Jan. 31, 2007 — Researchers said this week that they have found an implantable wireless sensor that monitors blood pressure in an aneurysm sac to be safe and useful in guiding endovascular repair of an abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA).
Jan. 31, 2007 — Boston Scientific Corp. days it has received FDA 510(k) clearance to expand its PolarCath Peripheral Dilatation System offering to include a 100mm balloon.
Jan. 31, 2007 — Possis Medical, Inc., a developer, manufacturer and distributor of endovascular medical devices, announced yesterday that it has FDA approval to being marketing AngioJet Spiroflex rapid exchange catheter to remove blood clots (thrombus) from coronary arteries.
Providing exceptional cardiovascular care for patients to achieve the best possible outcomes is the number one goal for ...
Jan. 31, 2007 — Physicians at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School have published study results in ...
Jan. 31, 2007 — BG Medicine (BGM) has announced its participation in an alliance with Merck & Co., AstraZeneca, Royal Philips Electronics and Humana in which the companies have formed the High-Risk Plaque (HRP) Initiative.
Jan. 29, 2007 — Toshiba’s Aquilion 64-slice CT and Vantage 1.5T MRI systems received 2006 Best in KLAS awards in the ...
Cardiac positron emission tomography (PET) is growing in popularity among cardiologists because it provides the ability ...
Jan. 29, 2007 — Novadaq Technologies Inc. and Apple Inc. presented new technologies to about 100 heart surgeons Sunday ...
Jan. 29, 2007 — Abbott Vascular surpassed Cordis for the first time in December 2006 as the market leader in peripheral ...
Jan. 29, 2007 — Radi Medical Systems Inc. says today it has begun the first shipment to customers of PressureWire Certus, a hydrophilic coated pressure wire designed better maneuverability, compatibility and reliability during interventional cardiology procedures.
When performing radiofrequency (RF) ablation to treat cardiac arrhythmia, medical professionals must balance the safety ...
iCardiac Technologies, Inc. and Pfizer have into a multiyear research alliance to develop and validate advanced ECG ...
1. Arizona Heart Institute and Hospital (Phoenix, AZ) Having embraced digital information as a method of patient and physician instruction, Arizona Heart has been fully integrated with Apple iPod technology. For a year the hospital has used iPods loaded with video programs directed toward patient education. 2. Cabrini Medical Center (New York City, NY)
Jan. 25, 2007 — Research emerging this week from a Harvard researcher claims there is no evidence that statins prevent ...
Change Healthcare Cardiology Hemodynamics is an integrated hemodynamic monitoring system for monitoring vital signs and ...
"Sometimes," mused Jeffrey Westcott, M.D., a private practice physician with Cardiovascular Consultants of Washington in Seattle, "I think that hospital information technologists don't want their machines to talk to anyone outside the hospital."
Jan. 25, 2007 — ev3 Inc. has announced FDA approval of the PROTÉGÉ RX Carotid Stent, which, when used in conjunction ...
Jan. 25, 2007 — Abiomed, Inc. has announced the development of a pediatric circulatory support technology. Currently in ...