MAQUET Cardiovascular offers the HEARTSTRING III Proximal Seal System for coronary artery bypass surgery procedures, a proximal seal technology that allows surgeons to perform coronary artery bypass grafts without the use of a partial occlusion clamp during beating heart surgery.
April 14, 2008 - ESTECH will showcase its new CG LiV Kits, designed to enable mitral and aortic valve procedures, at the American Association for Thoracic Surgery 88th Annual Meeting in San Diego.
April 14, 2008 - Contrast-enhanced MR imaging is significantly superior to 16 slice multidetector CT in the detection of endoleaks after endovascular repair of abdominal aortic aneurisms (EVAR), according to a recent study conducted by researchers at Ospedale San Giovanni in Bellinzona, Switzerland.
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April 11, 2008 - The incidence and hospital admissions for a heart attack in the Medicare population have dramatically ...
TeraRecon Inc. will be showcasing new innovations for its Aquarius suite of advanced visualization offerings at SIIM ...
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-growth intracardiac ultrasound echocardiography (ICE) market.
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April 11, 2008 - Nonin Medical Inc. this week unveiled one of the first fingertip oximeters to use Bluetooth wireless ...
Nonin Medical Inc. unveiled the first fingertip oximeters that use Bluetooth wireless technology at the 2008 American ...
April 11, 2008 - Philips will acquire all outstanding shares in Shenzhen Goldway Industrial Inc. (Goldway), making ...
Cardiac positron emission tomography (PET) is growing in popularity among cardiologists because it provides the ability ...
April 10, 2008 - Three-dimensional (3D) visualization of the right ventricle provides important shape and volumetric ...
April 10, 2008 - According to a study published in The New England Journal of Medicine this week, three-year data from ...
April 10, 2008 - SynCardia Systems, Inc., manufacturer of the CardioWest temporary Total Artificial Heart (TAH-t), is ...
When performing radiofrequency (RF) ablation to treat cardiac arrhythmia, medical professionals must balance the safety ...
Michigan Instruments Inc. recently launched its new life support device, Life-Stat that provides effective, consistent hands-free cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). This mechanical CPR device provides rescuer hands-free AHA Guideline-compliant CPR in either the 30:2 compression to ventilation ratio or continuous chest compressions with asynchronous ventilation modes of operation.
At AACN 2008, Vital Signs Inc. will display its new 500 and 1,000 mL InfusaScan fluid pressure infusor bags, which are designed to help reduce medication errors.

An Achilles' heal in the armor of hospital patient safety protocol is the fact that anesthesiologists are the only ...