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Contrast agent osmolality makes no difference in PCI of renal disease patients
By Edward Susman
The type of contrast medium used in percutaneous coronary interventions (PCIs) makes no statistically significant difference in outcomes among chronic renal disease patients in terms of nephrotoxicity, according to a study by researchers from Germany. They presented their findings at the recent 2008 American College of Cardiology (ACC) meeting in Chicago.
April 16, 2008
Boston Scientific inks deal with Surgi-Vision
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Interventional device developer Boston Scientific of Natick, MA, has inked an agreement with Surgi-Vision of Gaithersburg, MD, for the licensing and development of MRI-safe technology, the company reported.
April 14, 2008
Siemens adds dual-source CT install
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Siemens Healthcare has placed several of its imaging systems at the Wellington Hospital in North London, U.K.
April 13, 2008
St. Jude Medical to buy EP MedSystems
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
In a union of cardiac device firms, St. Jude Medical of St. Paul, MN, has agreed to purchase EP MedSystems of West Berlin, NJ, for $92.1 million.
April 10, 2008
CardioDynamics grows revenue in Q1
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Impedance cardiography (ICG) developer CardioDynamics of San Diego enjoyed healthy revenue growth in the first quarter of 2008.
April 10, 2008
Cedars-Sinai explores PET's future in nuclear cardiology
By Wayne Forrest
Dr. Daniel Berman has followed the progress of PET for more than three decades, to a point in which today Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles is committed to exploring the modality's efficacy in a wide range of nuclear cardiology applications. He discusses Cedars-Sinai's latest research with rubidium-based PET for cardiac imaging.
April 10, 2008
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Tissue Doppler beats standard echo in predicting heart failure
By Edward Susman
The routine use of tissue Doppler echocardiography as opposed to standard echocardiography can provide more useful information to doctors and patients who may be at risk of heart failure events, according to Danish researchers. They evaluated how the new imaging modality performed as a diagnostic and prognostic strategy compared to standard echo.
April 10, 2008
3mensio nets CE Mark for workstation
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Advanced visualization developer 3mensio Medical Imaging of Bilthoven, Netherlands, has received the CE Mark Class IIa for its 3surgery vascular imaging workstation.
April 7, 2008
AuntMinnie.com Cardiac Imaging Insider
By Eric Barnes
April 6, 2008
First 320-slice coronary CTA study shows high image quality
By Eric Barnes
Image quality was excellent and radiation doses generally low in the first peer-reviewed study of coronary CT angiography (CTA) performed on a 320-slice scanner, which can image the heart in a single beat for most patients, according to researchers from Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. They retrospectively studied 40 patients who underwent coronary CTA on a 320-detector-row scanner.
April 6, 2008
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Philips wins long-term Chinese research contract
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Royal Philips Electronics, the parent company of Philips Healthcare of Andover, MA, has entered into a long-term research collaboration with West China Hospital in Chengdu, China, the company said.
April 2, 2008
Cardinal to sell UltraSPECT packages
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Healthcare products firm Cardinal Health has inked an exclusive agreement with nuclear medicine vendor UltraSPECT of Merrick, NY.
April 1, 2008
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