Feature | Peter Fail, M.D.

More than ever before, cardiologists are adopting CT as the new standard for cardiac care. In the last five years, CT’s popularity as a diagnostic tool has exploded. Its ability to produce slices as thin as 0.5 mm creates a platform for evaluating patients, detecting disease at early stages and designing treatment roadmaps.

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September 11, 2007 - The Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology (CCHIT) and the MITRE Corp ...

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September 7, 2007 - Gary Ansel, M.D., Riverside Methodist Hospital, successfully implanted the GORE VIABAHN ...

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iffering approaches for the treatment of coronary bifurcation and ostial lesions (CBOL) continue to feed the debate over which stent designs and stenting techniques are most effective.

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September 6, 2007 — ProSolv CardioVascular, a FUJIFILM company (ProSolv), announced at the 12th Annual Scientific ...

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Feature | Cristen C. Bolan

Just when drug-eluting stents (DES) were going to revolutionize interventional cardiology, new reports that DES may be associated with increased risk of late-stent thrombosis have many physicians putting the brakes on DES use. Despite this significant bump in the road, stent manufacturers are forging ahead with clinical trials on novel systems and on plans to roll out new DES platforms in 2008.

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September 10, 2007 - Signalife launched the sales of its new, FDA-approved, ambulatory 12-lead ECG cardiovascular ...

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Feature | Melissa Allen

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than 70 million Americans currently live with ...

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September 10, 2007 - Four analyses of three-year follow-up data that were presented at the ESC Congress 2007 showed that ...

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Possis Medical Inc. will feature the newest advancements in its “Complete Solution for Thrombus,” including the AngioJet Ultra Thrombectomy System, AngioJet Spiroflex and Spiroflex VG catheters and its Fetch Aspiration Catheter.

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Combining all features of the ACIST CMS and Voyager systems onto one platform, the ACIST CVi Contrast Delivery System ...

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Sony Electronics recently introduced its LMD-2450MD 24-inch monitor, which offers 10-bit signal processing and Sony ...

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GE Healthcare Medical Diagnostics’ VISIPAQUE is reportedly the only isosmolar contrast medium (IOCM) available in the U.S. With an osmolality equal to that of blood, VISIPAQUE was designed for patient safety and comfort and is also formulated with sodium and calcium in a ratio equivalent to blood.

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St. Jude Medical Inc. announced that the FDA cleared the ACross Transseptal Access System, a device designed to improve control and simplify the procedure physicians use to access the left atrium during complex cardiac procedures such as atrial fibrillation ablation.

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September 6, 2007 – Boston Scientific Corp. announced at the ESC 2007 conference in Vienna, Austria, that results from ...

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