Technology | Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)

Kopp Development Inc. announced the release of the new accessory for their latest magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) entryway system, FerrAlert Ferromagnetic Incident Log Manager (FILM). This logging device was designed specifically with The New Joint Commission standards in mind. In addition, it is a great tool to assist with internal root cause analyses, according to the company.

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News | Cardiovascular Information Systems (CVIS)

Philips announced its collaboration with UCHealth, an integrated delivery network of five hospitals in Colorado and more than 100 ambulatory locations across three states, to consolidate and standardize UCHealth’s electronic health records (EHR), voice recognition systems and PACS onto specialized platforms for radiology and cardiology.

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News | Nuclear Imaging

GE Healthcare’s Molecular Imaging business will showcase the Discovery IQ positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) platform at this year’s Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) annual meeting, delivering both outstanding image quality and intelligent quantitation.

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Feature | Cardiovascular Surgery | Saurabh D. Ashier, PA-C, Keck Medical Center USC

We are approaching 20 years since the introduction of endoscopic vein-graft harvesting (EVH) as a method of vessel ...

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News | Ultrasound Imaging

November 16, 2015 — At the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) 2015 annual meeting, GE Healthcare will unveil ...

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Feature | Holter Monitoring Systems | Judy Lenane, RN, MHA

One-third of ischemic strokes are classified as cryptogenic. The classic risk factors for stroke are usually absent ...

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News | Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)

At this year’s Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) annual meeting, GE Healthcare is showcasing continued advancements in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) technologies. In the spirit of GE MR’s Continuum strategy, the company will showcase advanced applications as well as the Signa Pioneer 3.0T, Signa Explorer and Signa Creator 1.5T MRI scanners.

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News | Stem Cell Therapies

A new study appearing in STEM CELLS Translational Medicine (SCTM) describes a highly efficient, protein-based method for turning fibroblasts — the most common cells in connective tissue — into cardiac progenitor cells (CPCs). The results could lead to a much-needed new source of cells for regenerating the heart. Equally exciting is that the technology also converts the fibroblasts directly to CPCs, skipping an in-between and significantly speeding up the process.

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News | Cardiac Diagnostics

Chest pain in female-pattern heart disease is linked with abnormal heart blood flow, a new Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute study shows. The effect was demonstrated with a drug commonly used to alleviate chest pain patients with coronary artery disease, which was found to be ineffective in patients with moderate female-pattern heart disease, but may offer some relief for sicker patients.

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News | Antiplatelet and Anticoagulation Therapies

Preventing blood clots with drugs such as heparin has become a common practice for fighting some heart and lung conditions, and for certain surgeries. But patients who take them also need their blood to clot to heal incisions made during operations. Researchers are developing a new way to tackle this problem — by pairing snake venom with nanofibers. Their study using the therapy on rats appears in the journal ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering.

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News | Hypertension

November 12, 2015 — A pharmacist-physician collaborative effort to control blood pressure among a diverse group of ...

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Feature | CT Angiography (CTA) | Dave Fornell

Computed tomography has seen rapid growth in all segments of medicine over the past two decades, and recent advances may ...

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Feature | Heart Valve Technology | Dave Fornell

(This article was updated in June 2018) The advent of transcatheter valve repair and replacement technologies is one of ...

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News | Cardiac Diagnostics

Imaging tests of obese children — some as young as 8 years old — showed signs of significant heart disease and heart muscle abnormalities, according to research presented at the American Heart Association’s Scientific Sessions 2015.

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News | Hypertension

Two of the country’s preeminent health organizations, the American Heart Association (AHA) and the American Medical Association (AMA), announced a new nationwide initiative aimed at addressing the growing burden of high blood pressure in the United States.

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