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May 30, 2007 -- The Canadian Press reports this week that people in the greatest need of cardiac medications and interventions are less likely than moderately ill patients to get the full range of heart drugs and procedures, and it may be because they fail the "eyeball" test.

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May 30, 2007 — Cardiovascular Associates, Kingsport, TN, has announced the successful implant of a new investigational ...

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May 29, 2007 — Frost & Sullivan is launching a new end user study on the state of adoption for atrial fibrillation ...

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May 29, 2007 — Stentys says the results of preclinical testing of its bifurcated stent were reported at last week's ...

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May 29, 2007 — The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced on May 25 a decision to provide coverage for Doppler monitoring of cardiac output in certain settings, removing the past noncoverage of this diagnostic test in these settings and adopting an evidence-based approach to healthcare.

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May 29, 2007 — Medtronic Inc. has enrolled the first patient in the landmark PROTECT clinical study, the largest ...

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May 29, 2007 — The FDA has cleared the CORDIS ENTERPRISE Vascular Reconstruction Device and Delivery System under the Humanitarian Device Exemption — it is used with embolic coils for the treatment of intracranial aneurysms. It consists of a self-expanding stent and a delivery system. The stent serves as a scaffold for embolic coils to prevent herniation of the coils into the parent vessel.

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May 29, 2007 — Abbott announced positive results last week from ABSORB, the world’s first clinical trial evaluating the ...

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May 29, 2007 — Doctors at University of Pittsburgh Medical School, (UPMC) have begun a study using an investigational ...

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May 29, 2007 — Abbott announced Friday, May 25, that it has initiated a voluntary, nationwide recall of its ARCHITECT ...

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May 29, 2007 — Boston Scientific Corp. has received CE Mark for its TAXUS Liberte Long paclitaxel-eluting coronary stent ...

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May 29, 2007 — The FDA has cleared the Mynx VCS vascular closure system (VCD) by AccessClosure designed to seal a ...

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May 29, 2007 — Orqis Medical Corp., a clinical-stage company developing devices for the treatment of congestive heart ...

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May 29, 2007 — Agfa HealthCare, a leading provider of IT enabled clinical workflow and diagnostic imaging solutions, has ...

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May 23, 2007 — MedicalCV Inc. has announced that the United States Patent and Trademark Office ("USPTO") has issued ...

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