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Nick Cavros, interventional cardiologist with Cardiovascular Institute of the South (CIS) at Lafayette General Medical Center in Lafayette, La., used a new hand-held mechanical aspiration system to remove blood clots and increase blood flow.

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Biotronik has launched its next generation of guide wires. Galeo Pro has a high tensile stainless steel core, increased durability and excellent shape retention. These allow the physician to treat multiple lesions with one wire, thus increasing safety and saving procedure time. This new generation of the classic Galeo guide wire inherits outstanding torque and trackability from previous models.

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Epsilon Imaging Inc. has received the CE mark for its EchoInsight visualization and analysis platform with practical strain imaging for improved quality, standardization and workflow in echocardiography interpretation. The CE mark will allow EchoInsight to be sold in the European Union.

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To assist providers in managing high-dollar inventory, McKesson has introduced radio frequency identification (RFID) cabinets as part of McKesson Point of Use Supply. The vendor-neutral cabinets now integrate with clinical workflow to better support patient safety while making it easier for providers to monitor inventory and manage expenses, particularly in high-cost specialty areas like cardiology, radiology and operating room (OR) departments.

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GE Healthcare has initiated a Class I recall of all its nuclear imaging systems and called for its systems to not be operated until the vendor can inspect the scanner. The recall follows the death of a patient after a portion of the scanner fell onto the patient during the scan on an Infinia Hawkeye 4 system at a VA medical center facility in the United States.

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Feature | Edward J. Dougherty, senior healthcare advisor, Arent Fox LLC

There is a “new normal” for the global medical device market where financial constraints increasingly impact both treatment and purchasing decision-making. As a result, companies develop products that demonstrate improved clinical outcomes and continue to provide services that raise the quality and efficiency of healthcare delivery in an increasingly resource-constrained environment.

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The Boston Scientific Corporation has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance, CE mark and Japan PMDA approval for its OptiCross Coronary Imaging Catheter and has launched the device in the United States and Europe. A launch in Japan is planned for later this month. OptiCross, a next generation intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) catheter, offers better deliverability and higher resolution imaging to facilitate complex coronary procedures.

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Feature | Jamshid Maddahi, M.D., FACC, FASNC, and René R. S. Packard, M.D.

Myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) with positron emission tomography (PET) has been shown to be superior to single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT). Nevertheless, widespread clinical use of PET MPI has been limited by the currently available PET myocardial perfusion tracers.

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Worldwide healthcare cognitive computing markets are poised to achieve continuing growth as the healthcare delivery system responds to new products. Growth is achieved in response to changing technology, better analytics, new information systems that leverage natural language and changing market conditions.

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Heart IT has released version 8 of its flagship products: WebPax picture archive and communications system (PACS) and remote viewing system, Universal Viewer.

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Merck announced that the New Drug Application (NDA) for its investigational anti-thrombotic medicine, vorapaxar, has been accepted for standard review by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

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July 25, 2013 — The 2013 ESC (European Society of Cardiology) Guidelines on Cardiac Pacing and Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy, developed in collaboration with the European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA), have created a new classification system for bradyarrhythmias according to mechanisms rather than aetiology.

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CorPath Robotic Angioplasty Corindus Sanford Aberdeen Medical Center South Dakot
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Sanford Aberdeen Medical Center in Aberdeen, S.D. became the first hospital to perform a robotic angioplasty for a patient with an acute heart attack, achieving a far better door-to-balloon time than the national standard. Interventional cardiologist Puneet Sharma, performed the percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) to treat a patient that had experienced a heart attack and presented to the Sanford Aberdeen emergency department. Utilizing the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-cleared CorPath System, Sharma was able to perform the robotic-assisted angioplasty procedure and restore blood flow to the patient’s heart within 68 minutes of their arrival.

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July 24, 2013 — St. Jude Medical Inc. announced regulatory approval from the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) and launch of the Accent MRI pacemaker and the Tendril MRI lead.

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InfraredX TVC Imaging System Clinical Study STEMI
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Infraredx Inc. announced the publication of key data supporting the ability of its TVC imaging system to detect lipid core plaque in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). The study, published in JACC: “Cardiovascular Interventions,” details the identification of a specific cholesterol signature by near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) at the site of the culprit lesions causing STEMI, a dangerous type of heart attack. While the TVC Imaging System has been used in more than 3,000 patients worldwide, the present clinical study is the first report of its use in a consecutive series of STEMI patients.

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