Angiology
First Use in a Patient of the InfraReDx LipiScan(TM) Coronary Imaging System
Published in Food and Drug Law Weekly, May 30th, 2008
InfraReDx, Inc. announced that physicians at Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak, Mich., have successfully used its LipiScan(TM) Coronary Imaging System in a patient undergoing a cardiac catheterization. This is the first patient in the world in whom it has been possible to assess the chemical composition of coronary artery plaques and utilize such information to assist in the management of coronary artery disease.
Dr. Daniel Schultz, Director of the FDA Center for Devices and Radiological Health, has stated, "This is the first device that can help assess the chemical make-up of coronary artery plaques and help physicians identify those plaques with lipid cores, which may be...
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