Concentric Medical has obtained FDA 510(k) clearance for its Merci L6 Retriever, a device that restores blood flow to ischemic stroke patients. The Merci Retriever is designed to restore blood flow by engaging, capturing and removing blood clots.
The Philips Brilliance CT 64-channel scanner reportedly provides high quality CT images of the coronary arteries and heart anatomy at low radiation dose levels and short breathholds.
November 15, 2007 - On Oct. 22 the Swedish Neuroscience Institute became the first hospital in western Washington to ...
Cardiac PET/CT represents a major advancement in cardiovascular diagnostics, offering significant clinical and ...
Boston Scientific, a manufacturer of intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) imaging technology, will unveil new software ...
Datascope Corp. said that it has developed a new patient monitoring system called NetGuard that monitors the electrical activity of the heart (EKG) in order to protect the unmonitored hospital patient population in the event of a life-threatening heart rhythm.
ProSolv CardioVascular has further enhanced its CardioVascular Image and Information Systems (CVIIS) product line with ...
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Hitachi Medical Systems America announced that it received FDA clearance to market its Oasis magnetic resonance imaging ...
November 15, 2007 – Toshiba America Medical Systems Inc. today introduced a fourth generation contrast-free imaging ...
Guerbet will feature its Oxilan (ioxilan) injection, a contrast agent that is a nonionic low-viscous and low-osmolar ...
Providing exceptional cardiovascular care for patients to achieve the best possible outcomes is the number one goal for ...
The FDA gave ZOLL Medical Corp. clearance to market and sell the ZOLL AED Pro with See-Thru CPR technology, which is designed to help minimize interruptions in CPR, as ZOLL aims to comply with one of the key recommendations of the American Heart Association’s (AHA) Guidelines for Advanced Cardiac Life Support.
Cardiac Science Corp. launched the Quinton Q-Tel RMS 3.0, which reportedly enhances the Quinton line of cardiac rehabilitation systems to offer connectivity between the rehab department and the hospital’s HIS and EMR system.
The high cost of patient care is influencing many decisions in today’s healthcare marketplace. The expense of treating ...
Cardiac positron emission tomography (PET) is growing in popularity among cardiologists because it provides the ability ...
November 14, 2007 - The European peripheral stents market is in the developmental phase, both in terms of revenue and ...
In 2006, 141 million imaging examinations, including MRI, CT, PET and SPECT, were performed worldwide using a contrast ...
November 14, 2007 - The Heart Center at Nationwide Children’s Hospital performed the first procedure in the first hybrid congenital cardiac operating suite in the U.S., a facility designed specifically around the cardiac surgeon, offering new advanced access and imaging in an operating room environment.
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