Reuters reports that seniors with diabetes are twice as likely to die from cardiovascular disease than non-diabetics, according to researchers from Kaiser Permanente in Tucker, GA.
The new Fetch Aspiration Catheter from Possis Medical, Inc. has received 510(k) clearance from the FDA. Employing ...
A test designed to measure the durability of CoreValve’s ReValving device reached 200 million cycles, the company has reported. CoreValve’s chairman, CEO and founder, Dr. Jacques Seguin, says initial findings indicate its proprietary porcine pericardium aortic heart valve behaves, in vitro, better than tissue valves.
Venous thromboembolism (VTE), and pulmonary embolism (PE) in particular, are among the most complex and dangerous acute ...
First U.S. installations of Volcano Corp.’s s5i IVUS (intravascular ultrasound) imaging system have been completed at ...
Boston Scientific has European CE clearance to begin marketing a private-label XIENCE V everolimus-eluting coronary ...
Berchtold Corp. has announced the introduction of the ChromoView Dual Flat-Panel (DFP) monitor mount and arm, a system that supports big images in a small space.
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New technology for the Stellant D CT Injection System from MEDRAD is designed to improve timing for cardiac CT imaging ...
RadWhere Suite, from Commissure Inc., now has a new component. RadWhere Workflow Orchestrator enables radiology departments to connect together multiple PACS, RIS, 3D advanced visualization and teleradiology information into a central worklist.
Our anesthesia department was searching for a more accurate means of assessing volume status and predicting the response to fluid administration in this patient population. This population can be very challenging during vascular, trauma orthopedic, thoracic, general surgical and obstetric procedures.
Cardiac PET/CT represents a major advancement in cardiovascular diagnostics, offering significant clinical and ...
FDA has cleared Spectranetics’ new line of devices designed to treat clogged leg arteries. The Turbo elite products will ...
A nurse hangs another IV bag and prepares to hit the start button on the infusion pump — she’s entering 15 cc’s and as ...
Many advances have occurred in mechanical ventilators in recent years and these newer technologies are beginning to be incorporated into anesthesia ventilators. This has reduced the differences between intensive care ventilators and anesthesia ventilators.
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Patient monitoring technologies have played a crucial role in the development of anesthesiology practice within the U.S ...
An FDA-appointed advisory panel to review drug-eluting stents could have detrimental effects on the $6 billion-a-year ...
Having the most up-to-date blood gas readings is critical when dealing with many patients, especially pulmonary and ...
October 17, 2006
