Vascular Solutions' extraction catheters are simple aspiration catheters that make use of a vacuum syringe to withdraw blood clots (thrombus) from various arteries, including those of the coronary and peripheral vasculature.
August 26, 2008 - Anthera Pharmaceuticals Inc. yesterday announced the initiation of the FRANCIS (Fewer Recurrent Acute coronary events with Near-term Cardiovascular Inflammation Suppression) clinical trial to examine the impact of varespladib when administered to patients within 96 hours of an acute coronary syndrome (ACS) event.
August 26, 2008 - Corgenix Medical Corp. announced its collaboration with BG Medicine whereby Corgenix' AtherOx products ...
Providing exceptional cardiovascular care for patients to achieve the best possible outcomes is the number one goal for ...
Medtronic Inc. will feature its FDA-cleared Talent Abdominal Stent Graft on the CoilTrac Delivery System for the ...
August 25, 2008 - Philips will lead a new European Union (EU) funded research project called "euHeart," which uses ...
Atrium Medical Corp.’s ClearWay RX is a therapeutic perfusion catheter indicated for localized delivery of therapeutic agents to the coronary and peripheral vasculature.
Cardiac positron emission tomography (PET) is growing in popularity among cardiologists because it provides the ability ...
August 26, 2008 - Alsius Corp., manufacturer of intravascular temperature management (IVTM) therapies, today said the ...
The Twin-Pass and Twin-Pass .023-inch dual access catheters feature an over-the-wire lumen and a rapid exchange lumen in ...
August 25, 2008 - The Focused Ultrasound Surgery Foundation will host an international symposium dedicated to the ...
When performing radiofrequency (RF) ablation to treat cardiac arrhythmia, medical professionals must balance the safety ...
Medtronic Inc. will showcase its Export Aspiration Catheter at TCT 2008. Recent results from an independent study, called TAPAS, showed that thrombus aspiration with the Export Aspiration Catheter prior to stenting can improve blood flow and survival rates in patients suffering acute myocardial infarction (AMI) compared to treatment with percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) alone.
August 25, 2008 – Results published in the August issue of the peer-reviewed journal Vascular Medicine, support ...
August 25, 2008 - Vermillion Inc. said last week a study published in the August 2008 issue of the journal Vascular ...
Change Healthcare Cardiology Hemodynamics is an integrated hemodynamic monitoring system for monitoring vital signs and ...
Neovasc (formerly Angiometrx) is the developer of the Metricath System, an arterial and in-stent measurement device that ...
August 25, 2008 - Starion Instruments said a study recently presented at the 2008 Annual Scientific Meeting of the International Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiothoracic Surgery (ISMICS) found Starion’s Tissue Ligating Shears provides a safe and effective solution for endoscopic harvesting of the radial artery and saphenous vein.
The Mynx VCS vascular closure system (VCD) by AccessClosure designed to seal a puncture site in the femoral artery and ...