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...n blood flow. Their work will allow medical device manufacturers to improve the design of devices such as heart valves and pumps, and provide doctors with a way to detect and ultimately correct - the side-effects that commonly afflict patients who receive implants. "This system could revolutionise heart treatment...Practice makes perfect when implanting cardioverter-defibrillator devices
...eives research funding from Medtronic and Guidant, manufacturers of implantable cardioverter-defibrillator devices. Dr. Curtis does consulting work for Medtronic. She is on the speakers bureaus and performs research for Medtronic, Guidant, and St. Jude. Dr. Hammill has received honoraria from Medtronic and Guidant...Study finds new type of silicone implant offers more natural looking breasts, low complication rate
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...nd Greenstone and colleagues were sponsored by the manufacturers of either LABA medications or inhaled steroids. Francine Ducharme, M.D., an author on both reviews, has received speaking and consulting fees from AstraZeneca (producer of formoterol and the steroid budesonide), GlaxoSmithKline (producer of the stero...Most comprehensive USA clinical trial to date shows competing medicated stents work equally well
...teries repaired via angioplasty. However, only two manufacturers produce drug-eluting stents, which are utilized in more than 750,000 coronary procedures annually, and study results have varied on whether one brand was more effective than the other. The STENT registry, which now includes approximately 14, 000 pati...