- Industria: Medical devices
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Boston Scientific Corporation develops, manufactures, and markets medical devices used in various interventional medical specialties worldwide.
A fast heartbeat caused by abnormal impulses coming from a single area of the heart. These abnormal impulses take over the "pacemaker" function of the S-A node. The rapid heartbeat can produce symptoms of fainting, dizziness, weakness, blind spots, and potentially, unconsciousness and cardiac arrest.
Industry:Medical devices
A diagnostic procedure in which catheters are passed through blood vessels to take pictures of the vessels or chambers of the heart.
Industry:Medical devices
A type of supraventricular tachycardia (SVT) caused by extra electrical pathways that conduct electrical impulses faster than normal or conduct impulses in both directions. Named after Wolff, Parkinson & White. They were the first physicians to describe this SVT in 1930, but it was not officially a confirmed/documented disease until 1944.
Industry:Medical devices
A minimally invasive procedure whereby a balloon dilatation catheter is passed through to the blocked area of an artery. Once inflated, the catheter compresses the plaque against the blood vessel wall, re-establishing blood flow. An angioplasty can also be performed with a stent or atherectomy. Also called percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty, or PTCA.
Industry:Medical devices
A drug that prevents an abnormal heart rhythm from occurring. These drugs help the heart beat more regularly.
Industry:Medical devices
A method of treating ventricular tachycardia (an abnormally fast heartbeat) by stimulating the heart with a preset rapid series of electrical pulses, re-establishing a normal heartbeat.
Industry:Medical devices
The largest artery in the body, which delivers oxygenated blood from the left ventricle of the heart to the tissues of the body.
Industry:Medical devices
The aortic valve is the heart's main doorway between the left ventricle and the aorta. The aortic valve can be affected by a range of problems that render the valve leaky (regurgitant or insufficient) or partially shut (stenotic).
Aortic valve replacement is the procedure to replace patient's aortic valve with an artificial valve. A major new study found that snaking a new one in through an artery significantly improved the chances that patients without an open heat surgery.
Industry:Medical devices
Sudden cessation or stopping of the heart’s pumping function due to a rhythm dysfunction call ventricular fibrillation; sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) can cause death within minutes after onset of symptoms.
Industry:Medical devices
