Vitrea 4.0 and ViTALConnect offer advanced visualization and analysis capabilities via workstation clients, remote clients and Web-based clients. These releases include enhancements to the company’s cardiovascular, neurovascular and gastrointestinal applications as well as improved Web-based cardiovascular analysis and distribution capabilities.

At ACC 2008, GE Healthcare will be displaying its Innova BiPlane cardiovascular imaging system, one of the first digital flat panel biplane systems with a full-sized lateral plane to cover lateral anatomy without requiring multiple contrast injections and radiation exposures.

FUJIFILM’s Synapse 3.2.1 software, an extension of version 3.2, with a new Graphic User Interface (GUI), will be featured at ACC 2008. GUI changes include increase use of color to help identify changes in information on the display, new icons and a contrast scheme designed for radiology viewing conditions.

Soarian Cardiology is an information solution designed to address the clinical, financial and operational workflow challenges of the cardiac care team.


Sometimes the smallest changes in technology can have a huge impact, and in healthcare, this means improved patient outcome. That’s what electrophysiologists are discovering with new catheter tip technology used for radiofrequency and alternative ablation treatments for supraventricular tachycardias such as atrial flutter and atrial fibrillation. Thanks to a few very notable advances in tip technology, electrophysiologists are able to improve upon precision when performing sensitive ablative procedures on myocardium tissues.
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Choosing the right device to regulate or jump-start the heart can be a challenge. Not only does a patient’s symptoms often dictate whether a pacemaker or defibrillator is a more appropriate treatment, but new advances in technology are making the choice between available devices more difficult.

The recent revelation that MRSA is killing more Americans than AIDs compels us to look for better answers, and fast. A simple one which could have a huge impact involves how we communicate the location of isolated MRSA patients to house keepers, transport personnel and other staff.

March 11, 2008 - St. Jude Medical Inc. received regulatory approval from the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW), in addition to reimbursement approval, of the SJM Tailor Flexible Ring and SJM Tailor Flexible Band, allowing the company to offer its first valve repair solution in Japan.

The Tailor Flexible Ring and the C-shaped Tailor Flexible Band are designed to provide surgeons with a range of easy-to-implant options for the repair of the heart’s mitral and tricuspid valves.

March 11, 2008 - Diets rich magnesium, found in whole grains and vegetables, could help reduce stroke risk in smokers, researchers Susanna Larsson and colleagues at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden, reported.

Their study of 26,000 male smokers in Finland found that those whose diets were high in magnesium had a significantly lower risk of one type of stroke.

March 11, 2008 - Cardiac Science Corp. completed a delivery of 282 electrocardiograph systems (ECGs) to Mexico’s Instituto de Seguridad y Servicios Sociales de los Trabajadores del Estado (ISSSTE), representing the single largest ECG order in Cardiac Science history.

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