Archive for the ‘Cardiovascular’ Category
The Growing Market for Fractional Flow Reserve: The Clinical and Financial Proof
With several different studies supporting the idea that heart stents are being overused and the controversy that has surrounded their use and/or overuse, physicians are being more selective when considering stenting. Additionally, as less costly drug therapies have been introduced to the market and studies have found them to be just as effective, if not more, at treating patients with stable coronary disease when compared to stenting, we’ve seen a modest decline in stenting. Read More »
Siemens Releases New Angiography Solutions – Artis Q and Artis Q.zen
With their Artis zee line of imaging systems, Siemens has been heavily involved in the Cardiac and Vascular Angiography Market. Their most recent additions, Artis Q and Artis Q.zen systems, were developed as a result of the increasing focus on radiation dose exposure to patients and clinician alike. Read More »
What’s Happening in the Intravascular Ultrasound (IVUS) Market?
Of the Intravascular Ultrasound (IVUS) system vendor quotes submitted to MD Buyline for review over the past 12 months by [...] Read More »
Prepare Your Cardiology Department for the Changing Environment
Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death for both men and women, and along with stroke accounted for 16% [...] Read More »
TCT 2012 Recap
Recently I had the pleasure of attending the 2012 TCT conference, which was held in Miami, Florida with two of [...] Read More »
- Cardiology, Cardiovascular
- Abbott, Boston Scientific, cardiology, Catheters, drug-eluting stents, Edwards life Sciences, FFR, Heart Disease, high Blood Pressure, Interventional Angiography, Interventional Therapy, IVUS, Medtronic, Renal Denervation, St. Jude Medical, stroke, TAVI, TAVR, TCT, Trans-Catheter Aortic Valve
Upcoming Coronary Stent Technologies
Coronary stent popularity reached an all-time high with the invention of the drug eluting stent, but this technology, although a [...] Read More »
Emerging Market: Low-cost, Core Functionality Angiography Solutions
Hospitals continue to look for creative ways to ensure they are still providing top-level healthcare to their patients, but trying [...] Read More »
Renal Denervation
I often get two types of questions when I talk about emerging health care technologies. Clinicians ask about revolutionary new [...] Read More »
Berlin Heart
In a study led by Texas Children’s Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine, the Berlin Heart, the world’s first specific [...] Read More »
GE Introduces 4D TEE Transducer with Vivid E9 Breakthrough
GE Healthcare has significantly affected the cardiovascular ultrasound market with the introduction of a FDA cleared 4D transducer for transesophageal [...] Read More »