- 行业: Medical devices
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Boston Scientific Corporation develops, manufactures, and markets medical devices used in various interventional medical specialties worldwide.
A sterile X-ray procedure room in which heart catheterization is performed.
Industry:Medical devices
The specialised network of cells in the heart that initiates an electrical signal in the heart and carries it throughout the heart, causing it to beat.
Industry:Medical devices
Volume of blood ejected by the heart per minute. Cardiac output = heart rate x stroke volume, usually measured in litres per minute.
Industry:Medical devices
The field of cardiovascular disease therapy that relates to the detection and treatment of abnormally fast (tachycardia) and abnormally slow (bradycardia) heart rhythms (electrical patterns in the heart).
Industry:Medical devices
A physician trained in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of heart disease.
Industry:Medical devices
A chronic disorder that causes the muscle of the heart to become weakened and not work as efficiently as it should.
Industry:Medical devices
Often referred to as the "heart-lung machine," a circulatory support system that works in place of a patient's heart and lungs, providing blood flow to the whole body during open-heart surgery.
Industry:Medical devices
A surgeon who specialises in surgery of the heart and lungs.
Industry:Medical devices
The use of electrical shock to correct a fast, irregular heart rhythm.
Industry:Medical devices
A device that delivers an electrical shock to the heart to restore its normal rhythm. Can be external or implanted in the body.
Industry:Medical devices
