Avinger Inc. recently announced the closing of its previously announced public offering of 9,857,800 shares of Avinger’s common stock at a price to the public of $3.50 per share.
Obstructive sleep apnea is a common cause of high blood pressure. In the Aug. 17, 2016, issue of the journal Science Signaling, researchers based primarily at the University of Chicago describe the signaling cascade that leads to this form of hypertension and suggest ways to disrupt those signals and prevent elevated blood pressures.
The Detroit Medical Center (DMC) Heart Hospital recently completed a Complex Percutaneous Intervention education course, utilizing an unprecedented four live, clinically complex cases.
Cardiac PET/CT represents a major advancement in cardiovascular diagnostics, offering significant clinical and ...
Endologix Inc. announced the first two patients with abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA) have been treated with the Ovation Alto Abdominal Stent Graft System. The patients were treated by Andrew Holden, M.D., and Andrew Hill, M.D., of Auckland City Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand.
The detonation of atomic bombs over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945 resulted in horrific casualties and devastation. The long-term effects of radiation exposure also increased cancer rates in the survivors. But public perception of the rates of cancer and birth defects among survivors and their children is in fact greatly exaggerated when compared to the reality revealed by comprehensive follow-up studies. The reasons for this mismatch and its implications are discussed in a Perspectives review of the Hiroshima/Nagasaki survivor studies published in the August issue of the journal Genetics, a publication of the Genetics Society of America.
Researchers at the Peter Munk Cardiac Centre, Toronto, and at Mayo Clinic are leading the Tailored Antiplatelet Therapy to Lessen Outcomes after Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (TAILOR-PCI) study. This study has received $7 million in additional funding from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
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Due to poor outcomes from percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) ballooning of vessels alone, or of stenting in ...
August 18, 2016 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has expanded the indications for both the Edwards ...
The U.S. healthcare industry has failed to create and sustain an efficient network for storing and sharing patient medical data, but a new proposed strategy could make the process easier and more affordable.
Providing exceptional cardiovascular care for patients to achieve the best possible outcomes is the number one goal for ...
August 17, 2016 — GE Healthcare announced the release of the OEC Elite MiniView C-arm, a new imaging system designed to ...
Corindus Vascular Robotics Inc. and Acist Medical Systems Inc. are providing Fairview Southdale Hospital, Edina, Minn., with three technologies that improve workflow in the cardiac cath lab.
August 16, 2016 — Warfarin prescribed to prevent strokes in atrial fibrillation may not adequately control blood ...
Cardiac positron emission tomography (PET) is growing in popularity among cardiologists because it provides the ability ...
August 16, 2016 — Cardiovascular Systems Inc. (CSI) released procedural and 30-day results from its LIBERTY 360° study ...
August 16, 2016 — New research from a fluid mechanics team in Greece reveals how blood flow dynamics within blood ...
Research firm peer60, in a recently published review of healthcare imaging and technology vendors, found that healthcare executives who were asked about their experiences named Agfa HealthCare the No. 1 most recommended image sharing vendor.
August 22, 2016
