For Eric Peterson, M.D., creating start-ups to market medical inventions that enhance patient care is as important as the ...

Stereotaxis CEO David Fischel says the MAGiC catheter was designed "to overcome the natural limitations of manual pull-wire ...

(Medical Xpress)—Heart catheter procedures guided by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) are as safe as X-ray-guided procedures and take no more time, according to a pilot study conducted at the National ...

A small pilot study has demonstrated that it may one day be possible to replace x-rays with MRI to guide some cardiac catheterization procedures. As reported in the European Heart Journal, researchers ...

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can safely be used in heart catheter procedures, offering a radiation-free alternative to certain X-ray-guided procedures, according to the U.S. National Institutes of ...

June 11, 2009 — Evidence-based catheter-care procedures regarding hand hygiene may significantly reduce the rate of catheter-related bloodstream infections (CRBSIs), according to the results of a ...

SAN FRANCISCO—Patients can safely continue on clopidogrel therapy while undergoing percutaneous tunneled catheter procedures, researchers reported at the 37th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Society ...

First In-Man Experience Exceeds Expectations, Cited as “Game Changer” for Below-the-Knee Procedures CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Summa Therapeutics, LLC announced today that the first-in-man ...

Stereotaxis has won FDA approval for the MAGiC Magnetic Interventional Ablation Catheter. The device is a robotically ...

Insight provides an in-depth look at health care issues in and affecting California. Have a story suggestion? Let us know. A new California law that took effect this year changed state regulations to ...