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Boston Scientific Corporation develops, manufactures, and markets medical devices used in various interventional medical specialties worldwide.
A condition in which a blocked artery prevents blood flow to the heart muscle, causing the tissue to die. Symptoms may include nausea, shortness of breath, and pain in the chest, arm, or neck. Also called myocardial infarction. It can result in cardiac arrest.
Industry:Medical devices
High blood pressure usually ranging from 140/90 mm Hg to 200/110 mm Hg.
Industry:Medical devices
A disorder of the heart muscle caused by an enlarged heart resulting from the increase in the size of muscle tissue. In some people the disease is transmitted genetically and its cause is unknown.
Industry:Medical devices
Placed inside the body. Automatic implantable cardioverter defibrillator (AICDs), pacemakers and stents are implanted systems.
Industry:Medical devices
A surgical cut or wound produced in order to perform surgery. The incision becomes a scar after surgery..
Industry:Medical devices
An area of deadened tissue resulting from the obstruction of blood circulation that normally nourishes tissue. A myocardial infarction refers to myocardial tissue damage due to interrupted blood flow through a coronary artery. A myocardial infarction is frequently referred to as a heart attack.
Industry:Medical devices
The largest vein in the body. It returns blood from the lower half of the body to the right atrium of the heart.
Industry:Medical devices
Insufficient blood flow to and oxygen deprivation of tissue, usually due to constriction or obstruction of an artery.
Industry:Medical devices
