- Industry: Medical devices
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Boston Scientific Corporation develops, manufactures, and markets medical devices used in various interventional medical specialties worldwide.
The portal which controls flow of blood between the right atrium and right ventricle.
Industry:Medical devices
A diagnostic test that uses sound waves read by a probe that moves along the outside of the body..
Industry:Medical devices
Flap-like structures within the heart that open and close to control the flow of blood through and out of the heart.
Industry:Medical devices
The removal, isolation, or destruction of heart muscle cells that cause electrical conduction problems; a procedure to destroy abnormal cells by using radiofrequency (RF) energy and catheters.
Industry:Medical devices
Either of two large veins that return blood to the right atrium of the heart. The superior vena cava returns blood from the head, neck and chest; the inferior vena cava returns blood from the legs and abdomen.
Industry:Medical devices
One of the two lower chambers of the heart. The right ventricle sends unoxygenated blood to the lungs, and the left ventricle passes blood carrying oxygen to the rest of the body. The ventricles are the main pumping chambers of the heart and they contract at the same time.
Industry:Medical devices
An X-ray image of blood vessels or of chambers of the heart that shows the course of a special fluid, called a contrast medium or dye, injected into the bloodstream.
Industry:Medical devices
