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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...

Boston Scientific Begins Clinical Trial To Evaluate New Pacing System in MRI Environment

The first patient in the United States has been implanted with the Boston Scientific Corporation ImageReady MR Conditional pacing system in the SAMURAI clinical trial. The study is designed to confirm the safety and effectiveness of the...

Doctors at MRI Scan
Little to No Physician Work Efficiencies Exist When Different Providers Interpret Different Imaging Scans on the Same Patient

According to a new study published online in the Journal of the American College of Radiology, any efficiencies in physician interpretation and diagnosis gained when different providers interpret different medical imaging scans perfo...

Sapien, PARTNER Trial, 3 year followup
Survival of Sapien High-Risk Patients Equivalent to Surgery at Three Years

The three-year results of a pivotal clinical study comparing the Edwards Sapien transcatheter heart valve and open-heart surgery demonstrated comparable outcomes. These new data from The PARTNER Trial were presented today as a late-breaking clinic...

Inpatients Who Have STEMI Heart Attacks More Likely to Die...
If someone suffers a heart attack while walking down the street and is taken to the hospital quickly, his/her chances of survival are very good. But if someone...
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...
Dual Chamber Defibrillators Pose Higher Risk of...
A device commonly used to treat dangerous heart rhythms may cause more issues for patients than a simpler version of the same device. The implantable...
University Hospitals Case Medical Center Clinical Trial...
Can high blood pressure be safely reduced and controlled by “disconnecting” nerves in the kidneys? That is a question that a new clinical study ...
Blipcare Unveils World's First Wi-Fi Blood Pressure Monitor
BlipCare presented the world's first Wi-Fi blood pressure monitor on international crowd funding site Indiegogo in December 2012. The
New Device to Remove Stroke-Causing Blood Clots Proves Better Than Standard Tool
The Solitaire Flow Restoration Device from Covidien is among a new generation of devices designed to remove blood clots from blocked brain...
Sorin Group Leads
Tilda, Vigila and Celerity leads offer a complete package for physicians to better manage their patients’ individualized needs. Tilda...
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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...
First Implant Made for Barostim neo Device to Treat...
Prof. Dr. Béla Merkely and Dr. Péter Sótonyi at Semmelweis Egyetem Kardiológiai Központ in Hungary completed the first patient implant of the Barostim neo...
bioresorbable stent, zinc stent
Zinc Bioresorbable Stents May Offer Alternative to...
University of Michigan researchers said the preliminary results of using biresorbable zinc stents were amazing, with corrosion rates exactly where they need to...
CREST Sub-Study Finds Angioplasty After Carotid Stenting...
For patients who received stents to restore blood flow through the main arteries supplying blood to the brain, inflating a tiny balloon inside the arteries...

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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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