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POITIERS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL 2006, February 27   The previously unseen heart     The heart-and-lung pole of the CHU now has a 64-barrette scanner for its activities in cardiology. This is something new and innovatory, to say the least. Here’s our report. Unbelievable. Phenomenal. Flabbergasting. Professor Joseph Allal, coordinator of the heart-and-lung pole, heaps praise on the latest acquisition of the cardiology ward: a new-generation scanner with 64 barrettes (or sensors) whose technology allows for marvels. “With this tool we are entering into a new world”, recognizes the professor – and so new that the activity proper to the cardio-thoracic scanner is in itself a creation. “We are not replacing one type of materiel with another”, confirms Allal. When all is said and done, the patient comes out winning. Protracted and potentially dangerous coronographies are henceforth virtually a thing of the past. Instead of the two usual days at the hospital, the patient stays there … half an hour. “The millions of euros invested may seem appear considerable, but they ought to be compared with savings in terms of reduced health care costs”, assures Allal. Approximately 150 people have benefited from this technology since mid-January. All sides seen If the patients come out winners, they are not the only ones; the medical teams of the heart-and-lung pole and the imagery specialists are likewise thrilled over the purchase of this 64-barrette “GE” scanner. “One sees the heart as it had never before been seen. Even cardiac surgeons are in a tizzy over this imagery”, recognizes Professor Allal. Reconstituted in images of synthesis, the heart may be turned over repeatedly and seen on all of its sides. Analysis of the coronary interior is facilitated by the four control screens. Comparison with what “was” is all the more evident insofar as these past two years, the Poitiers CHU was already in possession of a 16-barrette scanner. “In this respect, we have really crossed the Rubicon”. The ultra-rapid accession speed (from 5 to 6 seconds) allows a far larger number of patients to be examined by scanner. To sum matters up, the Poitiers CHU has entered anchors aweigh into a new age of technology. The Biopole en masse at Eurobio 2008 Read ...   Water information days (September 23 – September 25) Read ...   The rose and its genetic transformation Read ...   Christian Huyghe aims for “excellence” read...   Creating “medical branches” read...   A neuro-cardio-vascular pole is taking root read...   Valagro on the horticulture market read...   ERM, the winning spin-off read...   GMOs under debate in Poitiers read...   Isabelle Cameleyre, new representative read...   Cystic fibrosis: The molecule of hope read...   Irfaq, a manufacturer of innovations read...   CHU: State-of-the-art quality read...   Soil organic matter under examination read...   Parexel: The Cap provides its support read...   Philippe Michonneau: “The Biopole, fertile soil” read...   Painless monitoring of hepatitis read...   The Biopole structured as an association read...   Futuramat steps up the pace read...   Technova, or life in 3D read...   B Braun burnishes its image read...   Proteomics platform: The CHU strides ahead read...   The three missions of the University Botanical Garden read...   Clinsight in the big leagues read...   Natural energies for an autonomous building read...   Aster-Cephac turns into SGS Cephac read...   The previously unseen heart read...   BIOalternatives diversifies its markets read...   Two Poitiers-based projects awarded read...   IUT pores over biofuels read...   Poitiers, the biotechnology capital read...   PAREXEL wagers on the human factor read...   Saunier and associates wish to diversify read...   Biocydex and BioXtract move forward hand in hand read...   The grass of champions read...   Ianesco steadfastly believes in its future read...   A tumorotheque, what is the purpose it serves? read...   TechnAvOx has turned the corner read...   Larime is aiming for 40 beds in Poitiers read...   Poitiers is out to promote its research read...   A true Biopole milestone read...   A regional cancerology pole in the pipeline for 2007 read...   Nobel prize winners in Poitiers read...   A platform offering numerous advantages read...   @rtMolecule fashions in its own way read...   It’s plastic, it’s fantastic read...   The Poitiers hospital (CHU) stakes its claim read...   BIOalternatives exports its know-how read...   The physiological and computer science engineering program turns 30 read...   The Biopole takes center stage at Investiga read...           Legal mentions