A new ablation catheter designed to give physicians improved range of motion and ease of use during procedures to eliminate abnormal heart rhythms, the EZ Steer Bi-Directional Catheter helps physicians restore atrial tachycardias into normal sinus rhythm. This enables the heart to efficiently pump blood to the body's vital organs. The defining feature of this product is its micro-tensioning system, which allows physicians — through a series of very small, continuous micro-movements — to progressively dial in the precise force desired for deflection of the catheter.

The intra-aortic balloon (IAB) is an minimally invasive technology designed to enhance blood flow to the heart and other organs for patients with diminished heart function.

During FDA testing, the new balloon was subject to extensive reliability testing and successfully demonstrated a life of over eight million cycles, which equates to more than 90 days of continuous operation. The 8F IAB is inserted percutaneously into a patient’s descending aorta and inflates and deflates in counterpulsation to a patient’s heart rhythm.

The Vanguard Dx Angiographic Catheter with patented RadiantFlow tip technology delivers contrast in a unique way. Vanguard Dx produces a “cloud” of contrast rather than a jet stream like traditional catheters. This cloud-like dispersion helps to reduce catheter whipping and enhance tip stability. The catheters are available in the 15 most common shapes and in 4F and 5F sizes.

Enabling radiologists to diagnose images generated by noninvasive cardiac scanning methods, several specialized functions — cardiac review and analysis, cardiac cage removal in 3-D imaging and cardiac calcium scoring — are being integrated into the newest version of Kodak Carestream PACS Software.

Cardiac review and analysis provides four-chamber and cross-sectional views of the heart axis and panoramic and cross-sectional views of cardiac vessels such as the left main artery (LMA), right coronary artery (RCA), left circumflex artery (LCX) and posterior descending artery.

Voxar 3-D 6.1 visualization and analysis software incorporates a suite of clinical applications for CT cardiac analysis. Voxar 3-D Enterprise is designed to deliver hospital-wide access to advanced visualization inside the radiology reading room and throughout the enterprise.

Patients can have their cardiac issues remotely monitored from locations across the country with the use of portable devices and telephone or Internet connections through Raytel Cardiac Services.

Shorter scanning time and clinically diagnostic images reportedly may be obtained with UltraSPECT Wide Beam Reconstruction (WBR) technology, a resolution recovery reconstruction method.

Diagnosoft HARP is software that assists physicians in the analysis of magnetic resonance (MR) images by providing quantitative measurements and visualization of regional heart function. Based on technology from Johns Hopkins University, it’s the first FDA-cleared software designed for the analysis of tagged MR images.

The system can be used by radiologists, cardiologists and pharmaceutical companies in assisting the diagnosis, staging and monitoring of heart disease as well as in the development of new therapies.

Ideal for basic 12-lead resting ECG analysis, the MAC 3500 electrocardiograph unit delivers technology to help clinicians improve reliability and accuracy in cardiac assessments, while also helping to increase productivity and efficiency.

Cholestech Corp., provider of point-of-care health management solutions for chronic disease, and Life Line Screening, provider of mobile preventive health screenings, have teamed up to bring cholesterol, glucose and c-reactive protein testing directly to consumers across the country. With 85 vans across the U.S.

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