Abbott Northwestern Heart Hospital installs NEC LCD monitors

NEC Display Solutions recently announced its LCD displays have been installed at Abbott Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis, Minn. The professional-level NEC MultiSync LCD2180UX and the medical-grade MD21GS will be used within Abbott 's Heart Hospital in the cath labs and throughout the nursing floors for reading cardiac angiograms and viewing MRI and CT scans, NEC said.

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