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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, 2009
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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.
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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
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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.
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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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February 17, 2009 – Over the next several weeks, the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) is offering several education opportunities for its members on the implications and opportunities of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, expected to include $19 billion for health IT and to be signed into law this week.
February 16, 2009
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February 12, 2009 - Dr. Willem Johan Kolff, the world’s most prolific inventor of artificial organs, passed away Feb. 11 at the age of 97 in Philadelphia. Among Dr. Kolff’s many accomplishments were the artificial kidney, heart-lung machine, artificial eye, artificial ear and artificial arm. However, he was best known for his decades of work that led to the Jarvik 7 artificial heart.
February 16, 2009
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February 16, 2009 - Thoratec Corp. and HeartWare International last week entered into a definitive merger agreement under which Thoratec will acquire HeartWare for a about $282 million, and the combined company will offer a broad portfolio of approved blood pumping devices for the treatment of heart failure.
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February 16, 2009 - Registration is now open for the Heart Rhythm Society’s free Reality EP Webcast, “Role of 3D ICE and Epicardial Mapping in the Ablation of Ventricular Outflow Tract Tachycardia,” at 7 p.m. EDT Wednesday, March 4.
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February 16, 2009 - Agfa HealthCare said today it completed the deployment of its IMPAX HeartStation ECG Management System at the National Heart Centre in Singapore.
February 16, 2009
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February 16 - The CYPHER SELECT Plus Sirolimus-eluting Coronary Stent has received CE marking within the European Union (EU) for treatment of patients with diabetes, a complex and often difficult-to-treat patient population.
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