Recent developments in cardiac surgery and interventional cardiology with new percutaneous alternatives for aneurysm repair, valve replacements, shunt closure devices and aortic arch reconstruction have led to the creation of integrated, hybrid cath lab/operating rooms (OR) that allow both surgical and intravascular procedures.

February 11, 2009 - University of Louisville doctors at Jewish Hospital will conduct the world's first phase one FDA-approved clinical trial using adult cardiac stem cells to treat heart disease.

Abbott Vascular's XIENCE V Everolimus-Eluting Coronary is indicated for improving coronary luminal diameter in patients with symptomatic heart disease due to de novo native coronary artery lesions (up to 28 mm long) with reference vessel diameter of 2.5 to 4.09 mm.

syngo Dynamics is a comprehensive multimodality diagnostic image review and evidenced-based reporting system that focuses on dynamic image clip review and reporting for ultrasound and cardiovascular imaging modalities. Version 8.0 (which isn’t commercially available yet) features: - Scheduling option to allow better resource management in the cath or echo lab

The key feature of Nihon Kohden’s 1250A electrocardiograph is its large color screen, in an otherwise small package, or the viewing of all 12-leads simultaneously.

Nihon Kohden’s 1350 A Cardiofax M Electrocardiograph offers a large color screen for the viewing of all 12-leads simultaneously.

Nihon Kohden’s Model 1550A Cardiofax V Electrocardiograph offers a large color, fully-articulating screen that shows a patient’s ECG the exact same size as it is printed on the internal thermal calibrated sheet, complete with an on-screen grid. A visual keyboard pops up on the TFT LCD touch screen for speedy patient data entry, or an external keyboard can be plugged into the back of the unit.

Nihon Kohden’s Model 1550A/S Electrocardiograph offers the same features as its 1550 A ECG, but comes with stress testing software. All 12 leads are viewed simultaneously during stress testing with averaged dominant complexes displayed to the left of each lead for ease of ECG changes in morphology viewing as the stress test protocol advances stage by stage.

Toshiba's Virtual Explorer Workstation is a complete 3D, post-processing tool for MR analysis and image display. The design aims to offer a full range of features that will enhance MR imaging capability and functionality. The workstation comes with both the hardware and software necessary for a complete post-processing package.

ST Cardio Technologies’ Z6 Electrophysiology Stimulator is an advanced Windows XP based, digitally controlled pulse generator designed to meet the needs of the most advanced EP laboratories. The graphical user interface makes the stimulator extremely user friendly, simple to understand and easy to operate, the company said.

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