- Industry: Medical devices
- Number of terms: 4454
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- Company Profile:
Boston Scientific Corporation develops, manufactures, and markets medical devices used in various interventional medical specialties worldwide.
The second largest vein in the body. It returns blood from the upper half of the body to the right atrium of the heart.
Industry:Medical devices
A group of patients and their family members coordinated by medical professionals. The group provides an opportunity for members to share their experiences with therapy and to discuss any concerns.
Industry:Medical devices
A tachycardia originating from an impulse arising in any portion of the atrium, the A-V node, or the bundle of His.
Industry:Medical devices
A brief period of unconsciousness caused by insufficient blood supply to the brain.
Industry:Medical devices
The highest blood pressure, measured in the arteries when the heart muscle is contracting. Systole is the phase of the cardiac system where the heart contracts and ejects blood from the ventricles..
Industry:Medical devices
Rapid beating of the heart, usually more than 100 beats per minute.
Industry:Medical devices
An incision into the chest that may be made when heart or lung surgery is performed.
Industry:Medical devices
The use of drugs called thrombolytic agents to dissolve (lyse) a blood clot (thrombus).
Industry:Medical devices
A blood clot that forms inside a blood vessel or cavity of the heart. If the blood clot breaks away, it becomes an embolus. Both a thrombus and an embolus can lead to paralysis, blindness, stroke or death.
Industry:Medical devices
