- Industry: Medical devices
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Boston Scientific Corporation develops, manufactures, and markets medical devices used in various interventional medical specialties worldwide.
Information gathered by an Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD) or pacemaker to evaluate a patient's rhythm status, verify system operation, or assure delivery of appropriate system therapies.
Industry:Medical devices
The lowest blood pressure, measured in the arteries when the heart muscle is relaxed between beats. Diastole is the phase of the cardiac system where the heart rests.
Industry:Medical devices
The gradual opening of a narrowed artery by cracking and compressing the obstructive plaque.
Industry:Medical devices
A non-invasive test that records a sound wave picture of the heart and gives information about the heart valves and the function of the heart's muscular walls. An echo test can also measure ejection fraction (how efficiently the heart is pumping with each contraction).
Industry:Medical devices
A printout from an electrocardiography machine used to record the electrical activity of the heart, as sensed from the surface of the skin.
Industry:Medical devices
A metal chip used to transmit or receive electrical impulses from one point to another.
Industry:Medical devices
A picture of the electrical activity of the heart as detected from within the heart. An EGM is different from an ECG, which is a picture of the heart's electrical activity detected from the surface of the skin.
Industry:Medical devices
Invisible lines of force that are created from the flow of electricity, such as when using an electrical device that is plugged into an outlet or operated by a battery.
Industry:Medical devices
