The Merit Laureate hydrophilic guide wire is designed for drainage catheter access, dialysis catheter placement, as well as difficult vascular access procedures.
March 24, 2010 – A team of Mayo Clinic researchers found that cardiac rehabilitation is associated with significantly reduced mortality rates for patients who receive coronary stents. The findings were presented last week at the annual meeting of the American College of Cardiology in Atlanta.
March 24, 2010 – Enrollment began this week in the CITADEL, which is the second of two large-scale, prospective, multicenter studies comparing implantable electrophysiology device infection rates. The study will look at patients with and without a new anti-bacterial envelope covering their devices.
Providing exceptional cardiovascular care for patients to achieve the best possible outcomes is the number one goal for ...
March 23, 2010 – Frost and Sullivan gave a 2010 North American New Product Innovation Award to Positron Corp. for its pioneering cardiac positron emission tomography (PET) scanner, the Attrius.
March 24, 2010 – The 2010 Annual Meeting of the American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS) will showcase two multipurpose interventional operating room suites that integrate digital imaging diagnostics, catheterization, and surgical capabilities.
March 23, 2010 – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently added a boxed warning to the anti-blood clotting drug Plavix (clopidogrel), alerting patients and healthcare professionals that the drug can be less effective in people who cannot metabolize the drug to convert it to its active form.
Cardiac positron emission tomography (PET) is growing in popularity among cardiologists because it provides the ability ...
March 18, 2010 – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today added a boxed warning to the anti-blood clotting drug Plavix (clopidogrel), alerting patients and healthcare professionals that the drug can be less effective in people who cannot metabolize the drug to convert it to its active form.
March 18, 2010 — A cardiac cryoablation catheter system designed for patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (PAF) has completed premarket approval and is under review by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
March 23, 2010 - When imaging the brain, time is critical as vascular abnormalities can have a profound effect on patients’ lives if not diagnosed quickly. A new tool aims to help healthcare facilities diagnose disease with greater accuracy and speed when doing an magnetic resonance angiography study (MRA) on the brain.
When performing radiofrequency (RF) ablation to treat cardiac arrhythmia, medical professionals must balance the safety ...
March 23, 2010 – A femoral access delivery system to aid physicians placing inferior vena cava (IVC) filters was introduced last week at the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) Annual Scientific Meeting.
March 23, 2010 – The FDA granted approval for diltiazem hydrochloride extended-release tablets to treat hypertension, which is the generic equivalent to Biovail Laboratories International SRL's Cardizem LA product.
March 23, 2010 – At ACC last week Medtronic launched the Every Patient First health equity initiative, in partnership with healthcare providers, and professional societies, to reduce disparities in access to healthcare in the United States.
Change Healthcare Cardiology Hemodynamics is an integrated hemodynamic monitoring system for monitoring vital signs and ...
March 22, 2010 – The FDA’s Circulatory System Devices Panel last week unanimously recommended expanding the indication for cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillators (CRT-Ds) to slow the progression of heart failure in patients with asymptomatic or mild heart failure (HF).
March 22, 2010 – Fractional flow reserve (FFR) technology from Volcano Corp. now integrates with the FFR modules of hemodynamic monitoring systems from GE, Siemens, McKesson, and Mennen.
March 22, 2010 – An FDA committee voted unanimously in favor of approval with conditions of a new pacemaker that is safe for use in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) systems. MRI procedures are not recommended in the United States for patients who currently have implanted pacemakers.