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July 10, 2008 - Boston Scientific Corp. this week launched its Atlantis .018 Peripheral Imaging Catheter, which reportedly brings existing 40 MHz coronary standard ultrasound imaging resolution to peripheral interventions. The company said the product is available for immediately release in the U.S.

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Feature | Richard R. Rogoski

Preliminary results of a multicenter study show that the use of tiny clips to repair the mitral valve may someday ...

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July 10, 2008 - Datascope Corp. said today it exercised its option to acquire the Peripheral Vascular Stent business of ...

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Feature | Nick Obradovich

The only safe assumption to make about today’s current gold standard imaging modality used to identify and evaluate atheromatous plaque in the peripheral arteries is that there is not one gold standard. To locate and evaluate these plaques that cause peripheral vascular disease (PVD), physicians have multiple tried-and-true imaging tests at their disposal.

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July 10, 2008 - A novel blood pool magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) agent, Vasovist (gadofosveset trisodium), has ...

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Feature | Maureen Leahy-Patano

Safe delivery of the balloon or stent through fragile vasculature during percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) procedures is an important criterion for successful patient outcomes.

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July 9, 2008 - InnerSpace has added the V-Series line of heavy-duty cabinets, carts and workstations to its organized ...

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The StarClose SE Vascular Closure System is a next-generation vessel closure device engineered to enable fast and secure closure of the femoral artery access site following a catheterization procedure.

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The FDA cleared for marketing the Reliant, a portable cardiac output monitor that provides a noninvasive window to ...

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July 9, 2008 - New research shows catheter cryoablation is comparably effective to radiofrequency catheter ablation for the treatment of atrial flutter (AFL) and may have some safety advantages over the use of radiofrequency.

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InTouch Technologies Inc. offers StrokeRESPOND to extend the functionality of its telemedicine, Remote Presence robotic ...

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Thoratec Corp. received FDA approval of its PMA (premarket approval) application, allowing the use of its HeartMate II LVAS (left ventricular assist system) as a bridge-to-transplantation (BTT) in patients suffering from advanced-stage heart failure.

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Northeast Monitoring’s DR200/HE is a combination 14-day Holter plus 30-day Event recorder integrated into a single unit ...

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July 10, 2008 - The XIV Congress of the Latin American Society of Interventional Cardiology (SOLACI) and the annual ...

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The FDA cleared GE Healthcare’s new LightSpeed CT750 HD, said to be the world’s first high-definition CT scanner that ...

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