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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...

Societies Issue First Comprehensive Consensus Statement on Troponin Testing

November 20, 2012 — The American College of Cardiology (ACC), in collaboration with several other professional societies, has released the first comprehensive consensus document outlining clinical considerations for ordering and interpreting tests...

University of Maryland Medical Center Genetic-Testing Program Cardiac Stent
University of Maryland Medical Center Launches Genetic-...
Patients with coronary artery disease who undergo treatment at the University of Maryland Medical Center (UMMC) now can receive long-term therapy based on...
UK Blood Clots Teststing Wafarin Self Monitoring
Simple Home Test Can Halve the Risk of Stroke for Patients...
A simple self-monitoring test could reduce the risk of stroke by half in thousands of people in the United Kingdom who currently take warfarin to prevent blood...
Hand-Held Device Provides Lab-Quality Troponin Test Results...
The results of a pivotal benchmark study of Silicon BioDevices’ digital handheld device for high-sensitivity measure­ment of cardiac troponin-I, a protein...
Galectin-3 Test May Help Identify Patients at Highest Risk...
Abbott has received Conformite Europeene (CE) marking for the Architect Galectin-3 assay, a blood test to aid doctors in assessing the prognosis...
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Atherotech Diagnostics Lab Adds Corgenix AspirinWorks Test for Aspirin Effect
Corgenix Medical Corp. has announced that Atherotech Diagnostics Lab will carry its AspirinWorks Test for determining
Geneseq: Cardio is a Next Generation Sequencing Assay
GeneSeq: Cardio is LabCorps' next generation sequencing assay for genetic causes of familial cardiac disease. GeneSeq: Cardio is a...
The CoaguChek XS Plus System for INR Testing
The Roche CoaguChek XS Plus system is a point-of-care anticoagulation monitor that offers connectivity and data management tools to...
CardioDx Announces Medicare Coverage for Corus CAD Gene Expression Test
Palmetto GBA, a national contractor that administers Medicare benefits, established coverage in August 2012 for CardioDx Inc.’s Corus...
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University of Maryland Medical Center Genetic-Testing Program Cardiac Stent
University of Maryland Medical Center Launches Genetic-...
Patients with coronary artery disease who undergo treatment at the University of Maryland Medical Center (UMMC) now can receive long-term therapy based on...
Accumetrics Verify Now ACC 2013 Antiplatelet Therapy Blood Testing Pharmaceutica
Clinical Utility of Platelet Reactivity Strongly Advocated...
Accumetrics Inc. announced the presentation of a series of important data that solidifies the clinical utility of platelet reactivity testing. Real world...
Societies Issue First Comprehensive Consensus Statement on...
November 20, 2012 — The American College of Cardiology (ACC), in collaboration with several other professional societies, has released the first comprehensive...
Advances in Point-of-Care Anticoagulation Testing Systems
Over the past decade there have been several advancements in prothrombin time (PT)/international normalized ration (INR) point-of-care testing (POCT) devices....

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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 an overview of the current state-of-the-...
Iterative Reconstruction in CT: Understanding and Implementation
Radiation exposure from multidetector CT (MDCT) has become a pressing public health concern in both lay and medical publications. Implementation of iterative reconstruction offers radiologists the...
Healthcare Reform: What’s the Immediate Impact on Cardiovascular IT?
The recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling upholding the 2010 Affordable Care Act (ACA) may have significant impact on healthcare providers and their cardiovascular departments. While the ruling will...

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