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.
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.
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.
Providing exceptional cardiovascular care for patients to achieve the best possible outcomes is the number one goal for ...
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.
Beijing Choice Electronic Technology Ltd., offers the MD100B hand-held electro ECG monitor, which offers measurements in 30 seconds.
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.
Cardiac positron emission tomography (PET) is growing in popularity among cardiologists because it provides the ability ...
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.
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.
February 27, 2009 - Dr. Alberto Interian Jr., medical director of the Mercy Hospital Arrhythmia Syncope Center, is the first doctor in Miami-Dade County, FL to implant an innovative cardiac monitoring device for patients with irregular heart rhythms (arrhythmias), or recurrent, unexplained fainting (syncope).
When performing radiofrequency (RF) ablation to treat cardiac arrhythmia, medical professionals must balance the safety ...
February 27, 2009 - As the country moves to transform healthcare with the passing of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, 42 U.S. hospitals recognized as a Stage 6 by HIMSS Analytics serve as role models in healthcare IT adoption for other healthcare systems just beginning this process.
February 27, 2009 – The Biosense Webster NAVISTAR RMT THERMOCOOL Catheter, a magnetically steered irrigated tip cardiac catheter for treatment of irregular heart rhythms, has received FDA clearance.
February 27, 2009 - Elective repair for abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA) is on the rise, yet total AAA-related deaths continue to decline since the introduction of endovascular repair (EVAR), according to an ongoing, long-term research report from Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston.
Change Healthcare Cardiology Hemodynamics is an integrated hemodynamic monitoring system for monitoring vital signs and ...
February 27, 2009 - American Heart Association President Timothy Gardner, M.D. made the following statement in response to health proposals in President Obama's budget:
February 26, 2009 - The Medical Imaging & Technology Alliance (MITA) said it supports the health policy goals presented in the President's federal budget, however, the association said that the budget's proposed reliance on radiology benefit managers (RBMs) will deny imaging services, and is an ineffective model that undermines the doctor-patient relationship in making healthcare decisions.
Mortara Instrument offers H-Scribe, a Web-based Holter data transfer from an unlimited number of client recording sites. Data can be transmitted over the Internet or Intranet.