GE installs 1,000th Innova

The Texas Heart Institute at St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital in Houston has installed GE Healthcare's Innova digital flat-panel x-ray cardiovascular system, making it the 1,000th system shipped to date.

Texas Heart purchased the Innova 3100 system, used for both cardiac and peripheral vascular studies. The Innova product line also includes the Innova 2000 for cardiac studies and the Innova 4100 for cardiac, vascular and peripheral runoff studies.

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