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March 3, 2009 – Researchers in The Netherlands say contrast dose in the cath lab can be significantly reduced or eliminated by using a combination of multislice CT angiography, magnetic navigation, fractional flow reserve (FFR) measurement catheters, and IVUS.

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March 3, 2009 - A recently published article in the Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation (JHLT) from the German Heart Institute Berlin found right ventricular (RV) dysfunction develops in 20-50 percent of patients after left ventricular assist device (LVAD) implantation, leading to prolonged ICU stays and elevated mortality.

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March 3, 2009 – The third annual Left Main and Bifurcation Summit will be held June 4-5, 2009 at the New York Marriot Marquis in New York City. The two-day scientific conference is dedicated to the evolving fields of percutaneous left main and bifurcation coronary artery lesion interventions.

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March 3, 2009 - Resurrection Health Care in Chicago has received accreditation by the Society of Chest Pain Centers (SCPC), making it one of only two hospital systems in the nation to receive the distinction.

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At ECR 2009, Visage Imaging showcased its Visage CS 3.1, 3D software, which the company says is designed for speed. Data from virtually all modalities can be viewed and processed, including CT and MR angiography, cardiac CT and PET-CT. With version 3.1, Visage CS introduces a whole set of improvements, and features, including: - Multiple new 2D and 3D ROI types

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March 2, 2009 - Several cardiovascular societies will host additional educational sessions Saturday March 28 during the American College of Cardiology's 58th Annual Scientific Sessions in Orlando, FL. Association of Black Cardiologists Inc. 22nd Annual Scientific Sessions 7 a.m. – 2 p.m. Convention Center, Room W307 A/B Sponsored by Association of Black Cardiologists

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March 2, 2009 - The American College of Cardiology's 58th Annual Scientific Session is set for March 29 – 31, in Orlando, FL.

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March 2, 2009 - The American College of Cardiology (ACC) has created a summary of the “American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009,” aka "the stimulus bill," which includes recommendations for its members.

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Pie Medical Imaging’s FDA-cleared cardiac magnetic resonance quantitative analysis software, CAAS MRV Magnetic Resonance Ventricular analysis) software reportedly enables cardiologists and radiologists to perform easy and fast functional analysis on cine-magnetic resonance images for cardiac MRI studies.

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Cardiac Science’s Atria 6100 is an ectrocardiogram system (ECG/ EKG) designed for hospitals and cardiology clinics. Reportedly designed with a friendly user interface and clear, readable color display, the monitor makes reading ECG waveform data easy.

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ScImage's reporting module PICOM Structured Reportware (PicomSR) for echocardiography combines structured reporting elements along with voice recognition, delivering a pre-populated report that the technician can start by importing elements such as procedure descriptions, indications, measurements, observations during procedure and simple findings from the modality.

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Beijing Choice Electronic Technology Ltd., offers the MD100B hand-held electro ECG monitor, which offers measurements in 30 seconds.

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March 2, 2009 - Results were released today from a clinical study of the quarter-time Xpress3.Cardiac, UltraSPECT's WBR (wide-beam reconstruction) image reconstruction algorithm used to create half-time SPECT images of high diagnostic quality.

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March 2, 2009 - Hansen Medical Inc. today announced an equity investment in Advanced Cardiac Therapeutics Inc. (ACT), and the procurement of certain exclusive rights to ACT’s patented microwave radiometry technology. ACT is developing a novel technology that is designed to accurately measure the temperature in a lesion during cardiac ablation procedures.

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Agfa HealthCare's IMPAX Cardiovascular (IMPAX CV) technology expands the diagnostic capabilities of multiple cardiovascular modalities. A comprehensive, cost-effective solution for cardiovascular imaging and reporting, IMPAX CV enables clinicians to comprehensively review and post-process images.

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