Cardiac Imaging: Page 249

Guidant, J&J announce new acquisition deal
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Interventional device developer Guidant and Johnson & Johnson reported that the firms have reached a new agreement whereby J&J will acquire Indianapolis-based Guidant for $23.2 billion in fully diluted equity value.
January 11, 2006
AuntMinnie.com Cardiac Imaging Radiology Insider
By Eric Barnes
January 10, 2006
Guidant expects Q4 sales downturn
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Interventional device firm Guidant said that it believes preliminary unaudited fiscal 2005 fourth-quarter sales will be approximately $828 million, reflecting a decline of approximately 15% compared with the fiscal 2004 fourth quarter.
January 9, 2006
MDCT still can't differentiate between noncalcified plaques
By Eric Barnes
Thin-section multidetector-row CT does a fine job of visualizing calcified atherosclerotic plaque, but is all but blind when it comes to differentiating two important but morphologically distinct types of noncalcified coronary plaque.
January 9, 2006
Tobin extends term with Boston Scientific
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Interventional device developer Boston Scientific said that its president and chief executive officer Jim Tobin has agreed to a request from its board of directors to extend his tenure at the firm.
January 4, 2006
Heart rate determines best CTA reconstruction interval
By Eric Barnes
Researchers from Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University in Frankfurt, Germany, have confirmed that heart rate dictates the optimal reconstruction technique in CT angiography.
January 1, 2006
Guidant schedules J&J vote
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Shareholders of interventional device firm Guidant of Indianapolis have set January 31 as the date for a vote on the firm's proposed acquisition by Johnson & Johnson of New Brunswick, NJ.
December 29, 2005
MDCT equals MRI for RV function assessment
By Eric Barnes
Right ventricular (RV) parameters and function are known to have major prognostic import in patients with heart disease and chronic pulmonary embolism, but RV assessment can be challenging with CT, compared to the MRI gold standard. But researchers from Germany have found that 16-slice MDCT was statistically equivalent to cine MRI for estimating RV volumes, ejection fraction, and other important parameters.
December 27, 2005
FDA issues warning to Guidant
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Interventional device developer Guidant of Indianapolis said it has received a warning letter from the FDA related to its inspection and Form 483 observations of the firm's cardiac rhythm management facility in St. Paul, MN, conducted in September this year.
December 26, 2005
Philips signs Los Angeles county hospitals
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Philips Medical Systems has signed cardiology IT agreements with the Los Angeles County Harbor at the University of California, Los Angeles, and the Los Angeles County Olive View Medical Centers.
December 19, 2005
Medrad signs Amerinet
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Contrast injector technology firm Medrad has inked an agreement with group purchasing organization Amerinet.
December 19, 2005
CardioDynamics makes management moves
Impedance cardiography (ICG) technology developer CardioDynamics of San Diego has appointed Donald Brooks to the position of chief technology officer and Kevin Hammond to the position of vice president of sales.
December 11, 2005
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