June 17, 2008 - Gamma Medica-Ideas and GE Healthcare signed an agreement that GE Healthcare will be the exclusive ...
Toshiba America Medical Systems’ Infinix Hybrid cardiovascular X-ray imaging system will be featured in three live cases during the International Symposium on the Hybrid Approach to Congenital Heart Disease (ISHAC), June 16 – 18, 2008. In the first case, codirectors of The Heart Center at Nationwide Children’s Hospital will perform a hybrid procedure on a one day old baby with hypoplastic left heart syndrome via live simulcast using Toshiba’s Infinix Hybrid system. John P. Cheatham, M.D., director of cardiac catheterization and Interventional Therapy and Mark Galantowicz, M.D., chief of cardiothoracic surgery will complete this procedure.
June 17, 2008 - Angiotech Pharmaceuticals Inc. recently launched marketing of its Quill SRS MONODERM for superficial ...
Providing exceptional cardiovascular care for patients to achieve the best possible outcomes is the number one goal for ...
June 16, 2008 - Datascope Corp. said it has exercised its option to acquire the Peripheral Vascular Stent business of ...
June 16, 2008 – Philips released today its new Philips BrightView XCT, reportedly the first time a flat panel X-ray detector will be used for CT imaging in nuclear medicine, integrating Philips BrightView SPECT in a coplanar design with advanced flat-detector X-ray CT technology to acquire low dose, high resolution CT images and to improve registration confidence.
June 16, 2008 - Mindray Medical International Ltd. received FDA 510(k) clearance for its DC-3 color ultrasound system ...
Cardiac positron emission tomography (PET) is growing in popularity among cardiologists because it provides the ability ...
June 16, 2008 – Siemens introduced IQ•SPECT, a works-in-progress that is the newest Symbia feature that enables a ...
June 16, 2008 - To help ensure that more healthcare facilities throughout the U.S. have access to the positron emission ...
June 13, 2008 - MEDRAD signed a distribution and co-marketing partnership agreement with PETNET Solutions, a fully owned ...
When performing radiofrequency (RF) ablation to treat cardiac arrhythmia, medical professionals must balance the safety ...
Personal digital assistants (PDAs) have found a niche in the healthcare market since their inception several years ago, and today the devices give doctors and nurses a critical wireless connection to patient records and Web-based databases to aid diagnosis and treatment.
When I attended the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) conference in February in Orlando, it ...
June 12, 2008 – In its post-congress report, the Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN) 55th annual ...
Change Healthcare Cardiology Hemodynamics is an integrated hemodynamic monitoring system for monitoring vital signs and ...
Nurses are the primary healthcare providers in the U.S. today, taking on more and more responsibilities within the hospital and often working long, irregular shifts. A physically demanding profession, nursing is consistently listed as one of the top 10 occupations for work-related musculoskeletal disorders, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
June 12, 2008 - The higher the level of nicotine in the toenails, the higher the risk of coronary heart disease (CAD) ...
June 12, 2008 - Sorin Group closed the sale of its peripheral stent business to Datascope Corp., divesting its noncore ...