- Industry: Medical devices
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- Company Profile:
Boston Scientific Corporation develops, manufactures, and markets medical devices used in various interventional medical specialties worldwide.
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
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
A pacemaker with two leads that can pace and/or sense in two chambers to correct slow heart rhythms. One lead is placed in the right atrium; the other is placed in the right ventricle.
Industry:Medical devices
A pulse generator that paces and senses a single heart chamber, either the right atrium or right ventricle.
Industry:Medical devices
A spontaneous, early contraction of heart muscle caused by an electrical impulse outside the normal conduction path. Premature Atrial Contractions (PAC) occurs in the atria. Premature Ventricular Contraction (PVC) occur in the ventricle.
Industry:Medical devices
The artery leading from the right ventricle of the heart to the lungs.
Industry:Medical devices
An embolism that lodges in the pulmonary artery or its branches.
Industry:Medical devices
An accumulation or build-up of fatty deposits, calcium, and/or cell debris in an artery that leads to narrowing of the blood vessel.
Industry:Medical devices
