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GE, St. Jude to collaborate on visualization technology

...hnology will be integrated with St. Jude Medical's catheter technology to provide physicians with real-time ultrasound imaging inside the heart, including direct visualization of both blood flow and other catheters used during cardiac procedures. Beat this The integrated system is primarily designed for p...

Stem cells produce anti-disease protein in brain experiment

...otential dangers; it involved daily infusions by a catheter pumping the factor directly into the brain....

GE Healthcare launches new medical scanner, places another in hospitals

...of arterial stenosis faster and less invasive than catheter angiography." Or, a single LightSpeed VCT scan of the chest area can allow doctors to "rule out" the three most serious chest-pain related conditions: aortic dissection, pulmonary embolism and coronary artery disease. All these approaches are meant...

Technology helps heal heart arrhythmias in children

...ing the tissue causing the abnormality. A special catheter made by Montreal-based CryoCath Technologies rea...ophysiologist and pediatric cardiologist guide the catheter through a vein into the patients heart. Cryotherapy then is used to numb the cells responsible for c...

New CT scanner by GE Healthcare advances imaging technology

...of arterial stenosis faster and less invasive than catheter angiography. Emergency room patients exhibiting acute chest pain may be able to be diagnostically scanned for evidence of heart attack, pulmonary embolism or aortic dissection in one scan. LightSpeed VCT is also designed to enable doctors to make...