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Medical technology refers to the medical procedures , devices , drugs and surgical procedures that are employed in medical care . In addition to this it encompasses pharmaceuticals , medical techniques as well as modern equipment . There are several documented technologies that can vividly illustrate medical technology . For instance , there are medical and surgical procedures such as joint replacements and angioplasty . New support systems have been specially developed for medical use and they consist of telemedicine , transmission of both information and electronic medical records . Moreover , medical

devices such as organ transplants implantable defibrillators and computerized tomography scanners have equally been developed . Furthermore , there are advances in pharmaceutical drugs which include the innovation of drugs such as azidothymidine and other biologic agents that are mainly used improve rehabilitative , diagnostic and therapeutic procedures employed in the medical field . It is therefore the objective of this to vividly illustrate the positive impact of medical technology from a national perspective (Patel and Rushefsky , pp 318

Comparing the former years and the present medical care in the United States , it is worth noting that the heart disease which consequently causes numerous heart attacks has for a very long time been the leading cause of deaths . With the influx of technology in relation to the treatment of heart diseases there have been drastic improvements towards the prevention and treatment of heart diseases with time . Cardiac care units were introduced in the United States medical fields in the 1970s where coronary artery bypass surgery became...