Medical Imaging News

MicroVention to Be Acquired by Terumo Corporation (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
MicroVention, Inc., a leading developer, manufacturer and marketer of minimally invasive treatments for cerebral and vascular peripheral diseases, announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by Tokyo-based Terumo Corporation, an international manufacturer and provider of general hospital, cardiac, vascular and home healthcare products.
MR Imaging and Angiography of Primary CNS Vasculitis of Childhood – Am J Neuroradiology (subscription)

Organizations Back New Legislation Fighting Heart Disease in Women
Senior Journal – Take the free Learn and Live Quiz. Register after the quiz and we’ll send you a free cookbook. read more… HEART for Women Act would improve the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of heart disease, stroke and other cardiovascular diseases in women …
Reverse traffic (Deccan Herald)
Bangalore is emerging as a hot destination for the global health tourist, finds Naveen Namboodiri. When Amitabh Bachchan s on-screen character took a cancer-struck Jaya Bhaduri to America for treatment in the seventies hit Mili, it was in a last ditch effort to save her life.
Improving Diagnostic Accuracy of MDCT Coronary Angiography in … – Am J Roentgenology (subscription)

Women’s cardiac risk more difficult to detect
Arizona Daily Star – WASHINGTON Conventional tests won’t uncover heart disease in as many as 3 million U.S. women because instead of the usual bulky clogs in main arteries, these women have a hard-to-spot buildup in smaller blood vessels, researchers said Tuesday …

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