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Interventional procedures guided by X-ray imaging are replacing more invasive open surgeries in a growing number of medical situations. This decreases the potential postoperative complications for ...

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Organization for Occupational Radiation Safety in Interventional Fluoroscopy (ORSIF) today announced the release of a new economic study entitled “Economic Impacts of ...

HOLLYWOOD, FL—Conventional angiography that depends on fluoroscopy to derive images carries the risk of radiation exposure to both patients and operators, a growing concern as procedures become ...

Fluoroscopy -- a diagnostic tool that captures and displays a continuous x-ray image in real time -- has been a standard in the medical field for more than 100 years, currently holding a 35% share of ...

Operator experience per se is not necessarily associated with a decrease of the radiation dose per procedure. Experienced operators can choose to make complex, time-consuming procedures and they can ...

QUEBEC CITY, QC — Transradial access for PCI is associated with a "small but significant" increase in operator and patient radiation exposure during both diagnostic and interventional procedures ...

Here’s what you should know: 1. The requirements apply to accredited ambulatory care organizations, office-based surgery practices and hospital organizations that provide fluoroscopy services. 2. The ...

BOSTON & LAKE OSWEGO, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--BIOTRONIK, a leading manufacturer of cardiovascular medical technology, today announced an agreement to be the U.S. distributor of CFI Medical’s ...

Johnson & Johnson MedTech has secured a broad approval from the FDA enabling several of its atrial fibrillation treatments to be used without real-time X-ray fluoroscopy. The company’s Biosense ...