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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March 14, 2010 — A new volume imaging ultrasound system that delivers full-volume images of the heart in one ...

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Feature | Brian D. Hoit, M.D., professor of medicine, physiology and biophysics, Case Western Reserve University

Since the introduction of cardiac ultrasound, investigators have sought to quantify cardiac function in three ...

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Advanced imaging features are offered by Sonosite for cardiac imaging. These include SonoHD imaging technology ...

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March 8, 2010 – Cardiovascular death is the most common cause of mortality among type 2 diabetics and claims the ...

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The 1.2 release of the ACUSON SC2000 volume imaging ultrasound system delivers nonstitched, real-time, full-volume ...

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February 15, 2010 – A small pocket-sized ultrasound system was released today to provide physicians with imaging ...

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PicomSR, ScImage's portable structured reporting suite for echocardiography, offers embedded wall motion scoring ...

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January 20, 2010 - Nearly $1 million of medical equipment and supplies donated by a leading medical manufacturer ...

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December 29, 2009 - The American College of Cardiology (ACC) today said it filed a complaint against the ...

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December 29, 2009 - Imaging is at the heart of diagnostic procedures and is the focus of the "ESC Textbook of ...

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December 9, 2009 – Of the 1,200 cardiologists and cardiovascular ultrasound technicians recently surveyed, 87 ...

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December 7, 2009 – Six widely used tests that determine risk factors for a specific disease are included in Medweb ...

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December 7, 2009 – New OEM ultrasound software solutions for dynamic 3D assessment of the fetal heart, 3D ...

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Feature | Dr. John Gorcsan, M.D.,University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Cardiovascular Institute, University of Pittsburgh

Echocardiography has played an integral role in the diagnosis and treatment of millions of patients with cardiac ...

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Feature | Dave Fornell

With new CPT reimbursement codes for cardiac computed tomography (CT) starting in January 2010, there will likely ...

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