January 27, 2010
January 27, 2010 – A German study enrolled its first 20 patients to investigate the utility of muscular counter…
January 27, 2010
Several vendors explained recent trends in cardiac PACS during the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA)…
January 26, 2010
January 26, 2010 – Surgical ventricular assist device (VAD) maker Thoratec Corp. acquired a catheter-based pump…
January 26, 2010
January 26, 2010 – The U.S. Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) selected GE…
January 25, 2010
January 25, 2010 – Expanding its peripheral vascular disease product offerings, Medtronic Inc. today signed an…
January 25, 2010
January 25, 2010 - In a significant development in treating congenital heart disease, the Medtronic Melody…
January 25, 2010
January 25, 2010 - With more than 3,000 requests for medical devices to get 510(k) clearance each year, the U.S.…
January 25, 2010
January 25, 2010 - Heart failure is a serious medical condition, in which the heart muscle progressively loses its…
January 25, 2010
January 25, 2010 – First-in-man procedures and a feasibility study in Europe were recently initiated for a new…
January 25, 2010
January 25, 2010 – Trials for a stent that attracts endothelial progenitor cells show positive results in patients with…
January 25, 2010
January 25, 2010 – Direct stenting of the carotid arteries is a feasible technique and is not inferior to predilation…
January 22, 2010
January 22, 2010 – CE mark certification was granted this week for the BMEYE ccNexfin, the first noninvasive…
January 22, 2010
January 22, 2010 - A new study by the University of Michigan Medical School and VA Ann Arbor Health System challenges…
January 22, 2010
January 22, 2010 - The California Heart Center, the cardiology group that developed the nation’s largest heart…
January 22, 2010
The debate over healthcare reform has raised many issues as to why costs have risen so much in recent years. During…
January 21, 2010
Primarily used in the hospital setting, NATRECOR (nesiritide) is used intravenously in patients who have acutely…
January 21, 2010
To support anti-coagulation disease management for patients at risk for stroke and other clotting disorders, the…
January 21, 2010
January 21, 2010 – A new minimally invasive therapy using radiofrequency ablation to short-circuit nerves in the…
January 21, 2010
January 21, 2010 - A recent study found generic epoprostenol is a safe and effective therapy alternative to brand…
January 21, 2010
January 21, 2010 – The FDA this week cleared the HeartMate II, a continuous-flow, left ventricular assist device (VAD…
