While 3-D printing has been around since the mid-1980s, there is accumulating evidence that this technology has the potential to revolutionize the understanding and management of heart conditions.
GE Healthcare and Getinge Group announced the U.S. launch of a new, highly flexible angiography solution for surgery, interventional and hybrid operating room (OR) procedures at the Society for Vascular Surgery’s (SVS) 2016 annual meeting.
Two new research studies verify that echocardiography, linked to experts through telemedicine, can provide better and more economical clinical healthcare to patients living a great distance from a cardiac care center.
June 9, 2016 — An international stroke study found that standard and intensive blood pressure treatments were equally effective in the emergency treatment of acute intracerebral hemorrhage, a type of stroke caused by bleeding into the brain. Patients whose systolic blood pressure was reduced rapidly in emergency rooms to standard levels used to treat acute stroke (140-179 mm Hg) did as well as patients whose pressure was reduced to intensive levels (110-139 mm Hg).
Medtronic plc announced new results from the Medtronic Micra Transcatheter Pacing System (TPS) Global Clinical Trial in a late-breaking trial session at CardioStim/EHRA EUROPACE 2016, the World Congress in Electrophysiology and Cardiac Techniques, in Nice, France.
The ubiquitous smartphone has found its way into the pockets of nearly every clinician and patient in recent years and offers new opportunities to greatly redefine healthcare in the coming years. Smartphones and apps for healthcare — referred to as mobile health or mHealth — offer a key technology to help reduce healthcare costs, improve the efficiency of care delivery and enable greater access to high-quality care via telemedicine. mHealth can serve as a bridge between providers, healthcare IT and patients to enable true patient engagement.
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At the 2016 Annual Meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI), Siemens Healthineers will highlight a new release of its syngo.via for Molecular Imaging software.
Below is a roundup of recent echo news that highlights technologies and topics that will be featured at the American Society of Echocardiography 2016 annual meeting this weekend in Seattle, Wash., plus video highlights from ASE 2015.
