Cardiac Imaging: Page 281

Breast screening could pull double duty for tracking heart disease
By Shalmali Pal
Mammography may be beneficial for more than just breast cancer screening -- annual exams could also be used to check for breast vascular calcification, which can be a precursor to coronary heart disease, stroke, and heart failure.
May 31, 2004
Court denies Cordis preliminary injunction
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Washington, DC, has affirmed a lower-court ruling that denied a preliminary injunction sought by interventional technology developer Cordis against the Taxus drug-eluting stent manufactured by Boston Scientific.
May 30, 2004
Gamma Medica debuts cardiac gating sub-system
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Gamma camera developer Gamma Medica Instruments of Northridge, CA, has introduced a cardiac gating sub-system for its X-SPECT pre-clinical imaging system.
May 27, 2004
US can replace amnio for fetal heart echogenic in most cases
By Ultrasound Review
(Ultrasound Review) An isolated echogenic heart focus is not an indication for amniocentesis, according to sonologists at the Woman’s Health Alliance in Nashville.
May 27, 2004
SonoSite acquires SonoMetric Health
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Compact-ultrasound developer SonoSite of Bothell, WA, has acquired privately held SonoMetric Health, a developer of proprietary software to assess and manage cardiovascular disease in conjunction with an ultrasound examination.
May 26, 2004
U.S. cardio diagnostics to capture $3.9 billion this year
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. market for cardiovascular disease diagnostic products is expected to exceed $3.9 billion in 2004, growing to over $4.7 billion in 2007.
May 26, 2004
Toshiba gets FDA nod for new flat-panel detector
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Toshiba America Medical Systems has received Food and Drug Administration clearance for a new cardiac flat-panel detector on its Infinix-i series of vascular imaging systems.
May 25, 2004
Cordis releases stent study data
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Interventional technology developer Cordis Endovascular has released data from four international clinical studies for its Cypher sirolimus-eluting coronary stent at the 2004 Paris Course on Revascularization (PCR) this week in Paris.
May 25, 2004
Heartlab nets Icon deal
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Cardiac image management firm Heartlab of Westerly, RI, has been selected by medical device company Icon Interventional Systems to provide image management software for upcoming clinical trials.
May 25, 2004
Stress MRI tops echo for coronary disease detection
By Jerry Ingram
A comprehensive stress MRI exam is more sensitive than stress echocardiography in detecting coronary artery disease in patients who arrive at an emergency room with chest pain, according to a newly reported pilot study.
May 25, 2004
Bracco clarifies SonoVue restrictions
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Italian contrast developer Bracco of Milan sought to clarify several points related to regulatory restrictions placed on its SonoVue ultrasound contrast agent by the European Agency for the Evaluation of Medicinal Products (EMEA).
May 23, 2004
Witt adds to installed base
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Cardiac image and information management firm Witt Biomedical has received several new multimillion-dollar contracts for its Calysto for Cardiology PACS network.
May 23, 2004
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