Daxor Announces Allegheny General Hospital of Pittsburgh, PA Acquires Blood Volume Analyzer BVA-100.NEW YORK -- Daxor Corporation (AMEX AMEX See: American Stock Exchange :DXR DXR Danbury Municipal Airport, Danbury CT (airport code) DXR Data Extraction and Recording DXR X-Director DXR Dynamic Extended Resolution ), a medical instrumentation and biotechnology company, today announced the receipt of a signed trial agreement from Allegheny General Hospital Allegheny General Hospital is a large urban hospital located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. Allegheny General Hospital, also commonly known locally by the acronym "AGH," was founded in 1885 in Pittsburgh's North Side, in the area formally known as Allegheny City. of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1885 on Pittsburgh's historic North Side, Allegheny General Hospital has earned an international reputation for excellence and innovation. Serving Pittsburgh and the surrounding five-state area, the 829-bed academic health center has been recognized over the past eight years by U.S. News & World Report U.S. News & World Report Weekly newsmagazine published in Washington, D.C. U.S. News was founded in 1933 by David Lawrence (1888–1973) to cover important domestic events; he founded World Report in 1945 to treat world news. The two magazines were merged in 1948. magazine as one of "America's Best Hospitals America's Best Hospitals Media & health An annual 'report card' on the quality of care received in US hospitals published by US News & World Report, that is either proudly quoted by those who are rated or dismissed by those who are not " and lauded as one of America's top 25 medical centers by the AARP's Modern Maturity magazine. Daxor's BVA-100 will be located within Allegheny's Nuclear Cardiology Department. Dr. Srinivas Murali, Allegheny's Medical Director of the Gerald E. McGinnis Cardiovascular Institute and Division of Cardiology Director said that, "By directly measuring a patient's blood volume derangement de·range·ment n. 1. Disturbance of the regular order or arrangement of parts in a system. 2. Mental disorder; insanity. de·range and then treating the derangement versus our current surrogate assessments may prove to provide better outcomes for our patients." Dr. Murali, recognized as one of the "Best Doctors" in cardiovascular disease by Pittsburgh Magazine, recipient of the "Most Outstanding Physician" award from the Transplant Recipients International Organization, and honored as one of the "Best Heart Failure Specialists" by Business Week also noted that, "I see many patients with various degrees of blood volume problems. By utilizing a diagnostic tool that actually measures blood volume, I expect to be able to apply a more precise course of treatment to correct volume derangements." A recent scientific report utilizing Daxor's BVA-100 presented during this year's Heart Failure Society Meeting detailed that patients with right-sided heart failure right-sided heart failure Right heart failure Cardiology A disorder in which the right side of the heart loses its ability to pump blood efficiently, often a complication of other disorders Etiology Left-sided heart failure, COPD, emphysema, congenital heart often have a reduction in red cell volume and a compensatory increase in plasma volume. This study demonstrated that by measuring the blood volume a clinician can distinguish between patients who have "true anemia" versus someone who has a normal red cell volume but too much plasma, which is called "hemodiluted anemia". Treatment for true anemia versus hemodiluted anemia is very different. Daxor Corporation manufactures and markets the BVA-100, a FDA FDA abbr. Food and Drug Administration FDA, n.pr See Food and Drug Administration. FDA, n.pr the abbreviation for the Food and Drug Administration. approved, semi-automated Blood Volume Analyzer. The BVA-100 is used in conjunction with Volumex, a single use radiopharmaceutical diagnostic kit. For more information regarding Daxor Corporation's Blood Volume Analyzer BVA-100, visit www.Daxor.com. |
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