Physicians may be drawing conclusions too soon about survival outcomes of patients who suffered a cardiac arrest outside the hospital. A study led by Bentley Bobrow, M.D., professor at the University of Arizona Colleges of Medicine in Tucson and Phoenix and co-director of the Arizona Emergency Medicine Research Center – Phoenix, and his fellow UA emergency medicine researchers, showed that physicians may need to allow comatose cardiac arrest patients much more time to awake before making a prognosis.

A new study in JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions supports access through the wrist, or radial access, as the default approach when inserting stents to restore blood flow in heart disease patients. Study results show radial access has fewer complications than access through the groin, or femoral access.

Toshiba, Infinix, 4DCT, CT-Angio

Angiographic imaging system vendors have developed new technologies to address emerging cath lab trends, including the need to reduce radiation dose, improve image quality and enable advanced procedural image guidance. All three of these points have become increasingly important as more complex procedures are attempted in interventional cath labs and hybrid ORs.

July 12, 2016 — Following a collaborative process with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Alere Inc. will be initiating a voluntary withdrawal of the Alere INRatio and INRatio 2 PT/INR Monitoring System.

The updated American College of Radiology (ACR) Manual on Contrast Media contains a statement addressing the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) safety communication on use of gadolinium-based contrast agents for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).

pros and cons of new anticoagulation therapies, anticoagulants, dabigatran, Pradaxa, novel oral anticoagulants, NOACs, rivaroxaban, Xarelto, apixaban, Eliquis
pros and cons of novel anticoagulants, advantages and disadvantages of NOACs
summary of trials, NOACs in patients with atrial fibrillation that need to undergo percutaneous coronary intervevntion (PCI).

With the recent introduction of several novel oral anticoagulants (NOACs) on the U.S. market that have been billed by the drug makers as possible replacements for warfarin (Coumadin), there are several clinical considerations when comparing these agents.

University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Cleveland, is among the first in the country – and the first in Ohio — to offer and deploy the Abbott Absorb stent, a completely bioresorbable stent.

ContextVision has signed a contract to bring its US PLUSView ultrasound image enhancement software to hand-held iOS-based mobile devices.

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