Biotronik enrolled the first patients in an expansion of their ongoing ProMRI trial to test its pacemaker system.

Phase A of the study evaluated the safety of current Biotronik pacemaker systems during magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans with exclusion zones of the chest area, and was completed on November 18, 2013.

Experts from the American Society of Echocardiography (ASE), in collaboration with the Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (SCMR) and the Society for Pediatric Radiology (SPR), released a guideline, Multimodality Imaging Guidelines for Patients With Repaired Tetralogy of Fallot: A Report from the American Society of Echocardiography Writing Group, to help optimize lifetime management of patients with repaired tetralogy of Fallot (TOF). 

A paper in World Heart Federation’s journal Global Heart advocates for the inclusion of ultrasound in medical education programs to fully realize its benefits as early as possible. The review is by J. Christian Fox, professor of clinical emergency medicine and director of instructional ultrasound, University of California Irvine School of Medicine and colleagues.

The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA), an infection control organization, issued voluntary recommendations regarding physician attire in Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. White coats, neckties, and wrist watches can become contaminated and may potentially serve as vehicles to carry germs from one patient to another.

Direxion Torqueable Microcatheter

myMedImage has launched a $200,000 crowd funding campaign on IndieGogo to provide free access to a DICOM compliant PACS system through which physicians can store, share and access medical images from around the world.

EOS Imaging received the 2013 North America Frost & Sullivan Award for Product Innovation Leadership. 

Orfit Industries America, North American subsidiary of Orfit Industries, received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance to market its Nanor hybrid thermoplastic technology for use in immobilization masks for radiation therapy. The company estimates immobilization products using the advanced technology will become available for sale in the United States during the first half of 2014.

Prodigy Support Catheter

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