Cardiovascular Radiology: Page 285

EP MedSystems gets FDA clearance
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Electrophysiology device developer EP MedSystems of West Berlin, NJ, has received Food and Drug Administration clearance for its line of "deflectable" diagnostic catheters.
April 18, 2004
AuntMinnie.com Cardiac Imaging Radiology Insider
By Tracie L. Thompson
April 18, 2004
Study finds link between RAS and cardiovascular disease risk
By Peggy Peck
Results of a retrospective analysis suggest that renal artery stenosis (RAS) is an independent risk factor for cardiovascular disease, but not for cerebrovascular disease, according to a presentation at the 2004 Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) meeting in Phoenix.
April 18, 2004
Millenium to enter radiology, cardiology markets
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Financial services company Millenium Holding Group of Las Vegas has acquired a 15-year license from U.S. Probe to develop, manufacture, and distribute an ultrasonic probe.
April 12, 2004
Study offers strategy for safe MRI with pacemakers
By Shalmali Pal
Cardiac and MRI specialists have joined together to develop a seven-step guideline for cautiously and effectively imaging patients with pacemakers. They devised this risk/benefit profile after performing a prospective study of 54 pacemaker patients who required MRI or MR angiography (MRA).
April 11, 2004
Cordis stent gets CE OK
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Interventional technology developer Cordis, a Johnson & Johnson subsidiary, has received CE Mark approval to market its Cypher Select sirolimus-eluting coronary stent in all member states of the European Union (EU), European Economic Area (EEA), and Switzerland.
April 7, 2004
Agfa nets UK cardiac Impax install
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Agfa HealthCare has been awarded two contracts for implementation of its Impax for Cardiology PACS product at two National Health Service (NHS) Trusts in the U.K.
April 7, 2004
Siemens inks deal with St. Elizabeth
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Siemens Medical Solutions has won a contract with St. Elizabeth's Hospital to renovate the Belleville, IL-based facility's cardiac catheterization laboratories.
April 5, 2004
Radiologists correlate coronary calcium with other CVD markers
By Eric Barnes
When is CT calcium screening most clearly indicated, and when might calcium assessment with CT be less informative? At the 2004 European Congress of Radiology in Vienna, investigators from Spain examined these questions in a study of 152 asymptomatic patients who were self-referred for cardiovascular disease risk.
April 5, 2004
Guidant completes stent trial enrollment
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Interventional device developer Guidant has completed enrollment in Spirit First, a clinical trial evaluating the Indianapolis-based firm's second drug-eluting stent system for the treatment of coronary artery disease.
March 31, 2004
Philips expands Lenox Hill partnership, debuts SPECT/CT preclinical research unit
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Philips Medical Systems and Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City have signed a two-year research agreement to co-develop cardiovascular interventional technologies.
March 30, 2004
Slower CT may be better in cardiac PET/CT
By Jonathan S. Batchelor
ORLANDO, FL - Too-rapid CT image acquisition in PET/CT could cause misregistrations between the CT data and PET emission data, potentially leading to incorrect diagnoses, according to a study presented Tuesday at the Academy of Molecular Imaging conference.
March 30, 2004
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