Feature | Richard R. Rogoski
In the simplest of terms, a ventricular assist device (VAD) is a battery-operated mechanical pump that helps a weakened ...
May 07, 2007
News
May 8, 2007 - OBS Medical and Physio-Control Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Medtronic Inc., announced they have ...
May 07, 2007
Feature | Audie Lewis
Technological trendsetters within the cardiology arena have been embarking on a path of seamless integration of their ...
May 07, 2007Sponsored Content
Feature | Thrombectomy Devices
Venous thromboembolism (VTE), and pulmonary embolism (PE) in particular, are among the most complex and dangerous acute ...
June 01, 2026Feature | Kim Phelan
In the world of cardiologists who treat adults with congenital heart disease, the unusual is not so very unusual and the rare is fairly commonplace. Take Wendy Book, M.D., for example — this week she might meet for the first time a patient presenting with a heart defect from birth for which there is no standard therapy, and for whom there may well be no exact replica on record.
May 07, 2007
Technology
Arrow’s Transradial introducers provide for durable radial artery access while being vessel friendly. Our newest kit contains our .018 micro-puncture wire guide and needle set to minimize vessel trauma. The 6 French sheath and dilator track well over the smaller wire and we’ve applied a hydrophilic coating on the polyurethane sheath to enhance insertion and removal.
May 07, 2007
Feature | Larry Sieb
In 2006, the baby boom generation (those born from 1946 - 1964) started turning 60 at the rate of 330 per hour ...
May 07, 2007Sponsored Content
Feature | Cardiac Imaging
Sponsored Content — According to the American Heart Association, cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in ...
March 13, 2026Feature | Maureen Leahy
In a giant leap forward in ICD patient safety, the American College of Cardiology Foundation (ACCF), in conjunction with the Heart Rhythm Society (HRS), established the National Cardiovascular Data Registry's national ICD Registry in the fall of 2005 to measure ICD patient outcomes and track patient trends.
May 07, 2007
Feature | Kim Phelan
Sometimes it's the smallest things that leave the strongest impression. Of the dozens of technologies with which I came ...
May 07, 2007News
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, Angioblast Systems Inc., to commence a Phase 2 clinical trial of its allogeneic, or 'off-the-shelf,’ adult stem cells for patients with heart attacks.
May 06, 2007Sponsored Content
Feature | Nuclear Imaging
Cardiac PET/CT represents a major advancement in cardiovascular diagnostics, offering significant clinical and ...
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May 7, 2007 — Citing issues related to potentially suboptimal therapeutic dosing of paclitaxel, Conor Medsystems, LLC ...
May 06, 2007News
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, positioning and control of mapping catheters during electrophysiology (EP) procedures.
May 06, 2007News
May 7, 2007 Stereotaxis Inc. announced today that it has developed an innovative new single-screen user interface that ...
May 06, 2007Sponsored Content
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SPONSORED CONTENT — Studycast is a comprehensive imaging workflow system that allows healthcare professionals to work ...
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May 7, 2007 — Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics Inc. has initiated a voluntary, nationwide recall of two lots of a diagnostic ...
May 06, 2007News
May 7, 2007 — Signalife Inc. has announced that it has submitted its Fidelity 200 Cardiac Event Recorder 510K pre-market ...
May 06, 2007News
May 7, 2007 — Thoratec Corp., a global maker of products to treat cardiovascular disease, says the FDA has approved an ...
May 06, 2007