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Cardiac imaging – strengthening case for real-time MR

4D cardiac imaging, which generates a three-dimensional motion picture of a beating’ heart, offers cardiologists a revolutionary new tool. Indeed, the ability to acquire images across all phases of a heartbeat cycle is the only way to meaningfully visualizing morphological anomalies and make an authentic assessment of cardiac function. Traditionally, ultrasound has been a preferred […]

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CardioConfirm: a Brand-New Connectivity Solution from Mortara Instrument

CardioConfirm is Mortara Instrument’s latest tool for connectivity and IT. CardioConfirm has been launched almost a decade after Mortara Instrument started a successful path leading to the adoption of the DICOM standard in all its ELITM series cardiographs, Stress Testing, Holter and Monitoring equipment. The DICOM standard allows users to seamlessly integrate reports from Mortara […]

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Top 10 health technology hazards for 2017

The safe use of health technology-from basic infusion pumps to large, complex imaging systems-requires identifying possible sources of danger or difficulty with those technologies and taking steps to minimize the likelihood that adverse events will occur. This list will help healthcare facilities do that. Produced each year by ECRI Institute’s Health Devices Group, the Top […]

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Best practices in resuscitation – interim updates for 5-Year ILCOR recommendations

Over the past decade, resuscitation has become one of the fastest growing areas in emergency medical care. The drivers for growth include portable, remote monitoring equipment as well as real time video-consultation. The focus of attention is on cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and emergency cardiovascular care (ECC), and includes all responses to sudden life-threatening events impacting […]

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Should TAVI be extended to lower risk patients?

The relatively new procedure for aortic valve replacement, namely Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI), first performed in 2002, is considered to be an appropriate approach when conventional surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) for severe aortic stenosis is contraindicated because patients have left ventricular dysfunction or are very elderly with comorbidities. During the procedure a catheter […]