Search Tag: Cardiology
Cardiovascular Imaging
2014 08 Mar
Interviewee Dr. Eugenio Picano, FESC Director General Echocardiographic Laboratory Institute of Clinical Physiology, CNR Pisa, Italy Interviewed by Claire Pillar Managing Editor HealthManagement What prompted the European Society of Cardiology to produce... Read more
Arab Health 2014: Agfa HealthCare Showcases Impressive Portfolio of Imaging Solutions
2014 23 Jan
New IMPAX Agility, ICIS and next generation MUSICA bring barriers down across healthcare, for 'Images without boundaries' New IMPAX Agility state-of-the art imaging platform unites the functionality of disparate systems within one solution. ICIS helps eliminate boundaries to advance universal image and data sharing throughout the care continuum.... Read more
Home Monitoring of Patients with ICDs Provides Economic Benefits
2014 17 Jan
New findings from the ECOST study underscore the economic benefits of Biotronik Home Monitoring for the French National Health Insurance system Biotronik Home Monitoring significantly reduces the cost of follow-up in patients with implantable defibrillators (ICDs). New data from the ECOST (Effectiveness and Cost of ICD Follow-Up Schedule... Read more
ESC Paper: Cardiologists Must Reduce Inappropriate Radiation Exposure
2014 16 Jan
Radiation from cardiology procedures equals more than 50 chest X-rays per person each year In a recent position paper published in the European Heart Journal the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) has urged cardiologists to reduce patient radiation exposure. The paper outlines doses and risks of common cardiology examinations for the first... Read more
Poldermans Papers: First Retraction
2014 15 Jan
Following the dismissal of Prof. Poldermans from Erasmus Medical Centre in Rotterdam, for misconduct in 2011, the journal Coronary Artery Disease has published a retraction of the following paper: Feringa HH, Elhendy A, Bax JJ, Boersma E, de Jonge R, Schouten O, Karagiannis SE, Schinkel AF, Lindemans J, Poldermans D. Baseline plasma N-terminal... Read more
Perfect Timing Crucial in Precise Arrhythmia Diagnosis
2013 19 Dec
According to a well-known Berlin cardiologist, monitoring devices enable physicians to treat patients more effectively. The BioMonitor from BIOTRONIK is now approved for full-body MR scans. As the medical director of the Department of Cardiology and Intensive Care Unit and the Department of Internal Medicine and Angiology at Klinikum am Urban,... Read more
World Premiere: New Device for Severely Calcified Arteries Offered to Patients
2013 04 Nov
The Mount Sinai Hospital’s leading interventional cardiologists are the premiering the use of a newly FDA approved device to treat gravely calcified coronary arteries before placing a cardiac stent on a blocked artery. The Diamondback 360® Coronary Orbital Atherectomy System is being introduced at The Mount Sinai Hospital’s Cardiac Catheterization... Read more
Medtronic Introduces Innovative Device for Elimination of Coronary Thrombus
2013 22 Oct
U.S. Cardiologists introduced to the increased Power and advanced Deliverability of company’s pioneering 'Export Advance' Aspiration Catheter With more than 10 years experience in designing medical equipment destined to remove thrombus from coronary arteries, the market leader Medtronic, Inc. publicised the U.S. launch of the new-generation Export... Read more
BIOTRONIK introduces Idova 7 – A New Generation ICD Endorsed for MR Scanning
2013 17 Oct
Italy and Austria see first worldwide implantations of the ultrahigh-energy device The new Idova 7 ICD series was launched today by BIOTRONIK, a primary manufacturer of cardiovascular medical technology. Idova 7 ICDs (implantable cardioverter defibrillators) and CRT-Ds (cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillators) offer ultrahigh-energy... Read more
See more, Work More Efficiently: Siemens Solutions for Cardiology
2013 05 Sep
To support patients, physicians and clinical staff, Siemens has developed products and solutions especially tailored to the diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular diseases. These include a new cardiac catheter, clinical IT, applications for computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging and a new system for cardiac molecular imaging. The World... Read more