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Guidant suspends Xience V supply
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Interventional device firm Guidant said it has decided not to release current inventory of its Xience V everolimus-eluting coronary stent system, as approximately 1% of its current inventory was not manufactured with strict adherence to the company's quality standards.
March 28, 2006
MDCT highly sensitive for aortic dissection
By Eric Barnes
A recent study of patients who underwent MDCT imaging for symptoms suggestive of aortic dissection showed that the modality was highly sensitive and specific for all types of dissection. CT is also faster and generally more accurate than the alternatives, including MRI, ultrasound, and even the invasive gold standard exam, aortography, according to the study authors.
March 28, 2006
Toshiba makes big cath lab install
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Multimodality vendor Toshiba America Medical Systems of Tustin, CA, has installed five of its Infinix-i family of catheterization labs at a Michigan hospital.
March 27, 2006
64-slice CTA reliably detects stenoses by patient, less so by vessel and segment
By Eric Barnes
As CT piles on more detector rows, its ability to detect significant coronary artery stenosis is growing apace. Sixty-four-detector CT results are beginning to rival -- though not yet quite equal -- those of the invasive gold standard test, coronary angiography. A new study offers evidence that CT angiography (CTA) finds nearly all patients with significant stenosis, though individual blockages can still be missed.
March 22, 2006
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Positron gets Health Canada nod
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
PET vendor Positron said that Health Canada had granted approval to use the vendor's mPower PET scanner in oncology and cardiology clinical trials in Canada.
March 21, 2006
Guidant expands California facilities
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Interventional device developer Guidant said that it will begin construction on expanded facilities in Temecula, CA.
March 16, 2006
ACC studies examine CTA radiation dose
ATLANTA - Radiation dose from CT heart scans can be reduced with a good scanning protocol, but radiation dose itself can vary greatly based on patient demographics, according to two studies presented at the 2006 American College of Cardiology (ACC) annual meeting.
March 16, 2006
Conor licenses Novartis technology
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Vascular device developer Conor Medsystems reported that it has obtained a worldwide, nonexclusive license from Novartis Pharma for the use of the pharmaceutical pimecrolimus in its stents.
March 15, 2006
Biosense Webster, Cordis get Noga XP FDA clearance
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Cardiac technology developer Biosense Webster and Johnson & Johnson subsidiary Biologics Delivery Systems Group, Cordis has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration clearance to market a cardiac 3D imaging device, the Noga XP cardiac navigation system.
March 15, 2006
ACC study says 64-slice CTA saves money
ATLANTA - When facilities consider the purchase of a new 64-slice CT scanner, saving money is probably one of the last things on their minds. But a study presented this week at the 2006 American College of Cardiology (ACC) meeting indicates that CT angiography (CTA) may in fact save facilities money.
March 15, 2006
GE initiates LightSpeed VCT cardiology trials
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
GE Healthcare is sponsoring a series of multicenter trials to validate the clinical efficacy of its LightSpeed VCT 64-slice CT system as a method for the diagnosis and treatment planning of cardiovascular disease.
March 14, 2006
PET perfusion can predict cardiac events
ATLANTA - Stress perfusion defects found with PET/CT are good predictors of coronary artery disease, while only overall perfusion defect changes are good predictors of cardiovascular events with PET, according to two studies presented at the American College of Cardiology (ACC) meeting.
March 14, 2006
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