Syntermed Awarded 510(k) Clearance for Cardiac Imaging Decision Support System

Syntermed Inc. has been awarded 510(k) clearance for Emory Cardiac Toolbox version 4.0. "One of the many things that makes Emory Toolbox 4.0 different is SmartReport, the first-ever, cloud-based nuclear cardiology reporting tool usi...

Intermountain Launches Nation’s First System to Measure, Report Cumulative Medical Radiation Exposure

Intermountain Healthcare, a Utah-based nonprofit system of 22 hospitals and 185 clinics, is compiling the cumulative radiation patients receive from about 220,000 higher-dose procedures and imaging exams each year, starting with exams pe...

University of Maryland Medical Center Launches Genetic-Testing Program For Cardiac Stent Patients

Patients with coronary artery disease who undergo treatment at the University of Maryland Medical Center (UMMC) now can receive long-term therapy based on information found in their genes. As part of a new personalized medicine initiative, the med...

First Implant Made for Barostim neo Device to Treat Hypertension

Prof. Dr. Béla Merkely and Dr. Péter Sótonyi at Semmelweis Egyetem Kardiológiai Központ in Hungary completed the first patient implant of the Barostim neo device for hypertension. Barostim neo is a small, easy...

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Neovasc’s Tiara Transcatheter Mitral Valve Shows Positive...
Neovasc Inc. reported positive animal data from its Tiara program for the transcatheter treatment of mitral valve disease. Data presented is on long-term...
Syntermed Awarded 510(k) Clearance for Cardiac Imaging...
Syntermed Inc. has been awarded 510(k) clearance for Emory Cardiac Toolbox version 4.0. "One of the many things that makes Emory Toolbox 4.0 different is...
Intermountain Launches Nation’s First System to Measure,...
Intermountain Healthcare, a Utah-based nonprofit system of 22 hospitals and 185 clinics, is compiling the cumulative radiation patients receive from...
Common Drug Can Limit Radiation Damage to Cancer Patient’s...
Unavoidable damage caused to the heart and lungs by radiotherapy treatment of tumors in the chest region can be limited by the administration of an ACE...
Syntermed Awarded 510(k) Clearance for Cardiac Imaging Decision Support System
Syntermed Inc. has been awarded 510(k) clearance for Emory Cardiac Toolbox version 4.0. "One of the many things that makes Emory
MiE's PET Scintron Receives FDA Approval
The Medical Imaging Electronics (MiE) and Nuclear Imaging Services (NIS) ECAT Scintron is the only upgrade path available to the Siemens...
Next Generation PosiRx Pharmacy Automation Systems
The PosiRx 3000-Series is Positron Corp.'s latest pharmacy automation systems. The PosiRx 3000-Series are the first systems to...
Liptruzet (pronounced LIP-true-zett) contains ezetimibe, an efficacious LDL cholesterol lowering therapy, and atorvastatin, currently one...
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Syntermed Awarded 510(k) Clearance for Cardiac Imaging...
Syntermed Inc. has been awarded 510(k) clearance for Emory Cardiac Toolbox version 4.0. "One of the many things that makes Emory Toolbox 4.0 different is...
Intermountain Launches Nation’s First System to Measure,...
Intermountain Healthcare, a Utah-based nonprofit system of 22 hospitals and 185 clinics, is compiling the cumulative radiation patients receive from...
Common Drug Can Limit Radiation Damage to Cancer Patient’s...
Unavoidable damage caused to the heart and lungs by radiotherapy treatment of tumors in the chest region can be limited by the administration of an ACE...
Endovascular Repair Of Ruptured Aneurysms Saves More Lives...
Patients with ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA) are more than twice as likely to survive if they have minimally invasive repair than if they...
The Radial Access Adoption Report Card
Over the past decade in the United States, there has been growing interest in transradial artery...
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Game-Changing Technologies to Watch in 2013
My job as editor of DAIC is to help readers keep tabs on the latest in cardiovascular technology...
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Innovation Exasperation
In a recent LinkedIn Medical Device Group posting, it was noted that DuVal & Associates, P.A....
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Less is More — Radiation Exposure Reduction in the EP Lab
This webinar focuses on implementation of different strategies to reduce radiation exposure during interventional electrophysiology (EP) procedures. It offers...
Iterative Reconstruction in CT: Understanding and...
Radiation exposure from multidetector CT (MDCT) has become a pressing public health concern in both lay and medical publications. Implementation of iterative...
Healthcare Reform: What’s the Immediate Impact on...
The recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling upholding the 2010 Affordable Care Act (ACA) may have significant impact on healthcare providers and their cardiovascular...

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Mummies Reveal Hardening of the Arteries was a Problem in the Ancient World

March 13, 2013 — Atherosclerosis is usually considered to be a disease of modern human beings, related to...

FDA Advisory Committee Supports MitraClip for Patients With Significant Mitral Regurgitation Who Are Too High Risk for Surgery

March 22, 2013 —  Abbott announced that the U.S.

Editor’s Choice of Most Innovative New Technology at ACC 2013

During the annual American College of Cardiology (ACC) scientific sessions, the world’s largest cardiology show,...

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