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Atherosclerosis
Intravascular ultrasound system for atherosclerosis diagnosis introduced
June 17th, 2005
Volcano Corporation announced the commercial launch of its patented VH IVUS system, the first technology to enable real time (in the cardiac catheterization lab) compositional assessment of atherosclerotic plaques in coronary arteries. The VH IVUS technology is now available on new VOLCANO systems or as an upgrade to VOLCANO's installed base of intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) systems in medical centers throughout the world. Previously, assessment of atherosclerotic disease was limited to 2D views of symptom-causing narrowing of the coronary arteries by way of contrast agent-enhanced X-Ray imaging. More recently, grayscale IVUS allowed for...
Source: Drug Week (2005-06-17)
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