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July 17, 2008 - Heart sounds provide valuable diagnostic information concerning the heart valves and hemodynamics of heart, but the poor sensitivity of human ears in the low frequency range makes...

April 11, 2008 - St. Jude Medical will acquire EP MedSystems for approximately $92.1 million in a deal that will accelerate St. Jude Medical's atrial fibrillation program and entry into the high-...

April 3, 2008 - In preparation for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, the U.S. Olympic Committee (USOC) and the General Electric Company said this week two research programs have started to...

March 31, 2008 - As part of the Philips cath lab showcase at ACC, the company presented Live 3D TEE technology for the cath lab, designed to give real-time volume rendered images using one-touch...

December 18, 2007 - Biosense Webster Inc. has introduced aid in the diagnosis and treatment of cardiac arrhythmias with the CARTOSOUND Image Integration module with the new SOUNDSTAR 3D Catheter...

November 6, 2007 – Philips Medical Systems highlighted its recently introduced iE33 Live 3D TEE, an echo system designed to address a growing requirement with complementary 2D and volumetric Live...

October 2, 2007 - Siemens Medical Solutions launched the world's smallest and first pocket ultrasound system, the ACUSON P10, which is a little larger than a common PDA.
The device...

September 4, 2007- New recommendations released today in the Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography further support the role of stress echo in accurately identifying coronary artery...

June 25, 2007 - Philips demonstrated the new Live 3D transesophageal echocardiogram (TEE) probe, the X7-2t, at the 18th Annual American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) Scientific Sessions in...

June 21, 2007 - The American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) today announced the election of Thomas Ryan, M.D., director of the Ohio State University Heart Center in Columbus, OH and heart...

June 18, 2007 - Kardia Health Systems launched Echocardiography Information Management System (EIMS), a web-based workflow-management software for echocardiography labs, at the ASE Scientific...

June 14, 2007 — HD Medical Group Ltd. recently announced the ViScope 100 series, an audio-visual auscultation tool for effective cardiac triage.

The experimental device, which may be...

April 26, 2007 — Northwest Center for Congenital Heart Disease has announced the establishment of an imaging network to improve cardiac services provided to patients throughout the Inland...

April 24, 2007 — Ascent Healthcare Solutions announced today that the FDA has increased the number of times that Ascent can reprocess the Siemens AcuNav Ultrasound Catheter from two to up to four...

Jan. 19, 2007 — Biosense Webster made two agreements public this week with healthcare competitor modality giants Philips and Siemens.