1. Volcano Announces Activities at ACC 2010
(Company News/Volcano)

... in the Annual Scientific Sessions of the American College of Cardiology (ACC) Conference from March 14th to March 16th in Atlanta, GA. "The Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI) procedures that benefit ...

2. InfraReDx's LipiScan at ACC Meeting
(Company News/InfraReDx)

... of Large Lipid Core Plaque Detected by Near Infrared Spectroscopy with Post Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Myocardial Infarction Presenter: Brijeshwar S. Maini, M.D., F.A.C.C, co-chair cardiovascular ...

3. 3D X-ray Angiography Visualizes Coronary Lesions
(Cardiology/Cardiology)

... gated, iterative reconstruction approach for providing clinically useful and accurate 3D volumetric images of the coronary arteries for use in percutaneous coronary interventions," study coinvestigator ...

4. MDCT Predicts Results Following Stenting
(Communities/CT)

... stenosis on angiography who underwent subsequent MDCT angiography shortly before elective percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). Researchers assessed target lesions for low-, moderate-, and high-attenuation ...

5. Association Between CT Angiography & Myocardial Infarction
(Cardiology/Cardiology)

... component in the target lesion was calculated using Color Code Plaque. Post-procedural creatine kinase-MB isoform and troponin-T (TnT) at 18 hours after percutaneous coronary intervention were also evaluated. ...

6. CE Mark for Volcano's OCT, Catheter
(Company News/Volcano)

... Officer of Volcano, commented, "Volcano is committed to expanding our technology leadership in intravascular imaging, both to complement everyday PCI (percutaneous coronary intervention) technique, and ...

7. EDIMS ED EMR Helping New Jersey Hospitals
(Company News/EDIMS, LLC)

... EMR. One example of cardiac care improvement since the adoption of EDIMS is with a key treatment for heart attack patients, percutaneous coronary interventions (PCIs), that must be performed within 90 ...

8. Oral Drug Reduces Cardiac Events in PCI Patients
(Communities/Cardiac Vasculature)

... Outcomes (PLATO) trial, a subset of 8,430 patients who were in the midst of ST-elevation heart attacks (STEMI) and were scheduled for primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) with stenting received ...

9. St. John Medical Center gets Approval for Angioplasty Program
(Communities/Cardiac Vasculature)

... artery using a catheter. It means patients needing the procedure — also called percutaneous coronary intervention or PCI — will no longer have to go to Vancouver or Portland hospitals. For the past two ...

10. St. Jude Medical to Showcase Complete Cardiovascular Access, Intervention and Hemostasis Management Solutions at TCT 2009
(Company News/St Jude Medical, Inc.)

... for Percutaneous Coronary Interventions: Access, Lesion Assessment, Closure" on Thursday, Sept. 24 from 6:30 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. Dr. Robert J. Applegate, Medical Director of the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory ...

11. PLC Medical Systems to Demonstrate RenalGuard at TCT 2009, Building on Success at ESC 2009
(Company News/PLC Systems Inc.)

... 90 chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients undergoing elective or urgent percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI). Approximately 14.9% of the patients in the control group were determined to have acquired ...

12. PLC Medical Systems to Demonstrate RenalGuard(R) at EuroPCR 2009
(Company News/PLC Systems Inc.)

... function undergoing a Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI). "Following the spirit of EuroPCR, our commitment during these live cases is to provide valuable clinical education to EuroPCR attendees," ...

13. Iso-Osmolar x-ray dye falters in PCI study
(Modalities/Radiology )

... study has found that an x-ray dye intended to reduce stress on the kidneys did not prevent renal injury during percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in patients who already had compromised kidney function. ...

14. Coronary CT for plaque characterization and quantification
(Communities/CT)

... used to better evaluate coronary artery lesions in determining the need for and planning of percutaneous coronary intervention, and is not a stand alone procedure. Now coronary CT allows atherosclerotic ...

15. New biodegradable magnesium stents for coronary arteries
(Imported/Imported)

... will need to be followed up closely and for a long time. Whether bioabsorbable stents signal the threshold of a new era for percutaneous coronary intervention is yet to unfold.” Source: The Lancet  ...

16. 'False-positive' activation of cardiac catheterization laboratory may occur in some patients with suspected heart attack
(Communities/Cardiac Vasculature)

... from a regional system that included transfer of patients with STEMI from 30 community and rural hospitals with pre-transfer catheterization laboratory activation for percutaneous coronary intervention ...

17. Patients appear to be at increased risk of adverse events within three months after stopping clopidogrel therapy for ACS
(Imported/Imported)

... for acute coronary syndrome (ACS) for patients treated either medically or with percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI - procedures such as balloon angioplasty or stent placement used to open narrowed ...

18. New ultrasound technique predicts wall motion recovery after AMI
(Communities/Ultrasound)

... percutaneous coronary intervention.  ...

19. Acute coronary syndrome therapy improvements linked with fewer deaths and improved clinical outcomes
(Imported/Imported)

... statins, angiotensin-converting enzyme [ACE] inhibitors, thienopyridines with or without percutaneous coronary intervention [PCI], glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitors, low-molecular-weight heparin). Use of ...

20. Angioplasty reduces long-term cardiac risk among heart patients with 'silent' ischemia
(Communities/Cardiac Vasculature)

When compared with intensive drug therapy, percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI, angioplasty) was more beneficial in reducing the long-term risk of major cardiac events among heart attack survivors ...