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February 19, 2009 - The New England Journal of Medicine this week published the results from the SYNTAX trial, in which percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) using the TAXUS Express2 Paclitaxel-Eluting Coronary Stent was compared to contemporary coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery in patients with the most complex coronary artery disease (CAD).
February 19, 2009
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February 19, 2009 - Acusphere Inc. today submitted an amendment to its new drug application (NDA) for its ultrasound contrast agent Imagify (perflubutane polymer microspheres for injectable suspension), which is designed for the detection of coronary artery disease.
February 19, 2009
Technology
February 19, 2009 – Siemens Healthcare released the Symbia E single detector imaging system to its Symbia family of scanners. The Symbia E is designed to be a a high-quality, cost-effective single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) system that can help improve clinical confidence, reliability and versatility.
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February 19, 2009 - The Society of Chest Pain Centers will hold its 12th Congress of Chest Pain Centers event April 29-May 2, 2009 at the Peabody Hotel in Memphis, TN.
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February 19, 2009 - Molecular diagnostic company TrimGen Corp. has received FDA 510(k) clearance to market its eQ-PCR LC Warfarin Genotyping kit, an assay used to aid identification of patients who may be at risk of warfarin sensitivity.
February 18, 2009
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February 19, 2009 - The Society for Women's Health Research and the Medical Imaging & Technology Alliance (MITA) reminded women of the diagnostic technology available that can detect heart disease while it is treatable, and released a fact sheet to help patients and their families better understand the noninvasive diagnostic technologies that can be used to help detect coronary disease.
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Frank Rybicki, M.D., director of cardiac CT and vascular CT, MRI, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, sat down with Imaging Technology News (ITN) to talk about the Toshiba-sponsored Core-320 trial that will compare coronary CT angiography with myocardial perfusion performed on Toshiba’s Acquilion ONE against traditional invasive angiography and SPECT. The trial is set to begin later this year.
February 18, 2009News
February 18, 2009 - InSite One Inc. said today that the InDex Archive has reached a new milestone with over 31 million studies in this single object repository representing approximately 4.5 percent of the U.S. diagnostic imaging patient population in 2008.
February 18, 2009
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February 18, 2009 – GE Healthcare said the new Discovery PET/CT 600-series scanners, designed to help enable earlier detection and accurate monitoring of disease, are being installed globally.
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February 18, 2009 - The FDA has cleared a new claim for the CryoLife CryoValve SG pulmonary human heart valve that relates to reducing a component of the immune response in recipients of the CryoValve SG.
February 18, 2009
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February 17, 2009 – In response to President Obama signing the $787 billion American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 into law today, the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) said it predicts the inclusion of $19.2 billion for health IT will have important economic benefits and result in improved patient care.
February 17, 2009News
February 17, 2009 - The 15th Annual Interventional Cardiology Fellows Course: Enhancing the Future of Interventional Vascular Medicine will be held Mary 10-13, 2009 in Miami. This three-day meeting exposes the advanced interventional cardiology trainee to complex coronary and endovascular interventions. The international faculty includes many acknowledged pioneers and innovators.
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February 17, 2009 - The total PET and PET/CT patient studies increased only 4 percent, from 1,457,400 to 1,520,800, compared to estimates for 2007 provided by respondents to a 2008 survey by IMV Medical Information Division, representing a slowdown in procedure growth.
February 17, 2009
Technology
The Pyramis data management solution from Cardiac Science, now in its fifth generation, centralizes ECG, Holter and stress test data. Pyramis is scalable so additional facilities, users, and new devices can be added at any time. The system is also flexible and can add multimodality and HL7 interfaces.
February 16, 2009News
February 17, 2009 - ZOLL Medical Corp. said today Providence Little Company of Mary Medical Center San Pedro in southern California has installed the company’s AutoPulse Noninvasive Cardiac Support Pump for its resuscitative capabilities in the hospital’s emergency department and intensive care unit.
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