- Sektör: Medical devices
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- Company Profile:
Boston Scientific Corporation develops, manufactures, and markets medical devices used in various interventional medical specialties worldwide.
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
Temporary symptoms of stroke. A patient who has a TIA may be at higher risk for stroke.
Industry:Medical devices
