- Industry: Medical devices
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Boston Scientific Corporation develops, manufactures, and markets medical devices used in various interventional medical specialties worldwide.
A recurring blockage caused by excessive cell proliferation inside the artery following an interventional procedure such as angioplasty or stenting.
Industry:Medical devices
An area of tissue that has healed after tissue destruction has occurred. It is electrically inactive. Electrically inactive tissue cannot transmit electrical signals.
Industry:Medical devices
The part of an implanted system that detects the body's need for a different heart rate. The system uses sensor information to provide the proper heart rate.
Industry:Medical devices
The muscular wall that separates the left and right sides of the heart.
Industry:Medical devices
A term used to describe abnormalities of the S-A node, the heart's natural pacemaker. These abnormalities may result in slow, fast, and/or irregular heart rates or sinus arrest.
Industry:Medical devices
Episodes of heart damage by a blocked coronary artery, but is so subtle that is goes unnoticed. Silent heart attacks, or silent ischemia, can be detected by ECG and other lab techniques.
Industry:Medical devices
The small area in the right atrium that starts the electrical impulse that is transmitted through the heart, causing it to beat. The S-A node is often called the natural pacemaker of the heart.
Industry:Medical devices
A sterile room much like the cardiac catheterization room where specific procedures are performed, such as angiograms and angioplasty.
Industry:Medical devices
A tiny, latticed metal tube that is implanted into an artery during an angioplasty. The stent provides scaffolding necessary to hold the artery open and ensure blood flow through the artery.
Industry:Medical devices
