Interventional: Page 91

FDA OKs Navistar catheter
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Image-guided interventional surgery firm Stereotaxis has received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to market its Navistar RMT Thermocool catheter.
March 1, 2009
Prospective coronary CTA performs well in heavy patients
By Eric Barnes
Prospectively gated coronary CT angiography (CTA) performed well when scanning patients who were heavy or had high calcium scores, according to a study that tracked predictors of success with the low-dose technique. On the other hand, image quality dropped significantly when heart rates or heart rate variability was high.
February 26, 2009
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ev3 posts mixed results for 2008
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Continued sales expansion across its peripheral vascular and neurovascular businesses powered ev3 to greater net sales in 2008. The gain, however, was not enough to offset a higher net loss last year.
February 23, 2009
Pie, Rogan-Delft ink agreement
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Imaging firm Pie Medical Imaging and Rogan-Delft have signed a distribution agreement that will integrate Pie's CAAS products into Rogan-Delft's Zillion package.
February 19, 2009
IMRIS launches research initiative
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Canadian intraoperative MRI developer IMRIS has launched a five-year research initiative that will focus on the development and marketing of MR-guided radiation therapy and interventional procedures.
February 19, 2009
3M debuts IV dressing for BD Nexiva
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
3M Health Care has introduced its Tegaderm IV dressing for use with interventional technology provider BD's Nexiva catheter system.
February 11, 2009
Quantitative MRA shows promise in stenosis detection
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Researchers at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago have found quantitative MR angiography (QMRA) to be a promising screening tool for detecting in-stent stenosis with high sensitivity and specificity.
February 11, 2009
CAD helps novice readers detect pulmonary embolism in CT studies
By Erik L. Ridley
Computer-aided detection (CAD) technology may improve the diagnosis of pulmonary embolism for inexperienced readers, according to research from the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC).
February 11, 2009
320-detector-row CT cuts dose in triple rule-out exams
By Eric Barnes
Image quality is high and radiation dose is low when the so-called triple rule-out protocol is used with 320-detector-row CT to scan patients with chest pain, according to researchers from Berlin.
February 11, 2009
Boston Scientific submits Taxus PMA data
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Interventional device developer Boston Scientific has submitted to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration the final modules of its premarket approval (PMA) applications for its Taxus Liberté Atom paclitaxel-eluting coronary stent system and its Taxus Liberté Long paclitaxel-eluting coronary stent system.
February 4, 2009
JAMA study finds wide variation in cardiac CTA dose
By Eric Barnes
Coronary CT angiography (CTA) providers are failing to protect their patients from high radiation dose -- with dose levels varying widely between facilities, according to a new multinational study in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
February 2, 2009
AHA science advisory warns about cardiac imaging dose
By Eric Barnes
An American Heart Association (AHA) report in the current issue of Circulation offers new recommendations for cardiac imaging that uses ionizing radiation, including coronary CT angiography (CTA). The new science advisory states that coronary CTA use should be restricted due to uncertainty regarding the health effects of the radiation delivered by the exam.
February 2, 2009
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