February 4, 2009 - The Medical Imaging & Technology Alliance (MITA) responds that the study by Jörg Hausleiter, M.D., in the Feb. 4 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) correctly focuses on what providers need to know to ensure that computed tomography angiography (CTA) is utilized appropriately.

February 4, 2009 - On Thursday, Feb. 19 at 7:00 pm, The Halifax Health - Center for Cardiology, Daytona Beach, FL will present a live online panel discussion on an automated implantable cardiac defibrillator (ICD) surgical case.

February 3, 2009 – Medtronic has completed enrollment in PROTECT, the company’s global study comparing its Endeavor drug-eluting stent (DES) to Johnson & Johnson’s Cypher DES.

February 2, 2009 - Cardiac Dimensions Inc. today said it received the CE Mark approval for its CARILLON Mitral Contour System from KEMA Quality B.V., a European Union Notified Body from the Netherlands.

February 3, 2009 – Barco closed the divestment operation of its Advanced Visualization (AVIS) activities to Toshiba Medical Systems Corp., Tokyo, Japan, in a move by Barco to focus on its medical display systems business.

February 2, 2009 - A recent study published in Clinical Cardiology revealed that "emerging risk factors," including detailed cholesterol measurements such as HDL(2) and remnant lipoprotein particles, play a much greater role in determining heart disease risk than previously thought, and that traditional risk factors such as age, standard cholesterol levels and blood pressure do a poor job of predi

February 2, 2009 - A new multi-center study of 39,821 newborns published in the January 2009 issue of the British Medical Journal (BMJ) found that the addition of Masimo SET pulse oximetry screening before discharge increased detection of congenital heart disease (CHD) by 28 percent from 72 percent to 92 percent when compared to a cohort group of 108,604 newborns in whom no pulse oximetry screenin