Related News

Cerner Offers Consolidated Cardiac EHR/Imaging IT

January 25, 2013 — Cerner’s PowerChart cardiovascular solution unifies diagnostic cardiology activities, therapeutic interventions and follow-up regimens into a unified electronic health record (...

New Patient Study Morphing Capabilities for Image Sharing Available on BRIT’s Servers

January 24, 2013 — BRIT Systems announced new capabilities for their digital imaging and communications in medicine (DICOM)...

AirStrip Technologies and Vanguard Health Systems Form Strategic Partnership

January 24, 2013 — AirStrip Technologies Inc. announced that it has entered into a long-term strategic partnership with Vanguard Health Systems Inc.

Vanguard will implement the full U.S....

Study Supports Use of Laser Atherectomy for Peripheral In-Stent Restenosis

January 24, 2013 — The Spectranetics Corporation announced final results from the PATENT (Photo-Ablation using the TURBO-Booster(R) and Excimer Laser for In-Stent Restenosis Treatment)...

Ablation Devices to Be the Fastest Growing Segment in the U.S. Nonvascular Interventional Radiology Device Market

January 23, 2013 — According to Millennium Research Group (MRG), the segment of the U.S. nonvascular ...

DVT Clots Quickly, Safely Removed With Pharmacomechanical Thrombectomy, Study Suggests

January 23, 2013 – Bathing dangerous blood clots in special medication, breaking them up with jets of saline and vacuuming them out of the body is a fast, effective method of...

St. Jude Medical Announces CE Mark Approval of ViewFlex Xtra ICE Catheter

January 23, 2013 — St. Jude Medical Inc. announced European CE mark approval of its ViewFlex Xtra Intracardiac...

Clinical Decision Support Aids Pediatric Cardiac Diagnoses

January 22, 2013 — Peri-natal systems real-time clinical decision support company PeriGen Inc. announced the results of...

Interventional Treatment During C-Section Can Save Mother’s Life, Prevent Hysterectomy

January 22, 2013 — Using tiny balloons to temporarily block blood flow to the uterus during a high-risk Caesarean-section delivery can save the life of the mother while preventing hysterectomy and...

Biotronik Begins U.S. Trial for MRI-Safe Pacemaker System

January 22, 2013 — Biotronik announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved, with conditions, the ProMRI...

GNAX Health Announces GNAX SDEX Secure DICOM Exchange

Jan. 21, 2013 — GNAX Health announced the availability of GNAX SDEX Secure digital imaging and communications in medicine (DICOM) Exchange, allowing hospitals, ACOs and HIEs the ability to...

TAVI Procedure Shows Promise, but More Evidence is Needed, Says ECRI Institute

January 21, 2013 — A heart valve procedure intended to treat patients with severe aortic stenosis and...

Avreo Partners With VidiStar Cardiology PACS

January 21, 2013 — Avreo announced it has formed a partnership with VidiStar LLC, a provider of cardiology medical imaging and reporting solutions using the latest technological standards for...

First Patient Treated in Boston Scientific ZERO AF Clinical Trial

January 21, 2013 — The first patient has been treated in the Boston Scientific Corporation ZERO AF clinical trial to...

Philips Showcases Advanced Imaging Integration in Electrophysiology at Boston Atrial Fibrillation Symposium 2013

January 21, 2013 — At the Boston Atrial Fibrillation (AF) Symposium 2013, Philips Healthcare introduced its latest...

GE Files Supplemental New Drug Application for Its Own Manufacturing of Optison Ultrasound Contrast

January 18, 2013 — GE Healthcare announced that it has filed a supplemental new drug application (sNDA) that will allow the company to manufacture Optison (Perflutren Protein-Type A Microspheres...

FDA Clears nContact’s Cardiac Ablation Device, EPi-Sense With Embedded Sensors

January 18, 2013 — nContact Inc. announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared the Company’s modifications to its VisiTrax cardiac ablation device, EPi-Sense, now with...

CardioMEMS Inc. Wins 2012 Intel Innovation Award

January 18, 2013 — CardioMEMS Inc. was honored as the 2012 recipient of the Intel Innovation Award. Founder and CEO Jay Yadav, M.D., was presented with the award on Dec. 4, 2012 during the annual...

CardioKinetix Initiates Landmark Study of First-of-Its-Kind Treatment for Heart Failure in the United States

January 18, 2013 — CardioKinetix Inc. announced the enrollment of the first patients in PARACHUTE IV, the randomized pivotal U.S....

GSI Group to Acquire NDS Surgical Imaging for $82.5 Million

January 15, 2013 — GSI Group Inc., a leading supplier of laser-based solutions, precision motion and optical technologies to global industrial, medical,...

View all