April 8, 2013 — The FREEDOM trial, the first long-term, comparative study of its kind exclusively for patients with diabetes and advanced multivessel coronary artery disease (CAD) revealed that...
April 8, 2013 — Samsung Electronics America Inc. announced the Samsung Ugeo H60, the first ultrasound system integrating Samsung technology and design introduced to the U.S. medical imaging market...
April 8, 2013 — Angiotech Pharmaceuticals Inc. announced that it entered into a definitive agreement to sell certain of its subsidiaries, comprising Angiotech's interventional products business,...
April 8, 2013 — Archimedes IndiGo — the physician and patient decision-support tool created by Archimedes, Inc. — was chosen last summer as the risk-assessment engine for the new $100,000 mobile...
April 8, 2013 — The American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) has released a list of five interventions whose appropriateness physicians and patients should discuss as part of Choosing Wisely, an...
April 8, 2013 — Terumo Cardiovascular Systems announced it has entered into a multi-year distribution agreement with Nonin Medical Inc. Beginning May 1, 2013, Terumo CVS will distribute Nonin...
April 8, 2013 — Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL) will commence a 30-day planned shutdown for inspection and maintenance of the National Research Universal (NRU) reactor at Chalk River,...
April 5, 2013 — A study led by researchers at the University of North Carolina indicates a newly approved blood thinner blocks a key component of the human blood clotting system and may increase...
April 5, 2013 — One of the leading complaints in the emergency department is chest pain and the timely detection of a heart attack is essential. The Johns Hopkins Hospital presented an abstract at...
April 5, 2013 — Continuing its commitment to provide best-in-class medical devices for the prevention of recurrent pulmonary embolism (PE), Argon Medical Devices Inc. launched the OptionELITE...
April 5, 2013 — Toshiba America Medical Systems Inc. has introduced the Aplio 500 and Aplio 300 CV ultrasound systems to help clinicians more accurately and efficiently diagnose cardiovascular...
April 4, 2013 — Siemens Healthcare has introduced a new version of its cardiovascular imaging and information system. From routine to advanced readings, the new version of syngo...
April 4, 2013 – SunTech Medical has updated its line of automated blood pressure (BP) monitoring with the Tango M2 cardiac stress BP monitor. The new product provides accurate BP measurements...
April 4, 2013 — Endosense has announced that the results of its EFFICAS I prospective multi-center study have led to the development of guidelines for target and minimum contact force (CF), as...
April 4, 2013 — The experimental anti-clotting drug cangrelor solidly outperformed commonly used clopidogrel in a large global trial of patients who underwent coronary stent procedures, according...
April 3, 2013 — BioControl Medical has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval to begin the third and largest phase of INOVATE-HF (INcrease Of VAgal TonE in Heart Failure), a...
April 3, 2013 — An RTI International-developed prototype catheter that can generate live, streaming 3-D ultrasound images from inside the heart received a Cardiovascular Innovation Award at the...
April 2, 2013 — Cardiac Science announced a definitive agreement was signed March 29 to sell its diagnostic cardiology product line to Mortara Instrument Inc. The business consists of the...