September 18, 2009
September 18, 2009 – Boston Scientific today said it completed patient enrollment in the workhorse portion of its…
September 18, 2009
September 18, 2009 – The FDA has approved Valturna (aliskiren and valsartan) tablets, the first and only medicine to…
September 18, 2009
September 18, 2009 – Following the recent CE mark certification of the vProtect Luminal Shield, the novel self-…
September 17, 2009
When vessels are stretched and ripped via angioplasty balloon expansion, the exposed soft muscle tissue can lead to…
September 17, 2009
There is a growing trend in electrophysiology toward remote, home monitoring of implantable cardioverter…
September 17, 2009
A trend that was fueled by cardiologists wanting to gain a larger share of reimbursement fees, while at the same time…
September 17, 2009
Bare metal stents (BMS) were introduced in 1994 as an improvement over balloon angioplasty alone, which had a high…
September 17, 2009
September 18, 2009 ¬– Abbott has announced the company's schedule of key news announcements and events during the…
September 17, 2009
September 17, 2009 – NMT Medical Inc. said yesterday it will commence data analysis for its landmark STARFlex patent…
September 17, 2009
September 17, 2009 – Boston Scientific Corp. announced its schedule of the company's major events and press…
September 17, 2009
September 17, 2009 – The 13th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Heart Failure Society of America (HFSA) on Wednesday…
September 17, 2009
September 17, 2009 – Elixir Medical Corp. said today its stent systems using bioabsorbable polymers will be featured…
September 17, 2009
September 17, 2009 – One of the activities at TCT 2009 is the Hearts in Hand Collection, a library of physical heart…
September 17, 2009
According to the American Heart Association (AHA), arrhythmias afflict more than 4 million patients and results in…
September 17, 2009
In August Daiichi Sankyo and Eli Lilly and Company launched U.S. sales of Effient (prasugrel), a new antiplatelet…
September 17, 2009
Ruptured vulnerable plaque (VP) is blamed for the majority of acute myocardial infarctions and many strokes, but…
September 17, 2009
Stenting of lesions at coronary vessel bifurcations is one of the most challenging percutaneous interventions, along…
September 17, 2009
September 17, 2009 - Inflation rates for healthcare supplies are projected to remain unchanged through 2010,…
September 17, 2009
Over the past year several new drug-eluting stents (DES) stents have been released and SYNTAX trial data proved DES…
September 17, 2009
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Metal stents are foreign objects that can irritate vessels and cause stent thrombosis, prevent vessel remodeling,…
