Interventional: Page 86

Acquisitions boost AngioDynamics' Q4 sales
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Revenues from recent acquisitions boosted sales for interventional technology developer AngioDynamics in its fiscal 2009 fourth quarter, the company announced.
July 16, 2009
Boston Scientific wins Taxus clearance
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Interventional device developer Boston Scientific has received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for its Taxus Liberté Long paclitaxel-eluting coronary stent system.
July 15, 2009
GE launches dose-monitoring service
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
GE Healthcare has launched a new service to monitor patient radiation dose remotely for users of its Innova interventional angiography systems.
July 15, 2009
Gadolinium-based contrast agents alone don't cause NSF, study finds
By Wayne Forrest
Even at very high doses, gadolinium-based contrast agents alone are not sufficient to cause nephrogenic systemic fibrosis (NSF) in patients with kidney problems, and there are ways to diminish the likelihood of NSF occurring to nearly zero, according to a study from the Mayo Clinic.
July 7, 2009
SIR publishes Standards supplement
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) has published its 2009 Standards Division Guidelines as part of a special supplement to the July issue of the Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology.
July 6, 2009
AngioDynamics debuts RFA probe
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Interventional technology developer AngioDynamics has introduced its StarBurst XLi-Enhanced Semi-Flex probe, a radiofrequency ablation (RFA) device.
July 6, 2009
High-pitch cardiothoracic CTA skips breath-holds and high doses
By Eric Barnes
A new way to use CT angiography (CTA) to scan fast-moving targets -- such as fidgety children and grown-ups with rapid heartbeats -- is becoming routine at a hospital in France.
July 6, 2009
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Boom in endovascular AAA repair is appropriate, study suggests
By Kate Madden Yee
A rapid shift to endovascular-based treatment for abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA) hasn't resulted in inappropriate use of the procedure, according to a study published in this month's Journal of the American College of Radiology.
July 5, 2009
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MRA recommended over CTA for following Kawasaki disease
By Wayne Forrest
Italian researchers recommend coronary MR angiography (MRA) as the modality of choice in the follow-up of patients with Kawasaki disease to reduce the potential cumulative effect of radiation exposure from repeat CT angiography (CTA) exams.
July 5, 2009
Web site educates patients about radiation dose
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiology residents from the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston have created a Web site for patients to calculate and record the radiation doses of common diagnostic imaging procedures.
July 1, 2009
CTA predicts coronary plaque instability
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Coronary CT angiography (CTA) may be able to predict which plaques are most likely to rupture and cause acute coronary syndrome, according to a new study by Japanese researchers published in the June 30 issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.
June 29, 2009
Study confirms link between angio contrast and long-term kidney damage
By Brian Casey
The use of x-ray contrast media in patients with kidney impairment can result in higher rates of long-term adverse events such as death, heart attack, and stroke, and different contrast agents can have varying adverse event rates, according to a study published online today in the Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology.
June 24, 2009
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