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June 10, 2010 โ There is currently no proven therapy to reduce infarct volume, but a pilot study demonstrated use of mild hypothermia (below 35 C) in ST-elevated myocardial infarction (STEMI) patients prior to performing an angioplasty may help. Results showed a 38 percent preservation of heart tissue as compared to angioplasty alone. The study was presented last week at EuroPCR.
June 10, 2010
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June 10, 2010 โ The single-use EZ Steer bi-directional catheters are now cleared for reprocessing through Ascent. The reprocessing of this device enables electrophysiology (EP) labs to save money and reduce waste, saving up to 50 percent of the cost of the original device while diverting single-use devices from landfills.
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June 10, 2010 โ The American College of Cardiology (ACC) has certified Lumedx Corp. as an official ACC-National Cardiovascular Data Registry (NCDR) Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD) Registry 2.0 software vendor.
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June 9, 2010 โ Vascular 2-D and 3-D software in development to improve imaging workflow and productivity is being demonstrated during the 2010 Annual Vascular Meeting, sponsored jointly by the Society of Vascular Surgeons (SVS) and Society of Vascular Ultrasound (SVU).
June 09, 2010News
June 9, 2010 - At the company's annual shareholder meeting today, Toshiba Medical Systems Corp. (TMSC), a member of the Toshiba group of companies, announced Satoshi Tsunakawa will be appointed president and CEO of the company.
June 09, 2010
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June 9, 2010 โ Allscripts and Eclipsys, leading providers of electronic health records (EHR) in the ambulatory and acute health care markets, announced today they will merge to create the one company. The deal includes an all-stock transaction valued at $1.3 billion.
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June 8, 2010 - Since August of 2009, Lantheus Medical Imaging has been exploring options to obtain additional molybdenum (Mo-99), which is used to make technetium-99m, an radioisotope used in nuclear medicine imaging.
June 08, 2010News
June 8, 2010 - The Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT), an international professional society dedicated to research, education and clinical excellence in cardiovascular computed tomography (CT), named the finalists of the fourth annual Young Investigator Award.
June 08, 2010
Technology
June 8, 2010 โ A 45 mm diameter stent graft to treat thoracic aortic aneurysms (TAA) has been cleared by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). W. L. Gore & Associates said its new, larger version of the Gore Tag Thoracic Endoprosthesis is for the treatment of aneurysms of the descending thoracic aorta.
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June 8, 2010 โ New study findings prove continuing warfarin therapy during pacemaker or defibrillator implantation in patients with moderate to high thromboembolic risk is safe and cost-effective.
June 08, 2010
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June 8, 2010 โ A recent study found a potential new molecular imaging agent combined with post-scan image processing technology could result in crisper pictures of the heart. The results were revealed yesterday at the Society of Nuclear Medicine (SNM) annual meeting in Salt Lake City.
June 08, 2010
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June 7, 2010 โ St. Jude Medical and two hospitals agreed to pay $3.7 million to resolve allegations it paid illegal kickbacks to two hospitals to secure heart-device business, the Justice Department (DOJ) said. The government alleges the kickbacks caused false claims to be submitted to federal health care programs in violation of the False Claims Act.
June 07, 2010Sponsored Content
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June 7, 2010 โ Low-dose, flat-panel computed tomography (CT) iterative reconstruction was added to the BrightView XCT single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT)/CT system. The Full Iterative Technology (FIT) feature improves localization through better uniformity and less noise, leading to improvements in soft tissue image quality.
June 07, 2010
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June 7, 2010 โ A program proactively monitors molecular imaging system performance online and in real-time to help predict scanner breakdowns. The system can also detect the majority of potential computed tomography (CT) tube failures.
June 07, 2010
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June 4, 2010 โ One-year mortality rates were very low for 1,038 high-risk patients, many of whom were too sick to undergo traditional open-heart surgery, who received the Sapien transcatheter heart valve. Results of the SOURCE Registry were presented last week at EuroPCR in Paris.
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