September 1, 2008 - More than 22 million people worldwide suffer from heart failure, and most heart failure hospitalizations are due to excessive fluid accumulation in the chest cavity, and new data presented at the European Society of Cardiology Congress this week shows Medtronic’s devices equipped with OptiVol Fluid Status Monitoring Alerts may give advance warning of a patients’ worsening c
Angiography systems have been a diagnostic mainstay in cardiac cath labs for more than 50 years, playing a pivotal role in the diagnosis and treatment of heart and vascular diseases. Replacing imaging intensifiers with flat panel detectors (FPD) for angiography has broadened digital imaging’s role in the cath lab.
The FDA recently cleared Boston Scientific Corp.’s PROMUS Everolimus-Eluting Coronary Stent System and Abbott Vascular’s ...
Providing exceptional cardiovascular care for patients to achieve the best possible outcomes is the number one goal for ...
AngioScore Inc. has introduced longer and larger AngioSculpt PTA Scoring Balloon Catheters for the treatment of peripheral artery disease (PAD).
The R Series defibrillator for hospitals aims for simplicity and operational readiness to help improve in-hospital ...
September 2, 2008 – The European Society of Cardiology (ESC) released new guidelines for how doctors should handle an acute pulmonary embolism (PE), during its 2008 Congress in Munich, Germany today.
Cardiac positron emission tomography (PET) is growing in popularity among cardiologists because it provides the ability ...
Edwards Lifesciences Corp. produces the Carpentier-Edwards The PERIMOUNT Magna mitral valve was launched in Europe in September 2005. It incorporates features of the Carpentier-Edwards PERIMOUNT mitral valve, which has demonstrated 16 years of durability, including the treatment of the bovine pericardial tissue leaflets with the Carpentier-Edwards ThermaFix process. September 2008
September 3, 2008 - Edwards Lifesciences Corp. today said it received FDA approval for the Carpentier-Edwards PERIMOUNT ...
September 2, 2008 - The safety debate about drug-eluting stents (DES) is still ongoing and in these times of uncertainty ...
When performing radiofrequency (RF) ablation to treat cardiac arrhythmia, medical professionals must balance the safety ...
September 1, 2008 - Depression and heart disease are the two leading disorders with the strongest contributions to the ...
September 2, 2008 - Merit Medical Systems Inc., a manufacturer of disposable devices used primarily in cardiology and radiology procedures, today said five new products are scheduled to be introduced over the next few months.
Procedicus VIST (Vascular Intervention Simulation Trainer) is a simulator for catheter-based procedures designed to ...
Change Healthcare Cardiology Hemodynamics is an integrated hemodynamic monitoring system for monitoring vital signs and ...
September 2, 2008 – Two recent studies demonstrate the economical value of cardiac imaging, showing MDCT to be cost ...
September 2, 2008 - Boston Scientific Corp. this past week said the U.S. District Court of Marshall, TX found two ...
Ovalum will feature its TraVerse Microcatheter at TCT 2008, a device that received FDA and CE approval earlier this year ...