Cardiovascular Ultrasound

This channel includes news and new technology innovations about cardiovascular ultrasounds. Cardiovascular ultrasounds, or echocardiograms, use ultrasound imaging to provide a picture of the heart.

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April 14, 2011 – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared a portable cardiovascular imaging system ...

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April 13, 2011 – In the fall of 2010, leadership of the American Society of Echocardiography (ASE), physician ...

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Feature | Dave Fornell

April 7, 2011 — The American College of Cardiology (ACC) 2011 in New Orleans this week offered an expo floor ...

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April 7, 2011 – At the recent American College of Cardiology (ACC) Annual Scientific Session in New Orleans ...

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April 6, 2011 – Ultrasound is often used as a first-line diagnostic exam to quickly and safely diagnose a range ...

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March 23, 2011 –The fifth in a series of in-depth market studies dedicated to the compact ultrasound market ...

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March 22, 2011 - Further enhancing its cardiovascular reporting capabilities, Fujifilm Medical Systems Inc. added ...

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February 18, 2011 – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) cleared an ultrasound software tool to measure the ...

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February 4, 2011 – More heart disease tests do not necessarily add up to a better diagnosis. According to a new ...

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February 3, 2011 – Widespread screening or routine ultrasound for blocked neck arteries to determine stroke risk ...

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The microbubbles that make up the ultrasound contrast agent Optison from GE Healthcare.
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Contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) can "dramatically improve" physicians' ability to detect heart disease and stratify ...

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Feature | Andrew Zawadowski, M.D., FRCPC, FACC, FESC, FAHA

In the same fashion that the echocardiogram helped transform the cardiac exam, recent developments in the field of ...

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Over the past few years, there have been three key areas of advancement in cardiovascular ultrasound technology – ...

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November 16, 2010 – A new tool for personalized preventative medicine was introduced at the American Heart ...

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November 5, 2010 - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted 510(k) clearance for the latest version of ...

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