October 16, 2007 – Medtronic Inc. said in a statement that it has voluntarily suspended worldwide distribution of the Sprint Fidelis family of defibrillation leads because of the potential for lead fractures, and the company recommends that physicians do no perform new implants of the leads (Sprint Fidelis Models: 6930, 6931, 6948, 6949).

October 15, 2007 - Oncologists need to consider the affects on the cardiovascular system when treating early breast cancer, according to a review article in the Oct. 9 issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

October 15, 2007 - Low-dose coronary CT angiogram (CCTA) could be better for testing asymptomatic patients for heart attack risk, according to researchers at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA.

October 15, 2007 - Siemens Medical Solutions Molecular Imaging Division will introduce the new Symbia E series single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) system at the 2007 European Association of Nuclear Medicine (EANM) Annual Congress, held October 13-17 in Copenhagen, Denmark, to provide a cost-efficient system to the molecular imaging sector.

Siemens Medical Solutions Molecular Imaging Division's Symbia E series single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) system aims to provide a cost-efficient system to the molecular imaging sector.

October 11, 2007 - GE Healthcare, a unit of General Electric Company, today announced that it has completed the acquisition of Dynamic Imaging, LLC (“Dynamic Imaging”) and its leading IntegradWeb suite of products, which will allow GE Healthcare to expand its offerings of information technology (IT) products and services across all segments of healthcare - throughout hospital integrated delivery networks (IDNs), community hospitals, outpatient imaging centers, radiology group practices and physician offices.

October 10, 2007 - Medtronic Inc. announced that an FDA advisory committee has recommended the Endeavor drug-eluting stent for conditional approval as a treatment for coronary artery disease, positioning the Endeavor stent to become the first new drug-eluting stent to be introduced in the United States since 2004.

October 10, 2007 - Premier Purchasing Partners, LP, announced new agreements have been awarded for diagnostic imaging products and point of sale service agreements, which took effect on October 1, 2007.

The awards include the following:

Bone Densitometry - GE Healthcare of Wauwatosa, WI

Cardiovascular imaging - GE Healthcare; Philips Medical Systems of Bothell, Wash.; and Toshiba America Medical Systems of Tustin, CA.

CT - GE Healthcare, Philips Medical Systems, and Toshiba America Medical Systems.

October 10, 2007 - A new technique for capturing images of chest veins eases diagnosis of venous diseases, according to a study presented by University of Cincinnati (UC) radiologists at the North American Society of Cardiovascular Imaging's 35th Annual Meeting and Scientific Sessions in Washington, D.C.
Developed by Cristopher Meyer, M.D., and Achala Vagal, M.D., the new protocol allows radiologists to compensate for the extra time it takes contrast solution to reach the veins so useful images can be produced using the CT scanner.

Carestream Health’s KODAK DIRECTVIEW CR Mammography feature adds mammography applications to its CR platforms along with a CAD solution (both works-in-progress in the U.S.). Images from the CR platform are output onto high-resolution radiographic film with a new KODAK DRYVIEW 6800 laser imager.

The company will also demonstrate the use of its workstation with integrated CONFIRMA CADSTREAM software for breast MRI exams and CEDARA B-CAD software for breast ultrasound exams to facilitate the reading and interpretation of CAD results, along with viewing of original breast exams.

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