- Industry: Medical devices
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Boston Scientific Corporation develops, manufactures, and markets medical devices used in various interventional medical specialties worldwide.
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
A lengthwise incision through the breastbone (sternum) that may be made when open-heart surgery is performed.
Industry:Medical devices
A diagnostic test using an ECG machine and a stationary bicycle or treadmill to monitor or assess areas of the heart that may have a decreased blood supply.
Industry:Medical devices
Tissue damage in the brain caused by lack of oxygen. Damage depends on the location and extent of brain tissue affected.
Industry:Medical devices
A death due to electrical problems in the heart. SCD is usually caused by ventricular tachycardia or fibrillation. SCD is different from a heart attack, which results from heart muscle damage from blood flow blockage, rather than an electrical problem. SCD commonly results from sudden cardiac arrest (SCA).
Industry:Medical devices
