The long-standing standard of care for patients with carotid artery disease was surgery and/or medical management. In August 2004, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration changed all that when it approved the first carotid stenting system, called the RX ACCULINK Carotid Artery Stent System and RX ACCUNET Embolic Protection System by Guidant.
Abiomed Inc. recently announced the start of the IMPELLA 2.5 pilot study in the U.S. with the enrollment of the first ...
A software fusion application that enables clinicians to perform multimodality image fusion in a single application ...
Providing exceptional cardiovascular care for patients to achieve the best possible outcomes is the number one goal for ...
OXILAN (Ioxilan Injection) is a contrast media for use in peripheral procedures because of its viscosity. Its reportedly ...
Frustrated over healthcare's “failure” to deter the growth of cardiac disease while holding many valuable, predictive ...
Dead is dead — everyone knows it, especially physicians. And what’s dead can’t be recovered; or can it? Startling ...
Cardiac positron emission tomography (PET) is growing in popularity among cardiologists because it provides the ability ...
The Relay 250-mm thoracic stent-graft is commercially available in Europe in both straight and taper configurations. The ...
The EXCOR TAH-t has received CE approval with the CardioWest TAH-t. The pneumatic drivers provide precisely calibrated ...
The Philips integrated cath lab is a solution featuring integrated technologies designed to improve productivity and throughput.
When performing radiofrequency (RF) ablation to treat cardiac arrhythmia, medical professionals must balance the safety ...
Situated in America’s heartland, St. Elizabeth Regional Medical Center is a healthcare leader for metro Lincoln, NE. It has been rated one of the Top 100 Hospitals by Solucient two of the past three years and recognized as a Magnet hospital by the American Nurses Credentialing Center for excellence in nursing.
The Atlas II ICD (implantable cardioverter defibrillator) and Atlas II HF CRT-D (cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillator) devices are capable of delivering unsurpassed energy, giving added security to patients whose hearts are especially difficult to defibrillate.
The i-STAT BNP cartridge is a point of care diagnostic test used to assess the level of BNP (brain naturietic peptide) ...
Change Healthcare Cardiology Hemodynamics is an integrated hemodynamic monitoring system for monitoring vital signs and ...
The Proxis Embolic Protection System is the first proximal embolic protection device designed for coronary applications.
The Encompass’ standards-based DVD-R archiving technology allows years of patient cardiology studies to be stored in a ...
The practice of cardiology is going through incredible changes. With more cardiologists interpreting CT data, they are learning new and innovative ways to quickly and more effectively evaluate, diagnose and treat patients in a specialty where time is of the essence.