Volume 1 - Issue 1, November-December 2007
- Cardio
- 01/11/2007
COVER STORY: This focuses on the importance of improving clinical and economic effectiveness, with an article on emerging technology for personalised
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Editorial
Dear readers, Better management practices can have a profoundly positive impact on the efficiency of any medical department. An exchange of management information and experiences will inevitably allow for a more efficient and patient-orientated provision of services, as well as a more informed medical team. While at a general hospital...
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Cordis Appoints New Vice-President of Microelectronic Technologies
Cordis Corporation has announced the appointment of Joseph M. Smith, M.D., Ph.D. to Vice President, Microelectronic Technologies. Dr. Smith will lead the company’s efforts to develop implantable microelectronic technologies in the management of cardiovascular disease. Dr. Smith brings more than 25 years experience in cardiac rhythm management (CRM)...
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Cardio Dynamics Gains Support for Vermed Sale
CardioDynamics International has reported that it is progressing with its shareholders’ approval for the sale of its Vermed business unit. The company reached an agreement to sell the Vermed unit to the subsidiary's management team for a cash purchase price of $8 million in late June this year. Vermed is a supplier of disposable electrodes and related...
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Emerging Technology for Personalised Cardiovascular Risk Prediction: Preventing & Managing CVD
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is responsible for half of all deaths in Europe every year and 25% of chronic disease burden. Aside from the direct effects on human health and welfare CVD costs the European economy over €169 billion per year. The scale of the problem in human and fiscal terms means that urgent action is required to reduce the CVD...
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ISHR/Servier Research Fellowship Winner Announced
The ISHR-ES SERVIER Research Fellowship has been presented to Dr Marta Roccio, a postdoctoral research fellow at the Department of Cardiology and Laboratory of Experimental Cardiology University of Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands. Dr Roccio's project is titled: "Molecular mechanisms of cardiac progenitor cells differentiation". This 20,000 Euro grant...
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First Patient Enrolled in Clinical Trial to Study Drug Sluting Stent Treatment in Women
Abbott has announced that the first patient was enrolled in its Xience V Spirit Women clinical trial, the world’s first clinical trial designed to study the safety and effectiveness of drug eluting stent treatment in women. Liliana Grinfeld, M.D., of the Hospital Italiano in Buenos Aires, Argentina, performed the first procedure. The goal of the trial...
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Medtronic Announces European Introduction of Cardiac Monitor
Medtronic has announced the European introduction of Reveal® XT, the first Insertable Cardiac Monitor that offers longterm and continuous monitoring of Atrial Fibrillation (AF). All other current monitoring tools are either for a limited period or on an intermittent basis. Longterm, continuous monitoring means that a clinician no longer needs to rely...
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Cardiatis Completes Stent Trial Recruitment
Cardiatis of Brussels, Belgium, has completed recruitment of patients into its first-in-man European clinical trial of its FluidSmart 3D multilayer braided stent for repairing aneurysms. Patient recruitment, which began in December last year, culminates four years of extensive concept testing that demonstrated the ability of the 3D multilayer stent...
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Use of Telemonitoring in Chronic Heart Failure:Improving Clinical and Economical Effectiveness
Multiple hospital admissions for acute decompensation are characteristic for congestive heart failure (CHF) patients, deleteriously affecting their quality of life and imposing a major burden on national healthcare costs. The direct costs of CHF-related hospitalisations amount to 2.7 billion Euro per year. Due to the demographic evolution of European...
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