CT scanners have evolved over the years and are showing to have applications in the emergent and non-emergent evaluation of underlying cardiovascular issues. The general acceptance for cardiovascular evaluation by CT is limited due to ongoing studies.
September 11, 2007 – Improving how healthcare providers follow proven protocols could reduce the risks of subsequent ...
When it comes to diagnosing disease, image is everything. It is difficult to treat what you can’t see. That’s especially true in the cardiac cath lab where cardiologists performing procedures ranging from simple diagnostic tests to more complex interventional maneuvers rely on imaging technology to guide their course.
Cardiac PET/CT represents a major advancement in cardiovascular diagnostics, offering significant clinical and ...
Of the 1. 57 million annual hospital admissions in the U.S. for acute coronary syndromes, 1.24 million are due to unstable angina and non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (UA/NSTEMI).
September 11, 2007 - The Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology (CCHIT) and the MITRE Corp ...
Since the introduction of the 64 multi-slice CT scanner, studies have examined the utility of this technology for diagnosing coronary artery disease (CAD), and cardiologists are rapidly adopting this technology to perform CT Angiography (CTA) for detecting CAD.
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September 11, 2007 - Terumo Interventional Systems announces the launch of its breakthrough Runthrough NS Coronary ...
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than 70 million Americans currently live with ...
September 6, 2007 — ProSolv CardioVascular, a FUJIFILM company (ProSolv), announced at the 12th Annual Scientific ...
Providing exceptional cardiovascular care for patients to achieve the best possible outcomes is the number one goal for ...
September 10, 2007 - Signalife launched the sales of its new, FDA-approved, ambulatory 12-lead ECG cardiovascular ...
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.
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.
Cardiac positron emission tomography (PET) is growing in popularity among cardiologists because it provides the ability ...
September 10, 2007 - Four analyses of three-year follow-up data that were presented at the ESC Congress 2007 showed that ...
September 7, 2007 - Gary Ansel, M.D., Riverside Methodist Hospital, successfully implanted the GORE VIABAHN ...
Sony Electronics recently introduced its LMD-2450MD 24-inch monitor, which offers 10-bit signal processing and Sony ...
September 10, 2007
