See More, Work More Efficiently: Siemens Solutions for Cardiology
To support patients, physicians and clinical staff, Siemens has developed products and solutions especially tailored to the diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular diseases. These include a new cardiac catheter, clinical IT, applications for computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging and a new system for cardiac molecular imaging. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that the number of people dying of cardiovascular diseases will increase to about 23.3 million world-wide by 2030. 
Mainly due to adverse currency effects, Agfa HealthCare's revenue decreased by 2.0 percent to 294 million Euro. Excluding currency effects, revenue remained almost stable. In the Imaging segment, the digital radiography business (consisting of Computed Radiography, Direct Radiography and the hardcopy business) performed strongly, mainly due to the success of the DR product range. 
SAP AG (NYSE: SAP) and Technical University Munich (TUM) announced ProteomicsDB, a new offering based on the SAP HANA platform that stores protein and peptide identifications from mass spectrometry-based experiments. The proteomic data assembled in the new offering resulted in the identification of proteins mapping to over 18,000 human genes. This represents 90 percent coverage of the human proteome. 
The Catharina Hospital (Eindhoven, the Netherlands) and Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA) announced the results of a clinical study involving the treatment of 136 patients with complex heart rhythm disorders such as atrial fibrillation (AF). Using Philips' innovative AlluraClarity system with ClarityIQ technology, developed by Philips for use in image-guided catheter-based interventions, electrophysiologists at the Catharina Hospital were able to reduce patients' exposure to X-ray radiation during the procedure by 42% while maintaining image quality. 
A new electronic record-sharing project in Scotland could help stop 'at risk' children falling through the care net. More than 250 professionals across 10 Child & Adolescent Mental Health Services teams (CAMHS) in the Greater Glasgow area are now providing 'joined up' psychiatric care to more than 5,000 children and teenagers in a ground-breaking scheme.