February 7, 2008 - Abiomed Inc. reported its third quarter fiscal 2008 revenue reached $16.0 million, up 24 percent compared to revenue of $12.9 million for the same period of fiscal 2007, marking a revenue high for Abiomed.

Total revenue for the third quarter of fiscal 2008 was, and Revenue in both the U.S. and Europe were also record highs for a quarter. Revenue for the nine months ended December 31, 2007 was $41.4 million, up 13 percent compared to revenue of $36.8 million in the first nine months of fiscal 2007.

February 6, 2008 - The Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) opens the doors of Ashley River Tower, its new state-of-the-art hospital designed to treat patients with cardiovascular and digestive disease problems, marking the first step in the hospital’s multiphase expansion plan, which will ultimately replace the facility that for 50 years has served as the teaching hospital for MUSC.

McKesson’s ECG Management module, a component of Horizon Cardiology, is a fully integrated, Web-enabled, electrocardiography (ECG) waveform data management product, said the company.

The module reportedly enables clinicians to view or complete ECG exams along with all other cardiovascular procedures from one system. Furthermore, the module’s Web-enabled functionality allows physicians to read and confirm ECG exams from remote locations, said the company.

The PicomECG is a reportedly flexible and robust Web-based ECG management and distribution system.

The PageWriter Touch Cardiograph from Philips is a hospital cardiograph with color touchscreen display.


When it comes to collecting patient data, the ability to manage that information often becomes more crucial than the speed at which it is collected. But ensuring that the right data gets to the right person when needed often presents some challenges in hospitals that have installed best-of-breed systems or whose budgets have prevented them from purchasing some of the newer, integrated solutions.

Multimodality imaging is dramatically changing the landscape of cardiology PACS (C-PACS). To get a complete picture of the patient’s condition, clinicians want access to vascular ultrasound, angiography images and echocardiography and data.

Delivering vivid and insightful CT images of the coronary vessels directly into the cardiac catheterization laboratories (cath labs) has proven very effective by helping save staff from re-acquiring images of the heart and boosting patient throughput. But CT images are only part of the bigger picture.

When cardiologists send their high-risk patients home, they may be protected with a host of tools, including implantable cardiac devices and pacemakers and strict regimens of medications.
While the tools and regimens are powerful, cardiologists know that they are still limited when it comes to preventing adverse events. Without constant check-ups, serious coronary issues can occur.

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