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Ventripoint Installs Whole Heart Analysis System in MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston
(TheNewswire) Toronto, Ontario - The Newswire - October 08, 2020 ...
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[{"type":"text","content":"Ventripoint Installs Whole Heart Analysis System in MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston\n \n \n (TheNewswire)\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Toronto, Ontario\n \n \n - The Newswire\n \n \n - October 08, 2020\n \n \n -\nVentripoint Diagnostics Ltd.\n \n \n (\"\n \n \n Ventripoint\n \n \n \" or\nthe \"\n \n \n Company\n \n \n \"), (TSXV:VPT\n \n \n )\n \n \n ;\n \n \n (\n \n \n OTC:VPTDF) is\npleased to announce that it has remotely installed the latest version\nof its whole-heart analysis system (VMS+3.0) in the\n \n \n University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. It is one of\nthe world's most respected centers devoted exclusively to cancer\npatient care, research, education and prevention as recorded by being\nranked one of the top two hospitals for cancer care every year for the\nlast 30 years.\n \n \n \n \n \"The first unit in the United State has been\ninstalled in a cancer hospital because patients who receive therapy\nfor cancer often develop chronic heart conditions as the therapy is\ntoxic to active cells, like heart muscle cells,\" stated Dr.\nGeorge Adams, CEO and Executive Chairman of Ventripoint. \"The\ndeleterious effects of chemotherapy on the heart have been known for\ndecades - it is time to improve the monitoring of heart function\nduring therapy and adjust the treatments to minimize the\ndamage.\"\n \n \n \n \n This is the first installation of the VMS+3.0 in the\nUnited States. It is also the first VMS+3.0 unit which has been\nremotely installed in the United States and so demonstrates the\nuniversality of the installation process.\n \n \n \n \n A key addition to the VMS+3.0 was a complete\nworkstation to allow remote analysis of echocardiograms in viewing\nrooms within the hospital. Unlike Europe where the cardiologist\ncaptures and analyzes the images on the ultrasound unit, in the United\nStates, sonographers collect the images into a standardized DICOM file\nand uploads them to an internal server (PACS) so they can be retrieved\nand analyzed by a cardiologists in a viewing room. Viewing rooms are\nequipped with workstations and high-resolution screens to optimize the\nimages.\n \n \n Accordingly, the Company elected to\nincorporate a workstation into the VMS+3.0. While the VMS+3.0 is\ndesigned to deal with low-quality images and allow for analysis on the\nunit itself, it never hurts to have optimal ...