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Riverain Technologies Launches New FDA-Cleared Technology, Expands Globally

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4, 2025 Riverain Technologies recently announced it expanded across eight countries in 2024 and added nearly 50 new customers with its ClearRead solutions to clearly, confidently and quickly detect cardiothoracic diseases. tim.hodson Tue, 02/04/2025 - 16:21 Feb.4,

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Cryoanalgesia: Innovative Freezing Technology for Sternotomy Pain

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An estimated 700,000 sternotomies are performed annually in the United States. It is a serious surgery that opens up the chest cavity through the breastbone, or sternum, to gain access to the lungs and heart.

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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.

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Introducing New Technology to an Institution

Society of Thoracic Surgeons - Technology

Blog Introducing New Technology to an Institution jbagley Wed, 03/02/2022 - 11:15 Innovation and new technology are essential to the progress of any specialty. Within cardiothoracic surgery, the development of cardiopulmonary bypass in the 1950s was critical for shaping our field with new operations and improved patient outcomes.

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CORA: Your Cardiothoracic Online Resource Assistant

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CORA: Your Cardiothoracic Online Resource Assistant kgilmartin Mon, 01/13/2025 - 09:39

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The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Launches New Valve Surgery Risk Calculators

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milla1cf Tue, 04/30/2024 - 13:03 April 30, 2024 — The expanding use of transcatheter technologies has changed the landscape in the treatment of valvular disease in adult cardiac patients, with valve surgery rapidly shifting to more complex interventions frequently involving other concomitant procedures. Romano , MD, MS.

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Medtronic Launches the Avalus Ultra Valve Engineered for Ease of Use at Implant and Lifetime Patient Management

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milla1cf Tue, 04/23/2024 - 15:53 April 23, 2024 — Medtronic plc, a global leader in healthcare technology, today announced the launch of its latest innovation in cardiac surgery, the Avalus Ultra valve. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2022 Aug 3;62(3) 10 Klautz RJM, Rao V, Reardon MJ, et al.