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Ultrasound Neuromodulation Shows Promise to Treat Pulmonary Hypertension, Feinstein Institutes Research

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Stavros Zanos is the senior author on the new bioelectronic medicine ultrasound paper. Credit: Feinstein Institutes) milla1cf Wed, 05/08/2024 - 10:57 May 8, 2024 — Ultrasound could one day complement or even replace drugs to treat diseases.

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Medical Imaging Emerging Trends in 2021

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The acceleration in technological innovation has brought a significant transformation in the medical device industry. Some of the ruling trends and technologies of ruling the imaging market as of now are as follows: Computed Tomography (CT) CT scan has become a common phrase in our lives now. Billion in 2020.

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Lack of attention for heart diseases

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Cancer is a very close second actual cause of death in the statistics and together these diseases are responsible for almost 60% of deaths. Where cancer is much more perceived as something which happens to us. Today heart diseases are still the number 1 cause of death both in the USA as in Europe.

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Ways To Reduce The Adverse Impact Of Cath Lab Radiation

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Such radiation increases the risk of cancer and cataract amongst them. Instead, use ultrasound, intravascular ultrasound IVUS, optical coherence tomography OCT or transesophageal echo (TEE). If possible, make use of the vessel road-mapping technology, to reduce the additional fluoro requirement. Avoid the use of fluoro.

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How to Build Smart Cath Labs in 2022?

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Even with success accomplished through extensive propagation of advanced technologies, there is substantial opportunity to advance medical techniques. The acquaintance to ionising radiation is now known to signify a professional risk to interventionalists, with radiation dangers even elevating cancer rates.

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American College of Cardiology ACC.24 Late-breaking Science and Guidelines Session Summary

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Fujifilm Introduces First-of-its-Kind Transducer for On-Pump Intracardiac Echocardiography Imaging (OPIE) for Septal Myectomy

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Early clinical users of the OPIE transducer will discuss how the technology helps to evaluate the ventricular septal thickness during septal myectomy surgery by providing real-time imaging visualization during the 104th American Association for Thoracic Surgery ( AATS ) meeting held April 27-30 in Toronto, ON, Canada.