August 21, 2009 โ The Cardiovascular Rearch Foundation, the sponsor of the Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) symposium, will feature a series of featured clinical trials in addition to the late-breaking clinical trials at TCT 2009 in San Francisco.
August 21, 2009 โ Endologix Inc. yesterday announced the online publication of results from the pivotal prospective, multicenter clinical trial of the company's Powerlink XL System for endovascular treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysm in large diameter proximal aortic necks.
August 20, 2009 - The White House announced today it will spend $1.2 billion in federal grants for electronic health records (EHR) systems, marking the first wave of funding in a series of HITECH priority grant programs, laying the groundwork for meaningful use of EHRs.
Providing exceptional cardiovascular care for patients to achieve the best possible outcomes is the number one goal for ...
August 21, 2009 โ 3M today introduced the 3M Littmann Electronic Stethoscope Model 3200, a next-generation auscultation device featuring Bluetooth technology that wirelessly transfers heart, lung and other body sounds to software for further analysis.
August 21, 2009 โ The Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) 2009 symposium is set for Sept. 21-25, at The Moscone Center?in San Francisco, Calif.
August 20, 2009 - "When I began to have access to patientsโ electronic medical records. It made me a much better doctor," wrote David Blumenthal, M.D., M.P.P., National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, in a publicly distributed message.
Cardiac positron emission tomography (PET) is growing in popularity among cardiologists because it provides the ability ...
August 21, 2009 โ TeraRecon Inc. will showcase its Aquarius iNtuition at the Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) symposium Sept. 21-25, 2009 in San Francisco.
August 19, 2009 โ Mennen Medical, a leading provider of patient monitors, cardiac catheterization and electrophysiology systems, said today Frost & Sullivan awarded Mennen Medical the 2009 European Patient Monitoring Technology Leadership of the Year Award.
August 19, 2009 โ Registration is now open for the Innovations in Cardiovascular Interventions (ICI 2009), set for Dec. 6-8 in Tel-Aviv, Israel.
When performing radiofrequency (RF) ablation to treat cardiac arrhythmia, medical professionals must balance the safety ...
In the pre-clinicial trial Expanding the Versatility of Cardiac PET/CT: Feasibility of Delayed Contrast Enhancement CT for Infarct Detection in a Porcine Model (Holz1, A., et al)*, researchers found that infarct size can be measured accurately and reproducibly using cardiac PET/CT with delayed CT-enhancement.
August 18, 2009 โ Medical conferencing solutions provider MultiSense Communications and medical imaging specialist Barco recently demonstrated the clinical benefits of today's telemedicine systems during a live open-heart surgery operation at the Imperial College Hospital in Hammersmith, U.K.
August 18. 2009 - Researchers in Finland have identified embolization treatment of cerebral artery aneurysms as an effective new treatment option for patients who have suffered a ruptured brain aneurysm, a potentially life-threatening event. Results of the new study on stent-assisted coil embolization were published today in the online edition of Radiology.
Change Healthcare Cardiology Hemodynamics is an integrated hemodynamic monitoring system for monitoring vital signs and ...
August 18, 2009 โ Cardiva Medical Inc. recently received FDA clearance for its Cardiva Catalyst III, which the company says is the first drug-coated vascular closure device for the intervention cardiology market.
August 18, 2009 - Cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) represents a safe, noninvasive modality that frequently helps guide patient management, according to early findings from a multicenter registry published online Aug. 11 in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.
August 17, 2009 โ Siemens Healthcare will showcase cath lab imaging and workflow enhancements with its hybrid Artis zeego system during the 2009 Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics Annual Conference (TCT) Sept. 21-25 in San Francisco.