The AtriCure Ablation and Sensing Unit (ASU) is a device that makes linear and transmural lesions in a matter of seconds. The system can demonstrate when a transmural lesion has been formed by measuring the conductance of soft tissue, and it only takes a few seconds by using its patented method of targeting ablative energy.

The COR Analyzer I by Rcadia Medical Imaging assists screening of triage patients for coronary artery disease. The computer-aided diagnostic software package uses proprietary image processing algorithms to analyze CT Angiography studies to provide fast and accurate identification of coronary artery disease (CAD).

March 19, 2007 — “Health IT Strategist” reports that San Francisco-based Practice Fusion is offering its Web-based electronic medical record and practice management solutions to physicians for free with the costs of the service subsidized by Google advertising. It has reported that 600 small physician practices have already signed up.

Because of its partnership with Google, Practice Fusion is offering its products without licensing fees or hosting charges, and the company said its system doesn’t require any software to implement and manage.

March 19, 2007 — AT&T Inc. has announced an agreement wherein it will upgrade the conference platform used by Medical Information Technology, Inc. (MEDITECH), a leading software vendor in the
healthcare informatics industry. The migration to AT&T's new audio and video Web-conference services occurs two years into a wide-ranging agreement for AT&T's networking services with MEDITECH. Specific terms of the new contract were not disclosed.

March 19, 2007 — CardioNet, Inc., a provider of wireless mobile cardiac outpatient monitoring solutions, has announced it has successfully completed its acquisition of Florida-based PDSHeart, Inc., a leading cardiac event monitoring company. The terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.

With the merger, CardioNet is now the largest U.S. company providing wireless, remote outpatient cardiac monitoring, event, Holter and pacer services.

March 19, 2007 — Medtronic Inc. has launched its U.S. pivotal clinical trial for the Cardioblate Surgical Ablation System to treat the cause of permanent atrial fibrillation (AF).

March 19, 2007 — Onset Medical Corp. has announced it has received FDA clearance to begin marketing the SoloPath transseptal access catheter in the U.S. SoloPath utilizes Onset's patented Controlled Deployment Technology (CDT) to allow percutaneous access to the chambers of the left heart and surrounding vasculature.


If there’s one thing physicians at Ochsner Heart & Vascular Institute (OHVI) are not, it’s camera shy. If their in-hospital TV studio isn’t convincing enough, just ask John Reilly, M.D., if he’s ever broadcasted a live procedure before.
“As a matter of fact, just last Friday we broadcasted some live cases to a meeting in Germany,” the associate director of OHVI’s cath lab said during a break one recent afternoon. “We also broadcasted to the TCT meeting in September. We actually have become pretty well accustomed to this type of work.”
Deadly Connection: Hypothyroidism and Heart Disease

Thyroid hormone has multiple effects on the cardiovascular system. These include increased cardiac contractility, increased cardiac output, decreased systemic vascular resistance and electrophysiological and pro-angiogenic effects.[1-4] The cellular and molecular mechanisms that have been proposed for these effects include genomic and non-genomic (extranuclear) actions. The active form of thyroid hormone, triiodothyronine (T3), enters the nucleus and binds to the specific nuclear receptors (TRa or TRĂź).

Although cardiac ultrasound has been around for many years, the technology is not static. Manufacturers are constantly looking for ways to improve the imaging, make the technology more accessible, affordable and now more portable.
The two most compelling changes in cardiac ultrasound are portability and improved imaging. Historically, one had to make a choice between portability and image quality. The newer machines have overcome the obstacles of combining clear images and small size.
Portability
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