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X-ray protocol improves total knee arthroplasty follow-up
By Radiology Review
(Radiology Review) Dr. Hiromasa Miura and colleagues at Kyushu University in Fukuoka, Japan, have developed an oblique posterior radiographic view of the femoral condyles to better demonstrate this aspect of the knee following total knee arthroplasty.
March 25, 2004
CMS issues interim final rule on self-referral
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued the second phase of its final regulations addressing physician referrals to entities with which they have a financial relationship.
March 24, 2004
Ob/gyn fires broadside over control of UAE
By Brian Casey
March 24, 2004
Siemens, Trident ink deal
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Trident Molecular Imaging of Knoxville, TN, has entered into an agreement with Siemens Medical Solutions.
March 24, 2004
Conor Medsystems completes paclitaxel stent trial enrollment
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Vascular device developer Conor Medsystems of Menlo Park, CA, has completed enrollment for a clinical trial evaluating its MedStent paclitaxel drug delivery stent.
March 24, 2004
Carotid stenting safer than surgery for stroke prevention in diabetics
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
High-risk diabetic patients who underwent carotid stenting had fewer heart attacks and fewer major adverse events overall at one-year follow-up than those who underwent carotid endarterectomy surgery to prevent stroke, according to a study presented at the Society of Interventional Radiology meeting in Phoenix.
March 24, 2004
Boston Scientific, EndoTex complete enrollment
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Boston Scientific and EndoTex Interventional Systems of Cupertino, CA, have completed enrollment in a carotid artery stenting clinical trial.
March 24, 2004
IR, ob/gyns square off in UAE performance debate
By Shalmali Pal
The turf war over uterine artery embolization (UAE) has escalated as a gynecologist goes on the offensive, suggesting that his specialty would be better suited to perform the procedure. But interventional radiologists have fired back, stating that gynecologists are simply not properly trained for such technical, imaging-based surgery.
March 24, 2004
US Oncology planned merger draws lawsuits
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Cancer treatment firm US Oncology said it’s the subject of two purported class action lawsuits related to its planned merger with an affiliate of shareholder Welsh, Carson, Anderson, and Stowe IX.
March 24, 2004
Bristol-Myers Squibb, Adenosine begin phase II trials
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Bristol-Myers Squibb Medical Imaging and Adenosine Therapeutics have initiated phase II clinical trials for BMS068645.
March 23, 2004
Elekta to bring Synergy to UC Davis
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Elekta has received an order for its Synergy radiation treatment system from the University of California, Davis.
March 23, 2004
Patients shape up after viewing CT scans of their own blocked arteries
By Jerry Ingram
Any old picture may be worth a thousand words, but a CT image of a coronary artery calcification (CAC) may be worth a thousand lives: Confronting patients with scans of their arterial blockages could inspire a radical change in lifestyle, as well as better compliance to a treatment regimen, according to a study presented at the recent American College of Cardiology meeting in New Orleans.
March 23, 2004
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