November 23, 2011
We are at an inflection point with many aspects of medicine, not the least of which concerns choosing the correct tool…
November 23, 2011
November 23, 2011 – Vascular occlusions are blocked blood vessels caused by a blood clot in an artery. Blocks in the…
November 23, 2011
November 23, 2011 – Many specialists question whether a permanent inferior vena cava (IVC) filter can be developed…
November 23, 2011
November 23, 2011 – Medical technology incubator Therix Medical announced the launch of spin-off Bluegrass Vascular…
November 23, 2011
November 23, 2011 – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) allowed marketing of the first system that can repair a…
November 23, 2011
November 23, 2011 –Varian Medical Systems will exhibit its PaxScan digital image detectors and new PaxPower X-ray…
November 22, 2011
When the final space shuttle mission launched July 8, 2011, a cardiovascular ultrasound (echocardiography) system was…
November 22, 2011
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common arrhythmia, affecting more than 3 million Americans. Risk of AF increases…
November 22, 2011
Transcatheter aortic valve repair (TAVR) — also commonly referred to as transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI…
November 22, 2011
At Memorial Hermann Heart and Vascular Institute – Texas Medical Center, we have expanded our already robust cardiac…
November 22, 2011
Automated contrast media injectors control contrast dosage, record the amount used and speed injections to keep up with…
November 22, 2011
Estimates say up to 75 percent of patients with a pacemaker will need magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) over the course…
November 22, 2011
There are currently three major trends in cardiac nuclear perfusion imaging technology: advances in detector hardware,…
November 22, 2011
Computed tomography (CT) scanner manufacturers say they are tracking numerous trends in the cardiac imaging market that…
November 22, 2011
November 22, 2011 — The thoracic aorta can pose major problems for endovascular repair when there are tortuous segments…
November 22, 2011
November 22, 2011 — The question remains whether patency rates for heparin-bonded polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) grafts…
November 22, 2011
November 22, 2011 — The controversial subject of “indiscriminate” stenting to treat asymptomatic carotid stenosis (ACS…
November 21, 2011
November 21, 2011 — Boston Scientific has reached an exclusive agreement with Catheter Robotics Inc. (CRI) to market…
November 21, 2011
November 21, 2011 — Stereotaxis Inc. announced the launch of Odyssey Cinema Studio, a clinical procedure online…
November 21, 2011
November 21, 2011 — Micell Technologies Inc. announced the release of preliminary data from the first-in-human clinical…
