- Industry: Medical devices
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Boston Scientific Corporation develops, manufactures, and markets medical devices used in various interventional medical specialties worldwide.
The rhythmic squeezing of the heart muscle that causes blood to be pumped out of the heart chambers and into the body. Each contraction produces a heartbeat.
Industry:Medical devices
The blood vessels that carry oxygenated blood from the aorta to the heart muscle. There are three major coronary arteries: the right coronary artery, the left anterior descending artery, and the circumflex artery.
Industry:Medical devices
An operation performed to circumvent blocked coronary arteries and deliver/redirect blood to areas of the heart receiving insufficient blood flow. More than 350,000 Americans undergo coronary bypass each year. Also referred to as coronary bypass surgery.
Industry:Medical devices
A progressive disease of the heart caused by narrowing of the coronary arteries from plaque in the blood. This results in a decreased blood supply to the heart muscle. Also called ischemic heart disease and coronary heart disease.
Industry:Medical devices
An obstruction of one of the coronary arteries that hinders blood flow to some part of the heart muscle. Also called coronary thrombosis.
Industry:Medical devices
The termination of a fast, erratic, and often fatal heart rate by delivering a high-energy electrical shock to restore the heart's normal rhythm. A shock is administered through electrodes placed on the chest (external defibrillation) or in the heart (internal defibrillation).
Industry:Medical devices
A device that delivers an electric shock to stop extremely rapid and irregular heartbeats and return the heart to normal rhythm. Can be external or implanted in the body.
Industry:Medical devices
Blood low in oxygen returning from the body tissues to the heart for circulation through the lungs, where it becomes oxygenated.
Industry:Medical devices
A disease in which the body doesn't produce or properly use insulin. Insulin is needed to convert sugar and starch into the energy needed in daily life. The full name for this condition is diabetes mellitus.
Industry:Medical devices
