Heart Disease

VIDEO from Medialink and Siemens: New Technology Helps Diagnose Heart Disease Before It's Too Late

Published in Hospital and Nursing Home Week, May 31st, 2007

It's estimated that heart disease kills one American every 34 seconds, making cardiovascular disease the number one killer in the United States. One of the best ways to stem the tide, according to physicians, is to diagnose heart problems -- and intervene -- early on. Now, new advances in molecular imaging technologies are allowing you to do just that.

(See video from Siemens (NYSE:SI) at: http://media.medialink.com/WebNR.aspx'story=33440)

The Biograph 64 from Siemens combines the anatomical info from CT with the functional information from PET technology. PET and/or CT technologies are rarely used in the ER environment, so this application is fairly...

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