Cardiovascular Ultrasound

This channel includes news and new technology innovations about cardiovascular ultrasounds. Cardiovascular ultrasounds, or echocardiograms, use ultrasound imaging to provide a picture of the heart.

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February 18, 2011 – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) cleared an ultrasound software tool to measure the ...

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February 4, 2011 – More heart disease tests do not necessarily add up to a better diagnosis. According to a new ...

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February 3, 2011 – Widespread screening or routine ultrasound for blocked neck arteries to determine stroke risk ...

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The microbubbles that make up the ultrasound contrast agent Optison from GE Healthcare.
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Contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) can "dramatically improve" physicians' ability to detect heart disease and stratify ...

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Feature | Andrew Zawadowski, M.D., FRCPC, FACC, FESC, FAHA

In the same fashion that the echocardiogram helped transform the cardiac exam, recent developments in the field of ...

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Feature | Dave Fornell

Over the past few years, there have been three key areas of advancement in cardiovascular ultrasound technology – ...

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November 16, 2010 – A new tool for personalized preventative medicine was introduced at the American Heart ...

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November 5, 2010 - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted 510(k) clearance for the latest version of ...

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Several upgrades are now available on Toshiba’s Viamo ultrasound system, including ApliPure Plus, Tissue Pure Imaging, a ...

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The Siemens Acuson S2000 ultrasound system, release 2.0, is a multi-specialty platform featuring 2-D and color Doppler ...

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The Biodex Sound Pro Combination Table combines imaging features of both the Ultra Pro and Echo Pro tables, making it a ...

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October 14, 2010 – A new echocardiography management program has been launched with Blue Cross and Blue Shield of ...

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October 8, 2010 – New features in the 2.0 version of the Acuson S2000 ultrasound system released today cover the ...

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October 6, 2010 - MD Buyline has announced the highest user-ranked vendors for Q3 2010. Philips Healthcare ...

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September 29, 2010 – A new portable, arm-held ultrasound system can provide fast, easy and reliable diagnosis even ...

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