BioTrace Medical Inc. announced that the company’s Tempo Temporary Pacing Lead was featured in an oral presentation and two live cases during the Transcatheter Valve Therapies (TVT) 2017 conference, June 14-17 in Chicago. Tamim Nazif, M.D., director of clinical services of the Structural Heart and Valve Center at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center, presented real-world experiences with the Tempo Lead from transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) cases.

Mount Sinai Heart and BioImage-2 LLC recently announced the start of the BioImage-2 study investigating the progression of vascular atherosclerotic plaque in patients who previously participated in the BioImage study.

I saw several elements of what will likely make up the next generation of echocardiography imaging systems at the the American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) 2017 scientific sessions in June. I have seen or heard of these technologies for the past few years, but for the first time I saw them all moving forward and starting to coalesce into real, tangible products. 

June 20, 2017 — Dutch medical device company Stroke2prevent BV recently announced it has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance for A-View, a medical device used in cardiac interventions. The A-View balloon catheter visualizes the aortic arch with transesophageal echocardiography (TEE).

June 20, 2017 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said Maquet/Datascope is voluntarily performing a worldwide field correction of certain intra-aortic balloon pumps (IABPs) for a potential electrical test failure code. This field correction also applies to any System 98 or System 98XT IABP that was converted to a CS100i or CS300 IABP.

Bayer Arterion contrast media Injector used to administer medical imaging contrast for CT scans.

Here are several updates in medical imaging contrast media agents. Two of the biggest news items were related to safety concerns over magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) gadolinium agents and echocardiography image enhancing agents. However, in both cases the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has weighed in that the agents are safe in the majority of patients. 

 

Concern Over MRI Gadolinium Agents Retained in Brain

The tenth special edition Image Wisely Radiation Safety Case is now available to help radiologists, imaging technologists and medical physicists assess their understanding of important radiation safety concepts, including dose monitoring and management.

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