Philips Showcases New Cardiology Solutions at ESC Meet

A range of new cardiology solutions from Philips Healthcare (Dan Best, The Netherlands) demonstrate how innovation in patient-centered care is currently helping to transform cardiovascular disease management.

The Philips EchoNavigator uses a breakthrough technology that provides a new dimension to interventional imaging by combining two live modalities--X-ray and echocardiography--to unite operators and images in an interactive and intuitive way for catheter based structural heart disease (SHD) procedures. It will enable clinicians to perform the procedure efficiently by providing intelligently integrated X-ray and echo images in one view as well as ease of system navigation, saving valuable time and improving patient care.

The Philips Allura ClarityIQ X-ray system offers an average reduction of 50% radiation dose, without sacrificing image quality, in coronary angiography. Initial clinical trials have shown that in other types of applications, such as digital subtraction angiography (DSA), even further dose reduction, of up to 83%, can be achieved. Traditionally, lower radiation dose during interventional X-ray procedures means corresponding lower image quality, which could inhibit clinicians’ ability to accurately diagnose and treat patients.

The Philips IntelliSpace Cardiovascular is a new integrated portfolio of software and services designed to help streamline clinical workflow and improve operational performance across the cardiovascular service line. The solution offers one access point into consolidated patient data, advanced clinical applications, and multimodality images and reports through the patient cardiovascular care continuum. The streamlined solution addresses clinicians’ needs for consistently managing the workflow, including clinical and administrative records for the cardiovascular service line.

The new cardiology solutions were presented during the 2012 Congress of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC), held during August 2012 in Munich (Germany). Philips also hosted the Cardiology Leadership Dialogue, nine expert-led clinical roundtable discussions that provided a forum and opportunity for clinicians to communicate with many of the most eminent members of the cardiac care community, seeking to address some of the most essential questions in cardiology today.

“Philips is committed to providing pioneering and innovative solutions to the major challenges the world currently faces in the management of cardiovascular disease,” said Eric Silfen, chief medical officer of Philips Healthcare. “This year at ESC, we want to showcase new solutions and systems that will enable clinicians to achieve safer, enhanced patient care and outcomes in some of the most complex disease states and procedures; thereby making a true difference to patients’ lives and reducing the significant burden of cardiac disease.”

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