- Industria: Medical devices
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- Company Profile:
Boston Scientific Corporation develops, manufactures, and markets medical devices used in various interventional medical specialties worldwide.
Medical instruments or procedures that do not require cutting the skin..
Industry:Medical devices
Surgery performed on the opened heart while the bloodstream is diverted through a heart-lung machine to sustain normal oxygenation and circulation.
Industry:Medical devices
Death of an area of heart tissue due to a blockage of blood flow to the heart muscle (myocardium). Symptoms may include nausea, shortness of breath, and pain in the chest, arm, or neck. Also called a heart attack.
Industry:Medical devices
Oxygen deprivation of the heart muscle caused by a blockage in the blood vessels serving a particular region of the heart.
Industry:Medical devices
An inflammation of the middle layer of the heart (the myocardium). Often begins as an infection by bacteria, viruses or other microbes. May result in enlarged ventricle.
Industry:Medical devices
Irregular, rapid beating or pulsation of the heart not necessarily an indication that you have an arrhythmia.
Industry:Medical devices
An atrial tachycardia that starts and stops suddenly. The atrial rate may be as fast as 160-220 bpm.
Industry:Medical devices
Insertion of a lead or catheter into a vein by means of an introducer. A small needle puncture is made in the vein to gain entry for the lead or catheter.
Industry:Medical devices
Inflammation of the pericardium, the membranous sac that surrounds the heart.
Industry:Medical devices
