CHICAGO--April 1, 2003--
Researchers to Explore New Techniques Aimed at Curing Heart Problems
GE Medical Systems today announced at the 52nd Annual Scientific Session of the American College of Cardiology, being held this week in Chicago, a first-of-its-kind research initiative aimed at helping doctors make faster diagnosis, and even identify the causes of irregular heart rhythms, resulting in better patient care.
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CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 31, 2003--
New analysis technology assists clinicians to non-invasively identify
patients who may be at risk of potentially fatal ventricular
arrhythmias during standard exercise testing
Now, for the first time, doctors can quickly identify certain heart patients at elevated risk of sudden cardiac death during standard, time domain exercise testing, without subjecting them to costly and invasive procedures.
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FAIRFIELD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 31, 2003--GE will Webcast its previously announced meeting with analysts on Wednesday, April 2. The presentations, which will focus on GE's Commercial Finance and Consumer Finance businesses and provide a brief GE update, will be available at www.ge.com/investor starting at noon.
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March 31, 2003 -- EVENDALE, Ohio - GE's CF6-80C2 engine has been selected to power the four Boeing 767 Tanker Transport Aircraft of the Japanese Defense Agency (JDA), in an engine order valued at $80 million.
Ito-Chu Corporation, sales representative of the Boeing Company, proposed the CF6-80C2-powered 767 Tanker Transport Aircraft in order to maximize the benefits of logistical and operational commonality with the four CF6-80C2-powered Boeing E-767 AWACS (Airborne Warning and Control System) aircraft in the JDA fleet.
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CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 30, 2003--
GE Medical Systems introduces technology that allows healthcare
professionals to customize patient privacy measures for patient
information
Clinicians can now provide even greater privacy and confidentiality of electronic medical records for invasive cardiology patients.
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HOUSTON, TEXAS (March 28, 2003) --- GE Aero Energy Products (GE AEP), a business unit of GE Power Systems, will supply one LM6000 Sprint™ gas turbine-generator package to Brownsville Public Utilities Board of Brownsville, Texas. The LM6000 will be used as a peaking unit to power to the City of Brownsville.
The 45-megawatt LM6000 gas turbine-generator unit, packaged by GE at its Oslo, Norway facility, will be installed at the Silas Ray Power Plant in Brownsville.