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March 16, 2010 – Preliminary results from the single-center study suggest that compared to SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI), flurpiridaz F18 PET MPI has a higher diagnostic specificity for detecting right coronary artery disease and a higher accuracy for evaluating the extent of stress-induced myocardial perfusion abnormalities with coronary angiography as the gold standard.

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March 16, 2010 — A comprehensive data management solution for automating the processing and storage of electrocardiograms will be unveiled at ACC 2010. Agfa HealthCare is showcasing its newly enhanced capabilities for its IMPAX HeartStation ECG Management System, which now supports 15-lead ECG and provides the ability to store and view stress test and Holter monitor measurements.

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March 14, 2010 — An image and information management solutions company announced at this year's Annual Scientific Session of the American College of Cardiology that the company has signed contracts for more than 90 clinical knowledge bases for Web-based structured reporting for cardiology.

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March 16, 2010 — Several new initiatives in a robust international clinical program for a transcatheter aortic valve system have been set in motion with the goal of expanding the evidence base for the future of structural heart disease therapy.

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March 14, 2010 — A new volume imaging ultrasound system that delivers full-volume images of the heart in one single heartbeat without gating or stitching, will be showcased at the 59th Annual Scientific Session of the American College of Cardiology (ACC), March 14-16 in Atlanta.

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March 15, 2010 - Advanced visualization software is increasingly playing an role in providing dose lowering techniques in computed tomography angiography (CTA).

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March 14, 2010 — Late-breaking data presented at the American College of Cardiology's 59th annual scientific session from the landmark EVEREST II (Endovascular Valve Edge-to-Edge REpair STudy) trial suggests that an investigational minimally invasive mitral repair device may be an effective treatment option for patients with significant mitral regurgitation (MR).

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The NextGen Electronic Health Record (EHR) offers interoperability and prebuilt clinical templates and workflow to ensure complete, accurate documentation stored in a standard format. NextGen EHR version 5.6 is a CCHIT certified 2011 ambulatory EHR, additionally certified for child health and cardiovascular medicine with advanced reporting.

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March 12, 2010 – A new advanced visualization technology in development allows clinicians to automatically apply supercomputing algorithms for the analysis of internal organs, vessels, tumors and other regions of interest in multiple dimensions, from 2D to 5D, including data set animations. Ziosoft Inc.

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Feature | Dave Fornell

Organizers of the 2010 ACC Annual Scientific Session, March 13–16 in Atlanta, recently highlighted some of the changes to this year’s program. On Saturday, March 13, the ACC is hosting the CardioSmart.com Atlanta event, which is a public heart health clinic. Patients will be screened for blood pressure, diabetes weight and will be provided general information on how to stay healthy.

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March 12, 2010 – A rotational thrombectomy system has been indicated for mechanical declotting of occluded native vessel dialysis fistulae and synthetic dialysis access grafts. Argon Medical Devices Inc. will lead all marketing and distribution efforts for the Cleaner Rotational Thrombectomy System from Rex Medical L.P. in the United States, European Union and Canada.

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Feature | By Dan Whalen, analyst, Millennium Research Group

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a precursor to a number of serious cardiovascular complications, including stroke. The increasing prevalence and cost of treating these cardiovascular complications has prompted the medical community to take a closer look at treating AF, and as a result, device treatment of the condition is expanding by leaps and bounds.

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Feature | Dave Fornell

Interventional procedures such as stenting and atherectomy knock loose plaque, causing complications downstream, including stroke. This concern is particularly important in carotid artery stenting, where vessels offer a direct path to the brain.

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Feature | Brian D. Hoit, M.D., professor of medicine, physiology and biophysics, Case Western Reserve University

Since the introduction of cardiac ultrasound, investigators have sought to quantify cardiac function in three dimensions. The recent development of a new technology called 3D wall motion tracking (3DWMT), which displays quantitative echo data from 3D ultrasound data sets, has tremendous potential to more accurately evaluate ventricular function in a wide variety of cardiovascular diseases.

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Peninsula Regional Medical Center is a 358-bed facility serving the Delmarva Peninsula region of Delaware and the eastern shore of Maryland and Virginia. As the leading cardiovascular referral center in an increasingly competitive area, it gained an advantage by enabling cardiologists and referral facilities to send and receive DICOM images via the Internet.

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