February 8, 2008 - CryoLife Inc. received 510(k) clearance from the FDA for its CryoValve SG pulmonary human heart valve processed with the company’s proprietary SynerGraft technology, providing a valve replacement option for children born with heart defects or for replacement surgery.
Emageon's HeartSuite offers cardiovascular information management, hemodynamic monitoring, advanced visualization and content management. Emageon’s architecture combines HeartSuite with radiology and other medical specialties designed to offer a comprehensive patient–centric view of the visual medical record. One suite of integrated, enterprise cardiology tools includes:
McKesson’s ECG Management module, a component of Horizon Cardiology, is a fully integrated, Web-enabled ...
Cardiac PET/CT represents a major advancement in cardiovascular diagnostics, offering significant clinical and ...
February 7, 2008 - Abiomed Inc. reported its third quarter fiscal 2008 revenue reached $16.0 million, up 24 percent ...
The PageWriter Touch Cardiograph from Philips is a hospital cardiograph with color touchscreen display.
February 7, 2008 - Tryton Medical Inc.’s Side Branch Stent obtains CE Mark approval based on results in the Tryton 1 (First-in-Man Study) with No Side-Branch Restenosis in 30 patients, according to the manufacturer.
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The PicomECG is a reportedly flexible and robust Web-based ECG management and distribution system.
February 6, 2008 - The Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) opens the doors of Ashley River Tower, its new state-of-the-art hospital designed to treat patients with cardiovascular and digestive disease problems, marking the first step in the hospital’s multiphase expansion plan, which will ultimately replace the facility that for 50 years has served as the teaching hospital for MUSC.
February 7, 2008 - A Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine researcher has launched the first U.S. trial in which a purified form of subjects' own adult stem cells is transplanted into their leg muscles with severely blocked arteries to try to grow new small blood vessels and restore circulation in their legs.
Providing exceptional cardiovascular care for patients to achieve the best possible outcomes is the number one goal for ...
Multimodality imaging is dramatically changing the landscape of cardiology PACS (C-PACS). To get a complete picture of ...
When it comes to collecting patient data, the ability to manage that information often becomes more crucial than the speed at which it is collected. But ensuring that the right data gets to the right person when needed often presents some challenges in hospitals that have installed best-of-breed systems or whose budgets have prevented them from purchasing some of the newer, integrated solutions.
February 5, 2008 – A medical team led by Adrian Ebner, M.D., of French Hospital and Lutz Buellesfeld, M.D. of Helios ...
Cardiac positron emission tomography (PET) is growing in popularity among cardiologists because it provides the ability ...
When cardiologists send their high-risk patients home, they may be protected with a host of tools, including implantable cardiac devices and pacemakers and strict regimens of medications. While the tools and regimens are powerful, cardiologists know that they are still limited when it comes to preventing adverse events. Without constant check-ups, serious coronary issues can occur.
A new 320-slice computed tomography (CT) system, the AquilionONE by Toshiba America Medical Systems, delivers dynamic ...
The HeartStation ECG management system automates the processing and storage of electrocardiograms to reportedly improve ...
February 07, 2008
