Cardiac Imaging

While cardiac ultrasound is the widely used imaging modality for heart assessments, computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and nuclear imaging are also used and are often complimentary, each offering specific details about the heart other modalities cannot. For this reason the clinical question being asked often determines the imaging test that will be used.

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Endologix Completes Patient Enrollment in the Ovation® LIFE (Least Invasive Fast-Track EVAR) Study

IRVINE, Calif., May 16, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Endologix, Inc. (Nasdaq:ELGX), developer and marketer of innovative treatments for aortic disorders, announced today that it has completed patient enrollment in the LIFE study, a multi-center post-market registry designed to evaluate the Ovation ® Abdominal Stent Graft Platform when used in the treatment of patients with abdominal aortic aneurysms ("AAA") using a Fast-Track EVAR protocol. 

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Survey: What is the status of SPECT at your organization?

Is your organization updating or saying goodbye to SPECT? Take our quick 6 question survey and let us know. Look for results in the September/October issue.

Medicure Files Application for New AGGRASTAT® Product Format

WINNIPEG, May 11, 2016 /CNW/ - Medicure Inc. ("Medicure" or the "Company") (TSXV:MPH, OTC:MCUJF), a specialty pharmaceutical company, is pleased to announce that it has submitted an application to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the introduction of a new "bolus vial" product format for AGGRASTAT (tirofiban HCl).  

HRS.16: Two physicians receive grants for atrial fibrillation research

Two physicians received a total of $500,000 in grants from the Heart Rhythm Society (HRS) and Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals to support quality improvement research on atrial fibrillation and stroke prevention.

St. Jude Medical Announces MultiPoint Pacing IDE Study Results During Late-Breaker at Heart Rhythm 2016

This study builds on the growing body of evidence for managing heart failure using the St. Jude Medical MultiPoint pacing technology for patients not responsive to other therapy options

New Data Further Support Medtronic Leadership in Leadless Pacing at Heart Rhythm 2016

DUBLIN and SAN FRANCISCO - May 5, 2016 - Medtronic plc (NYSE:MDT) today announced clinical results highlighting the strong safety and performance profile of the miniaturized Micra® Transcatheter Pacing System (TPS) at Heart Rhythm 2016, the Heart Rhythm Society's 37th Annual Scientific Sessions in San Francisco.

Medtronic Receives FDA Approval for New Single-Chamber ICDs That Detect Atrial Fibrillation

DUBLIN - May 2, 2016 - Medtronic plc (NYSE: MDT) today announced it has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for the Visia AF MRI(TM) SureScan® and Visia AF(TM) single-chamber implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs). The Visia AF devices can detect previously undiagnosed and/or asymptomatic atrial fibrillation (AF) and monitor recurrent AF, while treating life-threatening rhythms in the lower chambers of the heart. The Visia AF ICD systems will be commercially available in early summer.

Budoff wins SCCT’s 2016 gold medal award

The Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT) announced that Matthew J. Budoff, MD, had won its 2016 Gold Medal Award.

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