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February 25, 2009 – The Kaleida Health Stroke Center at Millard Fillmore Gates Circle Hospital in Buffalo, N.Y. has installed Toshiba’s Aquilion ONE dynamic volume CT system, making it the first U.S. stroke center to offer dynamic volume CT to dramatically reduce stroke diagnosis time.

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February 25, 2009 - CardioVascular BioTherapeutics Inc. (CVBT) has opened patient enrollment at two additional hospitals in the U.S. for its ACORD Phase II clinical trial for the treatment of severe coronary heart disease.

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Abbott's StarClose SE Vascular Closure System, a next-generation vessel closure device, is engineered to enable fast and secure closure of the femoral artery access site following a catheterization procedure.

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VOYAGER NC is Abbott's next-generation balloon dilatation catheter for the treatment of coronary artery disease. Specifically, VOYAGER NC was designed to restore blood flow in both predilatation and post-dilatation procedure and reportedly enables physicians to navigate tortuous anatomy and treat complex lesions before a stent is delivered.

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February 24, 2009 – The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) today introduced its HIMSS Online Buyer’s Guide, a Web-based tool with companies listing relevant information on their healthcare IT products and services.

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ScImage will demonstrate the newly added cardiology imaging capabilities for its cardiology PACS, including; structured reporting for echocardiography and vascular procedures, a clinical information database, voice recognition enhanced reporting, DICOM Modality Worklist Driven ECG Management and automatic pre-fetch of cardiac CT and thoracic CR/DR exams stored on its multi-departmental PACS.

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Specifically and exclusively designed for physician’s offices, the Masimo Pronto is a reportedly easy-to-use, handheld Pulse CO-Oximeter that allows for measurement of patient’s hemoglobin level in the office, in real-time.

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The Masimo Radical-7 Pulse CO-Oximeter features Masimo Rainbow SET technology that now allows for continuous measurement of patient’s hemoglobin level in real-time for pivotal patient care.

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Mortara Instrument’s wireless stress testing with the X-Scribe system includes a 24-inch wide-screen display for enhanced review. Wireless ECG acquisition with a digital transmitter provides freedom of movement for the patient and clinician during exercise stress testing and from the treadmill to the echo table.

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Digirad's Cardius X-ACT, a dedicated cardiac SPECT system, offers the potential to set new clinical standards with X-ACT attenuation correction. The X-ACT system is based on the high-efficiency Cardius-3 XPO triple-head upright dedicated nuclear cardiac SPECT imaging system.

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The INFINITT Cardiology PACS has a user friendly interface, optimized for the cardiology specialists’ workflow. It is a Web-based solution with smart clients, supporting Cine CT and providing reliable measurement tools for Cath, Echo, ECG and CT 3D images.

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McKesson’s latest generation Horizon Cardiology (version 12) is designed to incorporate the latest technology and enables extensive new clinical functionality, thus further improving the cardiology department and user workflows.

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February 24, 2009 - Lantheus Medical Imaging Inc. today said a paper published online in the February 2009 issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology reinforces the clinical use and impact of its echocardiography contrast agent DEFINITY Vial For (Perflutren Lipid Microsphere) Injectable Suspension in hospitalized and critically ill cardiac patients.

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February 24, 2009 - The Medipattern Corp. and NAVIX Diagnostix Inc., a leading provider of vascular ultrasound outsourcing solutions in the northeastern U.S., said that NAVIX will collect data for the development of Medipattern's vascular imaging tool, VasculariQ.

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February 23, 2009 - Medtronic Inc. is acquiring CoreValve Inc., developer of a transcatheter, transfemoral aortic valve replacement product, and Ventor Technologies Ltd., a developer of transcatheter heart valve technologies for the treatment of aortic valve disease.

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