Cardiac Imaging: Page 275

CHMP recommends SonoVue reinstatement
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Europe's Committee for Human Medicinal Products (CHMP) has recommended reinstating the echocardiography indication for Bracco's SonoVue ultrasound contrast agent.
August 4, 2004
MRI touted for SPECT's role in sizing infarcts
By Tracie L. Thompson
A new report in Radiology is only the second published study of human patients that compares the accuracy of delayed enhancement (DE) MRI versus a nuclear imaging technique for estimating the size of acute infarcts.
August 3, 2004
Merit signs Novation
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Disposable products provider Merit Medical Systems of South Jordan, UT, has signed a supplier agreement with group purchasing organization Novation. The agreement covers Merit's line of cardiology products, including diagnostic catheters, diagnostic guidewires, fluid-management kits and components, inflation devices, and angioplasty accessories.
August 1, 2004
Camtronics inks HCA deal
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Cardiac image management provider Camtronics Medical Systems has signed a deal to install its Vericis cardiovascular image and information management system at HCA Midwest, an integrated delivery network in Kansas City, MO.
July 29, 2004
Study validates cheap and easy method for atherosclerosis screening
By Tracie L. Thompson
A new study has found that aortic atherosclerosis can be accurately predicted by measuring the compliance or stiffness of arteries in a patient's leg -- an approach that could trump CT coronary calcium scanning for identifying subclinical heart disease.
July 29, 2004
AuntMinnie.com Cardiac Imaging Radiology Insider
By Tracie L. Thompson
July 27, 2004
Toshiba debuts 64-slice cardiac CT scanner
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Multimodality vendor Toshiba America Medical Systems has unveiled a 64-slice CT scanner optimized for examination of the coronary arteries.
July 26, 2004
Guidant launches Voyager
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Interventional-device firm Guidant has launched its Voyager rapid-exchange coronary dilatation catheter in the U.S. following receipt of Food and Drug Administration clearance.
July 26, 2004
Acusphere leases manufacturing facility
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Ultrasound contrast developer Acusphere has entered into a lease agreement for 58,000 square feet of commercial manufacturing space in Tewksbury, MA. The Watertown, MA-based vendor said it intends to develop the facility to meet its anticipated initial commercial production needs for its AI-700 ultrasound contrast agent.
July 22, 2004
RFCA for afibrillation evolves with MDCT
By Eric Barnes
CT-guided radiofrequency catheter ablation is being performed with increasing frequency to treat recurrent or refractory atrial fibrillation. Dr. Joan Lacomis from the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center offers tips for optimizing preprocedural imaging.
July 22, 2004
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Siemens gets FDA mobile C-arm OK
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Multimodality vendor Siemens Medical Solutions has received marketing clearance from the Food and Drug Administration for its Axiom Artis U, a moveable digital C-arm system.
July 21, 2004
Boston Scientific gets FDA nod for Liberte clinical trial
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Interventional device developer Boston Scientific of Natick, MA, has received an investigational device exemption from the Food and Drug Administration to begin its ATLAS clinical trial using its Liberte coronary stent as a platform for the firm's paclitaxel-eluting coronary stent system.
July 21, 2004
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