardiovascular care for patients to achieve the best possible outcomes is the number one goal for ...
Even before the federal government began pushing for universal adoption of electronic health records and the establishment of a nationwide health information network, most hospitals saw the need for systems integration. Being able to access critical patient data at the point of care, at the nurse's station or from remote sites became the rallying cry of doctors and nurses.
There has been a big buzz circling around the medical community of late about the viability and value of placing PACS into operating rooms (OR) and intensive care units (ICU). Numerous studies have been published in recent years about many of the benefits associated with this newest wave of technology application.
The prevalence of obesity in the U.S. is alarming, claiming nearly a third of the nation's adult population, according ...
Cardiac positron emission tomography (PET) is growing in popularity among cardiologists because it provides the ability ...
Today’s busy emergency departments have an arsenal of imaging tools at their disposal when triaging and diagnosing trauma patients. Increasingly, ED physicians are turning to more sophisticated technologies in addition to proven standbys — such as ultrasound, CR and DR — when diagnosing victims.
The climate of today's technology landscape within the healthcare arena seems to be changing at an ever-increasing rate ...
Feb. 23, 2007 — Dr. William T Abraham of Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio and Dr. Patrick M McCarthy of ...
When performing radiofrequency (RF) ablation to treat cardiac arrhythmia, medical professionals must balance the safety ...
Feb. 23, 2007 — Heart device maker Edwards Lifesciences Corp. received a warning this week from the FDA about the ...
Feb. 23, 2007 — West Virginia holds the dubious rank of the state with the highest percentage of residents with heart ...
Feb. 23, 2007 — Philips has announced availability of its new HeartStart MRx monitor/defibrillator with capability to ...
Change Healthcare Cardiology Hemodynamics is an integrated hemodynamic monitoring system for monitoring vital signs and ...
Feb. 23, 2007 — The first patient implant was performed this week in a feasibility study evaluating the use Medtronic’s ...
Feb. 23, 2007 — Cordis Corp. introduced the REGATTA Steerable Guidewire family of devices in the U.S. this week, which ...
FDA has granted approval to the Cordis Endovascular division of Cordis Corp. to market its PRECISE RX Nitinol Self ...