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July 14, 2008 – The Access to Medical Imaging Coalition (AMIC) said in a statement today, "A report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) that recommends Medicare adopt prior authorization criteria to address appropriate utilization of medical imaging services was constructed on an incomplete analysis and should not be used by policymakers to make coverage decisions."
July 13, 2008
Technology
LUMEDX Corp. offers the CardioPACS 5.0, the latest version of its cardiology PACS software. The multi-modality, Web-enabled and vendor-neutral CardioPACS 5.0 offers new and better ways to manage images and data with a fully integrated suite of applications, modules.
July 13, 2008News
July 14, 2008 - Diagnosis decision support software maker Isabel Healthcare last week said it added two new subscribers ...
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Feature | Thrombectomy Devices
Venous thromboembolism (VTE), and pulmonary embolism (PE) in particular, are among the most complex and dangerous acute ...
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July 11, 2008 - A new study that found wireless systems that track hospital medical equipment can cause potentially hazardous incidents involving lifesaving devices may have caused needless alarmed, says a biomedical engineering technology professor at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI).
July 10, 2008
Technology
AngioScore Inc. has introduced longer and larger AngioSculpt PTA Scoring Balloon Catheters for the treatment of peripheral artery disease (PAD).
July 10, 2008News
July 11, 2008 - AngioScore Inc. today announced the launch of new longer and larger AngioSculpt PTA Scoring Balloon ...
July 10, 2008Sponsored Content
Feature | Cardiac Imaging
Sponsored Content — According to the American Heart Association, cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in ...
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July 11, 2008 - Micrus Endovascular Corp. said this week it received approval from the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) to market in Japan the Cerecyte microcoil product line, including the MicruSphere, Presidio, HeliPaq and UltiPaq Cerecyte embolic coils, for the endovascular treatment of cerebral aneurysms.
July 10, 2008News
July 11, 2008 - St. Jude Medical Inc. today received European CE Mark approval and began its European launch of its line ...
July 10, 2008Technology
Bioheart Inc. offers the Bioheart 3370 Heart Failure Monitor, an interactive and simple-to-use at-home device designed to better monitor patients outside hospitals who are suffering from heart failure. The device, manufactured by RTX Healthcare A/S of Denmark, has FDA 510(k) market clearance and CE Mark in Europe.
July 10, 2008Sponsored Content
Feature | Nuclear Imaging
Cardiac PET/CT represents a major advancement in cardiovascular diagnostics, offering significant clinical and ...
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July 11, 2008 - Bioheart Inc. this week said it secured worldwide, nonexclusive distribution rights to the Bioheart 3370 ...
July 10, 2008News
July 10, 2008 - A novel blood pool magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) agent, Vasovist (gadofosveset trisodium), has ...
July 09, 2008Feature | Cristen Bolan
What makes cardiologists more capable of reading cardiac imaging exams than other physicians such as radiologists, who ...
July 09, 2008Sponsored Content
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Feature | Stents | Ellen W. Rothschild, RN, MS
(Editor's note: this article was updated in March 2017 with links at the bottom to more current stent technology ...
July 09, 2008News
July 10, 2008 - The Senate overcame partisan gridlock on July 9, 2008, and passed the Medicare Improvements for Patients ...
July 09, 2008
Feature | Archana Swathy, Research Analyst, Frost & Sullivan
Physicians recognize the importance of ventricular assist devices (VADs) every time a congestive heart failure (CHF) ...
July 09, 2008