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July 1, 2009 – W. L. Gore & Associates said today it received FDA for a manufacturing change to the GORE VIABAHN Endoprosthesis, which is a result of the precision laser trimming technology that enables the removal of excess material at the device margin, resulting in a contoured edge.
July 01, 2009
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July 1, 2009 - Radiologists can effectively lower the patient radiation dose by approximately 44 percent and improve vascular enhancement without deterioration of image quality, while screening for possible pulmonary emboli using pulmonary CT angiography, according to a study Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass., published in the June issue of the American Journal
July 01, 2009
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July 1, 2009 - Advanced visualization and analysis software company Ziosoft Inc. today announced that it has received CE marking approval for its Ziostation 3D thin-client software system.
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July 1, 2009 - On Sept. 9, 2009, the American College of Radiology (ACR) will offer the inaugural Cardiac CT Certificate of Advanced Proficiency (CCT CoAP) Examination open to all physicians who meet the requisite eligibility requirements and professional experience qualifications.
June 30, 2009Technology
June 30, 2009 – Edwards Lifesciences Corp. said today new research demonstrates that using its minimally invasive PORT ACCESS System in mitral valve surgery significantly decreases the length of stay in hospitals and intensive care units (ICU), and improves other outcomes when compared to conventional sternotomy.
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June 30, 2009 - Stentys this week said it secured the second tranche of its series B financing, which will enable the company to obtain CE marking and begin European marketing of the first self-expanding stent platform for the treatment of myocardial infarction.
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June 30, 2009 – Physio-Control said yesterday its LUCAS 2 Chest Compression System was granted 510(k) market clearance by the FDA. Developed and manufactured by Jolife AB and distributed exclusively in the U.S. by Physio-Control, the LUCAS 2 is an automated, battery-powered device designed to give consistent, uninterrupted compressions to victims in cardiac arrest.
June 30, 2009
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June 30, 2009 - Doctors at the Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute said today they completed the first procedure in which a patient's own heart tissue was used to grow specialized heart stem cells that were then injected back into the patient's heart in an effort to repair and regrow healthy muscle in a heart that had been injured by a heart attack.
June 30, 2009News
June 29, 2009 - The Medical Imaging & Technology Alliance (MITA) commended today the release of a new study demonstrating that use of imaging services in hospitals is associated with lower patient mortality, with little or no impact on length of stay and cost.
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June 29, 2009 – Cordex Pharma said today it successfully completed the production of the ATPace clinical trial material (CTM) in preparation for planned pivotal clinical trials. ATPace is a novel, proprietary, stable, injectable formulation of adenosine 5'-triphosphate (ATP) under development as a therapeutic and diagnostic drug for the management of cardiac arrhythmias, said the company.
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June 29, 2009 - Oridion Systems said today a medical research study, showing capnography can improve patient safety during prehospital cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), was awarded first place during the 21st Spanish Society of Emergency Medicine (SEMES) Conference June 3-6 in Benidorm, Spain.
June 29, 2009News
June 29, 2009 – Last week’s death of Michael Jackson at the age of 50 underscores the tragedy of sudden cardiac arrest, which kills nearly 300,000 Americans each year and is the nation's leading cause of death, said Sudden Cardiac Arrest Association and the American Heart Association (AHA).
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June 25, 2009 – Today, St. Jude Medical Inc. and Medtronic Inc. both commended the efforts of investigators in the Multicenter Automatic Defibrillator Implantation Trial with Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy (MADIT-CRT).
June 25, 2009News
June 25, 2009 – According to Millennium Research Group (MRG), the pharmacomechanical thrombectomy procedure (PMT) adoption will accelerate over the next five years due to growing physician interest in treating deep vein thrombosis (DVT).
June 25, 2009News
June 25, 2009 – Six-month follow-up results were released this week for a patient treated with adult stem cells in a clinical study of idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy, which showed major improvement in cardiac function.
June 25, 2009