Results of the COURAGE trial are unlikely to alter the approach that interventional cardiologists take in treating most patients with chronic stable angina, say leaders from the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI).
March 29, 2007 — Results of the COURAGE trial, presented today at the American College of Cardiology Annual Scientific Session, are unlikely to alter the approach that interventional cardiologists take in treating most patients with chronic stable angina, say leaders from the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI), the leading professional society for interventional cardiologists in the United States.
March 29, 2007 — Data released from the bridge-to-transplantation (BTT) arm of the HeartMate II Pivotal trial demonstrate that the device provides effective mechanical circulatory support as a bridge to transplantation for heart failure patients, and that these patients experience a lower number of adverse events and an improved quality of life while being supported by the device.
March 29, 2007 — Israeli scientists have developed a portable electrocardiograph machine that can transmit highly detailed data on heart activity to physicians by mobile phone. The CardioSen'C is considered an advance in portable heart-monitoring devices because it uses many more electrodes to measure heart activity and is equipped to communicate the results instantaneously to a cardiologist.
March 29, 2007 — Access Scientific introduced its Wand All-in-One Micro-Access Safety Introducer at the recent annual meeting of the Society for Interventional Radiology (SIR). The Wand is a unique, proprietary introducer that may provide faster and easier micro-access for all types of vascular access.
The company is preparing to seek FDA 510(k) market clearance for The Wand. The device is protected by patents and patents pending, domestic and international.
March 29, 2007 — At the ACC this week Dr. Nabil Dib, M.D., M.Sc., director of Cardiovascular Cell Therapy at University of California San Diego, reported how 23 patients in an FDA trial were safely transformed from advanced heart failure to recovery.
March 29, 2007 —Data on Abiomed Inc.’s Impella 2.5 were presented at the American College of Cardiology's (ACC) 56th Annual Scientific Sessions by Drs. Krischan D. Sjauw, Maurice Remmelink, Jan Baan, Jr., Rene J. van der Schaaf, Marije M. Vis, Karel T. Koch, Jan G. Tijssen, Jan J. Piek, Robbert J. de Winter, and Jose P. Henriques.
GE Healthcare showcased the industry’s first-ever computed tomography (CT) scanner that maintains outstanding image quality while reducing a patient’s radiation exposure by up to 70 percent for diagnostic cardiac scans.
Signalife's ambulatory 12-lead ECG system compresses and reduces noise prior to amplifying the ECG signal, eliminating the need to filter the signal after amplification. This means that 100 percent of the signal is preserved, allowing physicians to detect shifts in the ST segment as small as 5 microvolts (a 100 microvolt shift is considered statistically significant).
Siemens Medical Solutions Service Division has added a new product to its portfolio of services. Remote CardiacIT Administrator, available on syngo Dynamics Server or Acom.Net, is a server maintenance package that proactively ensures servers stay up and running, sparing cardiology facilities from costly downtime.