The annual Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) scientific assembly and annual meeting is where imaging systems vendors showcase their latest technology. While aimed at the radiology market, imaging systems specific to cardiovascular specialties are often highlighted at RSNA first.



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A University of California, Los Angeles research team has found no evidence of an association between iron levels in the body and the risk of atherosclerosis.

As the global medical isotope shortage continues indefinitely following the plant leak in South Africa, Berks Cardiologists Ltd., a cardiovascular imaging center in central Pennsylvania, is continuing to operate at the same procedure volume and with their lower-dose cardiac nuclear medicine imaging protocols.

The American College of Cardiology (ACC) has established the PINNACLE Registry Research Alliance to connect cardiovascular care teams with information about clinical trials and accelerate the systematic access of patients to potentially groundbreaking therapies.

Endologix Inc. announced that it has received Investigational Device Exemption (IDE) approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to begin a clinical trial to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of the Nellix EndoVascular Aneurysm Sealing System (EVAS).


St. Jude Medical Inc. received European CE mark approval for its 25-mm Portico Transcatheter Aortic Heart Valve Implantation System.


Medtronic Inc. announced that the first patients were randomized in Symplicity HTN-4, which will evaluate the Symplicity renal denervation system in patients with moderate uncontrolled hypertension.

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