Interventional: Page 74

AngioDynamics reports Q1 sales growth
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Interventional technology developer AngioDynamics posted growth in sales for the company's first quarter of fiscal 2011, although net income dipped.
October 7, 2010
DFine gets FDA nod for RFA device
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Medical device developer DFine has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration 510(k) clearance for a percutaneous radiofrequency ablation (RFA) device.
October 3, 2010
CTA screening study shows soft-plaque risk in police
By Eric Barnes
New Jersey police officers were expected to have high levels of coronary artery plaque at coronary CT angiography (CTA), according to researchers from Atlantic Medical Imaging in Galloway, NJ. The unexpected finding was that more than a third of those with coronary artery plaque had no calcified plaque whatsoever.
October 3, 2010
ACRIN scores AHRQ grant
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The American College of Radiology Imaging Network (ACRIN) has been awarded a grant by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) to compare the outcomes of patients with stable angina using two different imaging methods.
September 29, 2010
AAOS recommends against vertebroplasty
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
For the first time, the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) has released a clinical practice guideline that strongly discourages the use of vertebroplasty as a method for treating spine fractures.
September 28, 2010
GE adds to cardiac portfolio at TCT
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
GE Healthcare showcased a number of new cardiac imaging technologies at last week's Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) symposium in Washington, DC.
September 26, 2010
Mayo: 2,100 more patients at risk of hep C
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Mayo Clinic said this week that it is contacting an additional 2,100 patients who may have contracted hepatitis C, allegedly from an interventional radiologic technologist who was stealing drugs within the facility.
September 23, 2010
Cook files PMA for renal stent
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Interventional technology firm Cook Medical has submitted a premarket approval (PMA) application to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for a balloon-expandable stent for renal artery disease.
September 23, 2010
MRI can be used to follow great vessel stents
By Wayne Forrest
Using certain imaging sequences, MRI can be sufficient for the routine surveillance of certain great vessel stents commonly used to treat congenital heart defects in children and young adults, according to a study in the October issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology.
September 22, 2010
Study finds low infection risk from US-guided intervention
By Erik L. Ridley
Patients receiving ultrasound-guided interventional procedures have a low risk of serious infection complications, according to research published in the October issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology.
September 20, 2010
Few adverse events occur a year after negative cardiac CTA
By Wayne Forrest
Adverse cardiac events are rare in patients with low- to moderate-risk chest pain in the 12 months following a negative cardiac CT angiogram (CTA), according to a small study in the October issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology.
September 20, 2010
Strong growth projected for OCT market
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The optical coherence tomography (OCT) market is expected to grow at an annual rate of almost 60% through 2015, according to a new report issued by Millennium Research Group.
September 14, 2010
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