March 11, 2009 - With the joint development of the Ziehm NaviPort 3D interface, the medical technology manufacturing companies Ziehm Imaging and Stryker have succeeded in importing 2D and 3D C-arm image data into Stryker’s active infrared navigation systems.

March 11, 2009 - The Guidelines for the Interpretation and Reporting of Coronary Computed Tomographic Angiography report, published by the Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT), will be printed in the March/April issue of the Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography.

March 11, 2009 - Results from the PROTECT I trial evaluating the feasibility and effectiveness of the Abiomed Inc. Impella 2.5 circulatory assist device in high-risk percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) procedures were published in the February issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology (JACC).

March 11, 2009 - The VAP Cholesterol Test from Atherotech Inc. is now available with apolipoprotein A (apoAI), reportedly increasing its clinical utility in the assessment of risk for heart disease, diabetes and other cardiovascular diseases, and making it the only single cholesterol test that routinely reports apoAI, apoB and the apoB/apoAI ratio.

March 11, 2009 – The use of common screening tests, such as the ankle brachial index (ABI), along with traditional risk scoring systems like the Framingham Risk Score, has the potential to prevent heart attacks in thousands of individuals who, based on their Framingham, are not originally thought to be at high risk, say researchers at the Society of Interventional Radiology's 34th Annual Scienti

March 10, 2009 - Today, the Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT) published a Guidelines for the Interpretation and Reporting of Coronary Computed Tomographic Angiography report, which will be printed in the March/April issue of the Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography.

March 10, 2009 - Abbott today launched the VOYAGER NC Coronary Dilatation Catheter, a next-generation balloon dilatation catheter with high-pressure capability designed to optimize the treatment of patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) during angioplasty procedures.

VOYAGER NC is now available in the U.S., Europe and select countries in Asia and Latin America.


The clinical adoption of 64-slice CT equipment has spiked over the last two years due, in large part, to an aggressive shift of cardiac procedures to computer tomographic angiography (CTA) and MR angiography.

March 10, 2009 - Endologix Inc. today said the FDA approved the IntuiTrak Express Delivery System for the Powerlink XL stent graft. The maker said the IntuiTrak Express enables delivery of the Powerlink XL stent graft through the IntuiTrak 19 Fr. introducer sheath during the endovascular repair of abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA) in patients with aortic necks up to 32 mm in diameter.

March 10, 2009 - GE Healthcare entered into collaboration with STERIS Corp. to supply surgical technologies in GE interventional suites.

The desire to integrate and equip Interventional suites with leading-edge technologies from both companies inspired the agreement, which was announced today at the Society of Interventional Radiology’s annual meeting in San Diego.

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