CardioDx Inc. announced results of two studies indicating that Corus CAD, a blood-based gene expression test, may help reduce unnecessary cardiac testing and costs by aiding clinician decision-making in the evaluation of women with obstructive coronary artery disease (CAD) symptoms. The studies were presented at The North American Menopause Society (NAMS) 2013 Annual Meeting in Dallas, Texas.

Preventice Inc. has received CE mark certification for its BodyGuardian remote monitoring system.

Critical Diagnostics announced that results of the Heart Failure: A Controlled Trial Investigating Outcomes of Exercise (HF-Action) study published in the American Heart Association’s (AHA’s) Circulation: Heart Failure demonstrates that levels of the biomarker ST2 are predictive of long-term outcomes for people suffering with heart failure and identify those patients who may benefit from exercise.

At RSNA 2013, ContextVision will announce its latest additions to its U.S. PlusView Family, which will include four different packages for women’s health, general imaging, cardiovascular and point of care (POC). More anatomically correct images provide medical professionals diagnostic confidence for the most complex patient cases.

Micell Technologies Inc. announced that a peer reviewed article discussing imaging and clinical results of the Dessolve I trial of its MiStent Sirolimus Eluting Absorbable Polymer Coronary Stent System (MiStent SES) was accepted for publication on the JACC Cardiovascular Interventions website. The paper, "First-in-Human Evaluation of a Bioabsorbable Polymer–Coated Sirolimus-Eluting Stent: Imaging and Clinical Results of the Dessolve I Trial (DES With Sirolimus and a Bioabsorbable Polymer for the Treatment of Patients With De Novo Lesion in the Native Coronary Arteries)", is planned to also appear in the October 2013 issue of JACC Cardiovascular Interventions.