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Jun 21, 2011 – Insurance provider UnitedHealthcare has made Cambridge Heart’s Microvolt T-Wave Alternans (MTWA) testing a covered benefit for its subscribers. UnitedHealthcare is an operating division of UnitedHealth Group, the largest single health carrier in the United States with more than 32 million medical enrollments.
June 21, 2011
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June 21, 2011 – Issues involving sharing medical images and possible solutions were discussed by vendors during an Applied Vendor Learning Session at the 2011 Society of Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM) annual meeting, June 2-5 in Washington, D.C.
June 21, 2011
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June 21, 2011 – The Heart Hospital of Austin, a physician-led hospital specializing in the diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular disease in Austin, Texas, recently adopted the Philips iE33 xMatrix ultrasound system with live 3-D transesophageal echo (TEE). Clinicians wanted better views of heart valves to help them diagnose and treat patients. The system was chosen for use in the hospital’s open-heart valve program.
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May 16, 2011 — Patients who undergo a procedure to unblock a coronary artery are likely to survive longer if they participate in structured follow-up care, according to research in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association .
June 21, 2011
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June 21, 2011 – The St. Francis Heart Center in Indianapolis, Ind., announced that it has performed the first post-U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval surgery in the United States using a new device for treating tricuspid valve disease.
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June 20, 2011 — Evaluating patients with multiple sclerosis who have narrowed jugular and azygos veins — and the value of widening those veins with angioplasty — warrants careful, well-designed research, noted members of a Society of Interventional Radiology Foundation's research consensus panel. The multidisciplinary panel indicated that while specific parameters for a large-scale, pivotal multicenter trial are not now available, that type of study is the "mandatory goal" in exploring a condition called chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency (or CCSVI).
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June 7, 2011 — Research presented at the Society of Nuclear Medicine's annual meeting showed a novel optical imaging technique called near-infrared fluorescence (NIRF), which can image dangerous blood clots hiding inside elusive veins. The imaging technique uses light energy with a newly synthesized imaging agent to glean information about cells and tissues. The agent uses a biomarker that seeks out fibrin peptide that is actively involved in the formation of clots.
June 20, 2011
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June 20, 2011 — Randox Laboratories, the international clinical diagnostics company, has today launched an automated laboratory assay for heart-type fatty acid binding protein (H-FABP) to improve the diagnosis and management of patients with suspected acute coronary syndrome (ACS).
June 20, 2011
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June 7, 2011 – This year at SNM 2011, Siemens Healthcare introduced Biograph mCT 20 Excel, on display for the first time in a nuclear medicine-focused meeting. Biograph mCT 20 Excel is the latest addition to the Biograph family of PET/CT imagers. This hybrid system offers imaging performance at a lower cost.
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June 20, 2011 – The Emergency Medicine Foundation (EMF) has awarded $20,000 to Dimitrios Papanagnou, M.D., FACEP, director of medical simulation and medical student ultrasound course director at SUNY Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn, N.Y., to fund point-of-care ultrasound research in emergency settings. The grant was sponsored by Siemens.
June 20, 2011
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June 20, 2011 – French technology company Withings announced today the U.S. availability of its blood pressure monitor (BPM) for iPad, iPhone and iPod touch. It is offered as a modern way to measure and record blood pressure readings in the personal and professional arenas.
June 20, 2011
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June 20, 2011 – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) unveiled a new strategy to meet the challenges posed by rapidly rising imports of FDA-regulated products and a complex global supply chain in a report called the "Pathway to Global Product Safety and Quality."
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June 10, 2011 — At the Society of Nuclear Medicine’s 58th Annual Meeting in San Antonio, June 4-8, Cardinal Health previewed The Center for the Advancement of Molecular Imaging (The Center), its new, first-of-its-kind innovation laboratory, which it plans to open in July 2011.
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June 20, 2011 — Boston Scientific Corporation today announced the global launch of its Mustang PTA balloon catheter, a highly deliverable 0.035-inch percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) catheter designed for a wide range of peripheral angioplasty procedures. The company plans to launch the product immediately in the U.S., Europe and other international markets.
June 20, 2011
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June 20, 2011 – A new version of the Ziehm Vision RFD mobile C-arm is now available. Offering outstanding imaging and a liquid cooling system which allows it to be used over an almost unlimited period of time, the new version is an attractive choice for hybrid operating rooms (ORs). Thanks to its mobility and significantly lower investment costs, the Ziehm Vision RFD hybrid edition is a reliable alternative to fixed installations in hybrid ORs, especially for hospitals with space and budgetary constraints. Users can bundle the Ziehm Vision RFD with the SmartVascular software for vascular surgery.
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