bbott's XIENCE V Everolimus-Eluting Coronary Stent achieved superiority in the key safety and efficacy measures compared to the TAXUS Express Paclitaxel-Eluting Coronary Stent at one year in SPIRIT IV Trial.
Dave Fornell
September 30, 2009
XIENCE Outperforms TAXUS Express in SPIRIT IV
September 29, 2009 – Among the biggest news to come out of TCT 2009 last week was the late-breaking data from the…
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September 29, 2009
First Beating-Heart Fully Endoscopic Bypass Surgery Performed Using MAQUET System
September 30, 2009 – MAQUET Cardiovascular said Johannes Bonatti, M.D., professor of surgery and director of coronary…
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September 29, 2009
Positron Anticipates Cardiac PET Demand to Increase Due to Expanding Reimbursement
September 30, 2009 – Positron Corp. predicts a significant rise in demand for cardiac PET in 2010 with a proposed cut…
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September 29, 2009
Cordis, Boston Scientific 14 Stent, Balloon Patent Lawsuits
September 29, 2009 – Cordis Corp. and Boston Scientific announced late today they reached an agreement to resolve…
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September 29, 2009
Abiomed Reports Positive Results From Three-Year Follow-up of Impella Patients
September 29, 2009 – Abiomed Inc. announced new clinical data last week at TCT 2009 from Academic Medical Center’s (…
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September 29, 2009
PROSPECT Trial Demonstrates VH-IVUS to Identify Vulnerable Plaques
September 29, 2009 – Volcano Corp. released imaging results from PROSPECT Trial, which demonstrated the progression of…
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September 29, 2009
Mardil Announces Positive Results With BACE Device at in Treating Mitral Regurgitation
September 29, 2009 – Mardil Inc. last week at TCT 2009 announced positive interim data from a pilot study investigating…
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September 29, 2009
Elixir Announces Positive First-In-Man Results for Three DES With Durable, Bioabsorbable Polymers
September 29, 2009 – Elixir Medical Corp. last week at TCT 2009 announced positive results from three multicenter…
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September 29, 2009
TAXUS Express Shows Superior to Bare-Metal Stents in AMI Patients at Two Years
September 29, 2009 – Boston Scientific Corp. Sept. 25 announced two-year follow-up data from the HORIZONS-AMI trial, is…
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September 29, 2009
NEVO Sirolimus-Eluting Coronary Stent Has Significantly Less Chest Pain Than TAXUS Liberte
September 29, 2009 – At six months, patients receiving the NEVO Sirolimus-Eluting Coronary Stent reported…
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September 29, 2009
Cook Wins Stent Graft Patent Infringement Appeal Filed By Edwards
September 29, 2009 – The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit last week affirmed the previous…
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September 29, 2009
GE Healthcare Announces First Clinical Uses of True Integrated FFR
September 29, 2009 – GE Healthcare said the first clinical use of true integrated Fractional Flow Reserve (FFR) has…
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September 29, 2009
Tricagrelor Reduces Death, Heart Attacks Without Increased Bleeding Compared to Clopidogrel
September 28, 2009 – New data from the phase III PLATO study showed that ticagrelor (BRILINTA) provided 16 percent…
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September 29, 2009
Multaq (dronedarone) Recommended for European Approval
September 28, 2009 – Sanofi-aventis announced last week the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) of…
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September 29, 2009
Durable Blood Pressure Reduction Shown in Patients Treated with Symplicity Catheter
September 28, 2009 – Data supporting the long-term safety and effectiveness of renal sympathetic denervation (RDN)…
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September 29, 2009
Cardiac PET with Small Footprint on Display at ASNC
September 29, 2009 - Positron Corp., a molecular imaging solutions company focused on nuclear cardiology, will attend…
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September 28, 2009
Ultrasound Adds New Intracardiac Echo Functionality
September 28, 2009 - GE Healthcare and Biosense Webster Inc. announced new versions of the Vivid i and Vivid q…
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September 28, 2009
AHRQ Offering $100M for Comparative Effectiveness
September 28, 2009 - The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality plans to provide $100 million in stimulus funding…
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September 23, 2009
Self-Referral Ban Withdrawn from Healthcare Reform Bill
September 23, 2009 - After offering an amendment to close the in-office ancillary services exception for advanced…
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September 23, 2009
Philips and Maquet to Provide Integrated Solution For Minimally Invasive and Open Surgical Procedures
September 22, 2009 —  At the Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) annual meeting Royal Philips Electronics…
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