November 3, 2009 – Boston Scientific Corp. yesterday said it received CE Mark for its PROMUS Element Everolimus-Eluting Coronary Stent System.

November 3, 2009 – By relying solely on a patient’s clinical risk profile or the results of one imaging test when assessing patients with chest pain, physicians may be missing important, early signs of atherosclerotic disease and opportunities to intervene, according to new findings published in the Nov. 10, 2009 issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology (JACC).

November 2, 2009 — Cardiac complications around the time of noncardiac surgery are relatively common and can be serious.

November 2, 2009 — Ascent Healthcare Solutions said last week it received the industry’s first and only 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to reprocess the Biosense Webster SoundStar 3D Diagnostic Ultrasound Catheter.

October 29, 2009 – The American College of Cardiology today launched the PINNACLE Network, the first-ever registry-based cardiovascular network to link thousands of cardiology practices to one another and to the ACC’s National Cardiovascular Data Registry (NCDR), the pre-eminent cardiovascular data repository in the United States.

October 28, 2009 – Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. today announced the availability in Europe of its new Copeptin assay, which helps medical personnel quickly and accurately diagnose acute myocardial infarction (AMI).

October 28, 2009 - The imaging industry, especially the new molecular technologies, will drive personalized medicine, in which therapy is designed for the individual patient, according to a report by the market research group Kalorama Information.