Five million Americans are affected by heart failure and approximately 400,000 new cases in the U.S. are diagnosed each year, according to the Heart Failure Society of America — that figure quadruples globally, and many do not know they have a heart failure condition until they are hospitalized.
Abiomed Inc. recently announced the start of the IMPELLA 2.5 pilot study in the U.S. with the enrollment of the first ...
A software fusion application that enables clinicians to perform multimodality image fusion in a single application ...
Cardiac PET/CT represents a major advancement in cardiovascular diagnostics, offering significant clinical and ...
OXILAN (Ioxilan Injection) is a contrast media for use in peripheral procedures because of its viscosity. Its reportedly ...
Author’s Note: EuroPCR definitely has its own flare. The meeting combined education, exhibits and divertissement. As ...
The Infinia Hawkeye 4 combines GE’s Infinia gamma camera with an optimized 4-slice CT to create a SPECT/CT system that ...
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A blur has occurred in the very place doctors would normally associate with absolute clarity. An overlapping of ...
The day our May issue went to press, April 26, the Heart Rhythm Society held a telebriefing for the media to announce release of its draft policy recommendations for pacemaker and ICD performance. Final guidelines are expected to be published in the October issue of Heart Rhythm Journal, but I believe highlighting some of Dr.
GE EXCITE systems feature HDMR (High Definition MR) technology that lets the physician easily diagnose challenging ...
Providing exceptional cardiovascular care for patients to achieve the best possible outcomes is the number one goal for ...
In the cardiac cath lab, success is measured in part by how quickly the patient can ambulate and go home. With the ...
When Russ Johnson looks out the windows of San Luis Valley Regional Medical Center he surveys an area of unmatched ...
MEDRAD has installed 5,000 Stellant CT Injection Systems since its introduction three years ago while preparing to add several enhancements to the product.
Cardiac positron emission tomography (PET) is growing in popularity among cardiologists because it provides the ability ...
For some people, a new life focus is waiting just around the corner. For Jerry Brody, it was there for 30 years — he used to drive past Children’s Hospital & Research Center Oakland (CHRCO) (Oakland, CA) on the way to work every day as a chemical engineer for Chevron. He also took his three children to the hospital for check-ups when they were growing up.
Providing morphology, function, tissue characterization and 3D coronary anatomy in a single tool, syngo BEAT is available with the Tim (Total imaging matrix) technology application suite.
Unlike coronary occlusions that are short and small in diameter, occlusions of the superficial femoral arteries (SFAs) ...
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