The SJM Confirm™ implantable cardiac monitor (ICM) is a compact device designed to help physicians detect abnormal heart rhythms in patients with unexplained symptoms. It enables the evaluation of heart rhythm signals over a longer period of time compared to standard monitoring tests and it is the smallest ICM available which can be implanted in an...
READ MORECordis have released clinical data indicating that percutaneous coronary intervention with the CYPHER sirolimuseluting coronary stent is comparable to bypass surgery in key safety measures in patients with diabetes and multi-vessel disease. The data was recently presented at the European Society of Cardiology meeting. It is the only drug-eluting stent...
READ MOREShands HealthCare at the University of Florida medical centre have installed the Toshiba Aquilion ONE dynamic volume CT. This may change the way hospitals and physicians treat and diagnose patients with cardiovascular and neurological disease. Aquilion ONE can perform single heart beat studies and capture organ perfusion, actions that cannot be performed...
READ MOREThese hybrid surgical rooms will provide optimal imaging during open and minimally invasive cardiovascular surgical procedures in a bid to enhance workflow. The combination of Philips cardiovascular x-ray systems and Steris HD 360 suites technologies and design service aims to create a flexible treatment environment in a single suite. It will in turn...
READ MOREMedtronic sponsored trials by REVERSE and PARTNERS HF have shown that cardiac resynchronisation therapy (CRT) delays the time to the first hospitalisation or death in patients with mild heart failure, and devices equipped with OptiVol® Fluid Status Monitoring identified patients who were at a significantly higher risk of having heart failure events...
READ MOREThe need to strengthen health systems so that they can respond quickly and flexibly to the growing number of new challenges was on the agenda of the WHO’s European governing body, the WHO Regional Committee for Europe. Attended by over 250 health officials from the WHO European Region, its annual session took place in Tbilisi, Georgia from September...
READ MOREInformation & Communication the Cornerstones of Success Authors Prof. Caroline Weschke Department of Medical Physics in Radiation Oncology German Cancer Research Centre Heidelberg, Germany [email protected] Prof. Christian Thieke Clinical Cooperation Unit Radiation...
READ MOREAuthors Dr. Federica Pediconi Dr. Carlo Catalano Prof. Roberto Passariello Dept. of Radiological Sciences University of Rome “La Sapienza” Rome, Italy [email protected] Currently, conventional mammography and ultrasound are standard imaging techniques...
READ MOREAuthor Prof. Jonathan H. Sunshine Senior Director for Research American College of Radiology Also, Professor (Adjunct) Department of Diagnostic Radiology Yale University [email protected] The US has approximately 30,000 post-training, professionally active...
READ MOREServing the Radiologic Science Profession in the United States Author Jake Buehler ASRT Director of Communications American Society of Radiologic Technologists Albuquerque, New Mexico [email protected] As the world’s largest and oldest membership association for medical imaging technologists...
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