June 9, 2009 – Physicians can better predict potentially life-threatening cardiac events with real-time, three-dimensional echocardiography technology, according to a study released at the 20th Annual Scientific Sessions of the American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) in Washington, D.C.
June 8, 2009 - At the 20th Annual Scientific Sessions of the American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) June 6-10 in Washington, D.C., Siemens Healthcare (booth 411) is demonstrating a new standard in echocardiography – nonstitched, real-time, full-volume 3D images of the heart acquired in one single heart cycle with the ACUSON SC2000 volume imaging ultrasound system.
June 8, 2009 - Patients unable to undergo open-heart surgery may be candidates for a new nonsurgical aortic valve replacement procedure, according to a study presented at the 20th Annual Scientific Sessions of the American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) being held this week in Washington, D.C..
Providing exceptional cardiovascular care for patients to achieve the best possible outcomes is the number one goal for ...
June 8, 2009 - The Bypass Angioplasty Revascularization Investigation With Diabetes Trial (BARI-2D) is a useful and focused trial that builds on the body of scientific knowledge physicians use to provide the best possible care for diabetic patients with chronic stable angina and to evaluate their treatment options, and the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI) encourages
June 5, 2009 - Utilizing next generation sequencing and the latest advancements in sequence capture, genomic and molecular biology services company SeqWright, is collaborating with Roche Applied Science and the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine to identify possible genetic variants associated with dilated cardiomyopathy, a disease of heart muscle.
June 5, 2009 - State of the Heart Cardiology in Grapevine, Texas, recently selected Digisonics DigiNet Pro, a fully-functional, Web-based cardiovascular image management and reporting system for its echo, stress echo, nuclear and CT studies.
Cardiac positron emission tomography (PET) is growing in popularity among cardiologists because it provides the ability ...
June 5, 2009 – This year’s Transcatheter Therapeutics (TCT 2009) conference will offer a Cardiovascular Nurse and Technologist Symposium, Sept, 21-22.
June 5, 2009 - Raydiance Corp. introduced Smart Light MD — a software-controlled ultrafast laser for manufacturing cardiovascular stents and other medical micro-devices.
June 5, 2009 - TomTec launches its 2D Cardiac Performance Analysis software as part of its CardioArena multimodality imaging solution at the American Society of Echocardiography Congress 2009, June 6-10 in Washington, D.C.
When performing radiofrequency (RF) ablation to treat cardiac arrhythmia, medical professionals must balance the safety ...
June 4, 2009 - Royal Philips Electronics today introduced its microTEE, the world’s smallest transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) transducer for cardiac imaging of neonatal patients.
June 4, 2009 – New research proves the feasibility of leadless pacing in heart failure patients with ultrasound-mediated stimulation energy, which was published in the June edition of the HeartRhythm Journal, the journal of the Heart Rhythm Society (HRS).
June 4, 2009 - LifeSync Corp. this week said Florida Hospital in Orlando completed implementation of the LifeSync System throughout its Cardiovascular Institute for patients undergoing cardiovascular surgery.
Change Healthcare Cardiology Hemodynamics is an integrated hemodynamic monitoring system for monitoring vital signs and ...
June 4, 2009 - Lantheus Medical Imaging Inc. said today the company’s leading imaging agent, Cardiolite (Kit for the Preparation of Technetium Tc99m Sestamibi for Injection), was used in a recently completed five-year study examining appropriate treatment regimens for patients with type 2 diabetes and coronary artery disease.
June 3, 2009 – UltraSPECT said yesterday it will launch its Attenuation Correction/Scatter Correction (ACSC) package to its nuclear medicine image reconstruction products following the FDA clearance of the software package.
June 3, 2009 - The Chalk River Laboratories (CRL) nuclear reactor, which supplies about a third of the world’s medical isotopes, has been shut down since May 14 and is not expected to be back for at least three months, according to Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd. (AECL). The reactor produces medical isotopes such as molybdenum-99 (Mo-99), which are used in diagnostic nuclear imaging scans.