TCT 2008

Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics symposium

Washington Convention Center, Washington DC

12 October 2008 – 17 October 2008

At TCT 2008, cardiologists and clinicians are invited to discover Philips innovations for minimally invasive interventions, experience these technologies via live cases featuring Philips customers, and discover how our solutions improve workflow, while enhancing the diagnosis and treatment for coronary, vascular and structural heart diseases.

	Planning: Minimally invasive interventions New at TCT 2008, the CX50 CompactXtreme ultrasound system brings premium technologies from the Philips iE33 system to a compact form. The CX50 can be hand-carried or wheeled on its ergonomic cart into the procedure room to perform transthoracic or transesophageal echo with confidence,
even on technically difficult patients. To address interventional and surgical planning for structural heart conditions, Philips ultrasound solutions also will feature live 3D TEE on the iE33 system, offering real-time 3D images of the beating heart before, during and after procedures. For CT customers, Philips will showcase CT Comprehensive Cardiac Analysis (CCA) with 3D-QCA, which is used to perform detailed evaluation of the coronary arteries and advanced ventricular functional analysis. To further enhance interventional planning, Philips will offer comprehensive MR tools to visualize cardiac and vascular structures.

	Treatment: Minimally invasive interventions The Philips cath lab experience will present customers with seamless interaction between image acquisition and visualization technologies, hemodynamic monitoring and charting, cath lab and statistical reporting, and multimodality image access, viewing and storage. This connected solution features the
third generation Allura Xper FD family, Xper Information Management, and Xcelera multimodality information management solution. For cath labs performing both cardiac and vascular interventions, Philips will highlight proven clinical tools like Allura 3D Coronary Angiography and StentBoost, as well as several new Allura Xper FD 20 features including a larger, tableside module with the ability to download images or runs to a USB stick. Finally, Xper Cradle is essential for state-of-the-art hybrid (OR/cath) labs, a trend that Philips is addressing through current and planned innovations and partnerships. Reporting: Minimally invasive interventions In addition to Xper Information Management’s statistical and clinical reporting, inventory management and scheduling solutions, customers at TCT can also experience the new Philips Cardiovascular Information Management System (CVIS). This solution is able to collect and aggregate data relative to the cardiac care of patients, and allows for a comprehensive, patient-centric presentation of this data to care givers across specialties.