Technology | Medical 3-D Printing

3D Systems announced availability of its new On Demand Anatomical Modeling Service. This new service provides a wide range of medical professionals with access to anatomical models 3-D-printed from their 3-D digital files, enabling enhanced three-dimensional visualization for surgical planning as well as patient education.

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A myocardial perfusion exam performed on the Siemens Biograph Vision PET-CT system.
Feature | Nuclear Imaging | Dave Fornell, Editor

Nuclear imaging technology for both single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) and positron emission tomography ...

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LivaNova PLC announced it received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance for its Memo 4D semi-rigid mitral annuloplasty ring. The company also confirmed the first implantation of the device.

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Technology | Drug-Eluting Balloons

Medtronic plc has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for 200mm and 250mm lengths of the In.Pact Admiral Drug-Coated Balloon (DCB) to treat long superficial femoral artery (SFA) lesions in patients with peripheral artery disease (PAD).

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News | Cardiac Diagnostics

A team of researchers says it has linked sensitivity to an allergen in red meat to the buildup of plaque in the arteries of the heart. While high saturated fat levels in red meat have long been known to contribute to heart disease for people in general, the new finding suggests that a subgroup of the population may be at heightened risk for a different reason – a food allergen. The study, which is supported by the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, part of the National Institutes of Health, appears in Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology (ATVB), a peer-reviewed journal of the American Heart Association.

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News | Guidewires

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released the following two draft guidance documents: Coronary, Peripheral, and Neurovascular Guidewires - Performance Tests and Recommended Labeling; and Intravascular Catheters, Wires, and Delivery Systems with Lubricious Coatings - Labeling Considerations.

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360 Photos | 360 View Photos

This is a 360 degree image from the Canon Aquilion One 320-slice computed tomography (CT) system installed at ...

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News | Heart Valve Technology

Henry Ford Hospital is one of 17 U.S. trial sites using a catheter-based procedure approved in Europe to repair a leaky mitral heart valve.

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News | Mobile Devices

Medication management platform Medisafe released data showing that, on average, hypertensive patients increase their prescription refills by almost 10 percent after they start using the company's mobile app.

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News | Wearables

The thought of losing up to $14 a week along with personalized goal setting may have motivated ischemic heart disease patients to increase their exercise, according to a new clinical trial published in Journal of the American Heart Association, the Open Access Journal of the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association.

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News | Stent Grafts

Cardinal Health announced that its Incraft Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) Stent Graft System has received a favorable recommendation on its premarket approval application from a key U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) panel. The FDA Circulatory System Devices Panel of the Medical Devices Advisory Committee voted 11 to 4 in favor of the benefits of the device.

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News | EP Mapping and Imaging Systems

Volta Medical, out of Marseille, France, has developed the first artificial intelligence (AI) software to guide cardiologists during heart surgeries to treat atrial fibrillation (AF) or any open-heart surgery.

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Videos | Cardiovascular Ultrasound

Thomas Porter, M.D., professor of medicine and director of the echocardiography lab at the University of Nebraska ...

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News | Stroke

NewYork-Presbyterian, in collaboration with Weill Cornell Medicine, Columbia University Irving Medical Center and the Fire Department of New York (FDNY), is expanding its fleet of Mobile Stroke Treatment Units (MSTU) to Queens and Brooklyn. Thanks to a generous donation by the W.P. Carey Foundation, this makes NewYork-Presbyterian the first health system in the country to operate three of these advanced units.

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News | Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)

Whole-body magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) found a surprisingly high prevalence of atherosclerosis in people considered at low to intermediate risk for cardiovascular disease, according to a study appearing online in the journal Radiology. Almost half of all study participants had at least one narrowed artery.

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