VIDEO from Medialink and Siemens: Revolutionizing Heart Care
17 January 2007 - 1:44PM
PR Newswire (US)
NEW YORK, Jan. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- According to the American Heart
Association, nearly 80 million U.S. adults suffer from some sort of
cardiovascular disease -- and it is estimated heart disease kills
one American every 36 seconds. Experts say a new CT scanner -- one
many are calling revolutionary -- could change the way doctors
detect and treat this deadly disease. (See video at:
http://media.medialink.com/WebNR.aspx?story=32952) The Siemens
Somatom Definition is the world's first dual-source CT scanner.
That means it uses 2 X-ray sources at the same time, while allowing
doctors to scan every beating heart quickly -- using less radiation
than ever before. Combined with the highly-defined images created
by the system, doctors say the Definition helps them to exclude or
confirm the presence of heart disease with more confidence than
that of earlier CT scanners. The new system helps them to detect
heart disease earlier, when treatment is often more effective. It's
expected the Definition could have its biggest impact in the
emergency room when a patient arrives with chest pains. Doctors
would be able to rule out if a patient is undergoing a pulmonary
embolism, a cardiac coronary event, or an aortic dissection in 20
seconds -- ultimately improving patient care. Registered
journalists can access video, audio, text, graphics and photos for
free and unrestricted use at http://media.medialink.com/.
DATASOURCE: Medialink and Siemens CONTACT: Medialink New York,
+1-888-560-5578 or Web site: http://media.medialink.com/
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