40% of Hypertensive Patients Not Adhering to Medication
A University of Leicester-led study suggests that one in three people who suffer from high blood pressure are failing to take medicine prescribed... Read more
Preterm Birth Linked to Risk of Heart Failure
Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden report that babies that are born preterm have a a higher risk of heart failure during childhood... Read more
Intensive Blood Pressure Lowering Beneficial for Heart Muscle
A new study conducted by researchers at Wake Forest Bapist Medical Center shows that aggressive lowering of blood pressure in hypertensive patients... Read more
Chocolate Decreases Risk of Atrial Fibrillation
Findings of a large study conducted with men and women in Denmark show that consuming moderate amounts of chocolate is associated with significantly... Read more
New Customisable, Biocompatible Heart Valves
Harvard researchers have developed a next-generation heart valve that accurately functions upon implantation and regenerates into long-lasting... Read more
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Zoom On: Chelsea Beecher - Innovator of the Year
Chelsea Beecher serves as the Director of Development for the American Heart & Stroke Association in New York City. She led the launch of STEM Goes Red in New York City and received the Innovator of the Year Award in 2018 for this initiative. STEM Goes Red aims to empower young women to pursue science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM)... Read more
How are robots improving cardiovascular medicine?
Robots were first used in cardiovascular medicine in the late 1990s as a part of the digital revolution . Since then, robotics have been applied to endovascular surgery, minimally invasive cardiac surgery, and interventional cardiology, to name a few fields. Robots give medical professionals the ability to diagnose, treat, and intervene more... Read more
The Death of the Stethoscope? Heart Doctors Have Their Say
Most people don't think much about stethoscopes but the fact is that this tool, so commonly associated with doctors, is at a crossroads. Having been in use for nearly two centuries, the stethoscope is in the midst of a debate with respect to its utility in healthcare. Over the years, medical technology has advanced to a great extent. The sounds... Read more
From Our Journals
Two Paths for Medical Device Approval: FDA vs. CE
Several factors influence the length of time it takes for a medical device,... Read more
The Challenges of Integration
“Buzzwords abound in healthcare. The latest, ‘Integration’, will only... Read more
ISO implementation: How to motivate lab personnel
Transforming the pressure of accreditation into team engagement.... Read more
Big Data and Analytics in Healthcare
X-ray, computed tomography, blood tests, genetic diagnostics, health... Read more
Achieving zero avoidable patient deaths by 2020
The Patient Safety Foundation rounds up best practices at its annual... Read more
Computed Tomography with Computer-Aided Detection for Lung Cancer Screening
Several medical societies recommend annual lung cancer screening with... Read more
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The CNAP® Monitor represents the next generation of noninvasive patient monitoring by merging the advantages of noninvasive, risk‐free methods with the benefits of continuity in the same accuracy as invasive standards. The advanced parameter set enables...
Task Force® Monitor TOUCH for noninvasive hemodynamic and autonomic assessment
The Task Force® Monitor is the all‐in‐one workstation for continuous noninvasive hemodynamic and autonomic assessment. It is the state‐of‐the‐art diagnostic tool to study syncope and autoregulation of blood pressure and has further established as an...