May 11, 2007 — Northwestern University in Chicago has published results of a one-year study of roughly 5,500 patients who underwent angioplasty for the insertion of drug-eluting stents (DES) — it...
May 9 — Brookwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Targeted Technology Ventures LLC have announced the creation of a collaborative joint venture — Aeon Bioscience, Inc. — a company that will work to...
May 9, 2007 — Edwards Lifesciences Corp., a global developer of heart valves, has announced the first clinical study results of the recently introduced Edwards Myxo ETlogix annuloplasty ring. The...
May 9, 2007 — Allied Minds, an investment corporation specializing in early stage university business ventures, has teamed with the University of Colorado to establish Illumasonix LLC, a start-up...
May 9, 2007 — Biosense Webster Inc., a worldwide leader in cardiac mapping and ablation, and Medtronic Inc., world leader in implanted cardiac rhythm devices, have announced plans to collaborate...
May 9, 2007 — Biosense Webster today announced commercial availability of its EZ Steer NAV Bi-Directional Catheter, indicated for use with the Carto XP System, a unique navigational system that...
May 8, 2007 - OBS Medical and Physio-Control Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Medtronic Inc., announced they have entered into a strategic relationship to improve patient safety through medical...
May 7, 2007 — Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics Inc. has initiated a voluntary, nationwide recall of two lots of a diagnostic test used by physicians to aid in the diagnosis of injury to heart muscle and...
May 7, 2007 — Steven E. Nissen, M.D., chairman of the Department of Cardiovascular Medicine at Cleveland Clinic, and immediate past president of the American College of Cardiology, has been named...
May 7, 2007 — Hansen Medical Inc. has announced it has obtained FDA clearance for commercialization of the Sensei Robotic Catheter System and Artisan Control Catheter to facilitate manipulation,...
May 7, 2007 — Australia's adult stem cell company, Mesoblast Limited, has announced that the FDA has cleared the Investigational New Drug Submission (IND) of its U.S.-based sister company,...
May 7, 2007 Stereotaxis Inc. announced today that it has developed an innovative new single-screen user interface that provides an unprecedented level of interventional lab integration. The...
May 7, 2007 — Thoratec Corp., a global maker of products to treat cardiovascular disease, says the FDA has approved an IDE (Investigational Device Exemption) supplement that allows enrollment of...
May 7, 2007 — Citing issues related to potentially suboptimal therapeutic dosing of paclitaxel, Conor Medsystems, LLC, has concluded that the COSTAR II (CObalt Chromium STent with...
May 3, 2007 — Next Thursday, May 10, in Denver, CO, more than 25 leading heart advocacy groups will announce the formation of the Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA) Coalition, dedicated to advancing...
May 3, 2007 — According to a Dow Jones News Service article published by Star Tribune, Minneapolis St. Paul, Boston Scientific Corp. is reviewing its portfolio and will consider selling parts that...
May 2, 2007 — Reuters Health reports that scientists have proved that smoking during pregnancy can have lasting detrimental effects on the developing heart. In a study conducted at the Center for...
May 2, 2007 — Responding to AHA data that estimates 79 million American adults (one in three) have one or more types of cardiovascular disease, Siemens Medical Solutions has announced availability...
May 1, 2007 — AngioDynamics Inc. announced today the introduction of its Profiler Balloon Dilatation Catheter in the U.S. market. The new low profile balloon catheter is indicated for general...
