March 3, 2008 - The FDA, National Heart Lung & Blood Institute and National Science Foundation are hosting a Workshop on Computer Methods for Cardiovascular Devices, in Bethesda, MD, from...
February 29, 2008 - Physicians began performing the first European implants of the COGNIS cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillator (CRT-D) and the TELIGEN implantable cardioverter...
February 28, 2008 - The first human received Medtronic’s investigational bifurcation stent, a Y-shaped design that matches the anatomy of lesions that form at the junctions of coronary arteries,...
February 27, 2008 - Boston Scientific Corp. said the FDA approved three products in its Cardiac Rhythm Management business, including the CONFIENT implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD), the...
February 27, 2008 - CircuLite Inc. released preliminary results of a pilot first-in-man study of four patients who have been implanted with the Synergy Pocket Circulatory Assist Device, a micro...
February 26, 2008 - Microsoft Corp. released at HIMSS 2008 its Patient Safety Screening Tool (PSST), a software-based solution designed to help identify potential adverse events that occur during...
February 22, 2008 - According to Millennium Research Group’s Global Markets for C-Arms 2008 report, the U.S. market for fixed C-arm systems, comprising units used for cardiology, angiography and...
February 19, 2008 - A regimen of aspirin, clopidogrel and coumadin started at discharge decreased mortality and major adverse cardiac events (MACE) while keeping bleeding to acceptable levels in...
February 19, 2008 - Among patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI), prior statin therapy is associated with better perfusion after primary angioplasty of the infarct-related artery,...
February 19, 2008 – A novel, fully bioabsorbable salicylate-based stent offers the potential to reduce adverse events associated with current drug-eluting stents (DES) and could be very beneficial...
February 19, 2008 – The first CE certified Nobori Drug-Eluting Coronary Stent System was successfully implanted in Europe, as Terumo Corp. is poised to expand the product from spring 2008 to more...
February 19, 2008 – Clinicians implanted the BioMatrix drug-eluting stent system into the first European patients in a live broadcast during the Joint Interventional Meeting (JIM), held in Rome,...
February 18, 2008 - Abbott received FDA approval for SIMCOR a fixed-dose combination of two cholesterol therapies, Niaspan (Abbott’s proprietary niacin extended-release) and simvastatin, offering...
February 18, 2008 – OrbusNeich’s Genous Bio-engineered R stent is feasible and safe for use in acute myocardial infarction (AMI) patients, according to a paper published in the American Heart...
February 15, 2008 - Siemens received FDA 510(k) clearance for Artis zeego, a robotic-assisted positioning capability for interventions in both radiology and cardiology, as well as the developing...
February 14, 2008 - A new approach called Hybrid Maze combines techniques from two existing procedures to offer patients a minimally invasive treatment for atrial fibrillation.
February 13, 2008 – MEDRAD Inc. delivered the 10,000th Mark V ProVis Angiography Injection System, which is used worldwide for live imaging during therapeutic interventions and diagnostic...
February 12, 2008 – The FDA, National Heart Lung & Blood Institute (NHLBI) and National Science Foundation, are hosting “Workshop on Computer Methods for Cardiovascular Devices,” on March 18-...
February 11, 2008 - Battlefield Imaging of Ringgold, GA, has become the first facility in the U.S. to install the MAGNETOM ESSENZA magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system from Siemens Healthcare,...
February 11, 2008 – A new minimally invasive vascular occlusion device designed to close a patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) received European CE Mark approval.
February 11, 2008 – Medrad Inc. today said it entered into a definitive merger agreement to acquire Possis Medical Inc., which in combination will offer a broader, more comprehensive suite of...
February 8, 2008 - The FDA granted Volcano Corp. 510(k) clearance for its s5-Revo and s5-FFR (fractional flow reserve) options, allowing physicians access phased Array IVUS, Rotational IVUS and...
February 8, 2008 - CryoLife Inc. received 510(k) clearance from the FDA for its CryoValve SG pulmonary human heart valve processed with the company’s proprietary SynerGraft technology, providing a...
February 6, 2008 - The Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) opens the doors of Ashley River Tower, its new state-of-the-art hospital designed to treat patients with cardiovascular and...
February 7, 2008 - Tryton Medical Inc.’s Side Branch Stent obtains CE Mark approval based on results in the Tryton 1 (First-in-Man Study) with No Side-Branch Restenosis in 30 patients, according...
February 7, 2008 - A Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine researcher has launched the first U.S. trial in which a purified form of subjects' own adult stem cells is transplanted...
February 4, 2008 – Fluke Biomedical unveiled today new defibrillator and pacemaker analyzer technologies, the Impulse 6000D Defibrillator Analyzer and the Impulse 7000DP Defibrillator/Pacer...
February 4, 2008 - The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that after completing a review of its 1986 national non-coverage policy for artificial hearts, its preliminary...
February 1, 2008 - NightHawk Radiology will be a radiology provider for the High-Risk Plaque Initiative (HRP Initiative), a joint research effort to advance the understanding and management of...
February 1, 2008 - Stentys' bifurcated stent was successfully implanted recently into a 49-year-old male patient at the ThoraxCenter, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, marking...
