November 09, 2006
Toshiba America Medical Systems, Inc. held a grand opening Wednesday of the new Toshiba Education Center, a $6 million…
November 09, 2006
Medtronic, Inc. has the FDA’s approval to initiate the Feasibility of the Lone Atrial Fibrillation Clinical Trial (FACT…
November 07, 2006
The first patient of the PATRIOT (Peripheral Approach To Recanalization In Occluded Totals) U.S. pivotal study has been…
November 07, 2006
New tachycardia software for the Merlin Patient Care System by St. Jude Medical has received FDA approval. The software…
November 07, 2006
The American College of Cardiology Foundation’s National Cardiovascular Data Registry (NCDR) says it will launch a new…
November 07, 2006
An initial review of the premarket approval application for the ATS 3f(R) Aortic Bioprosthesis Heart Valve has been…
November 07, 2006
Thoratec has announced it has filed the first two modules of its Pre-Market Approval to market its HeartMate II for…
November 06, 2006
Stereotaxis has received FDA 510(k) clearance for its Niobe magnetic navigation system for use in neurovascular and…
November 06, 2006
An aspirin a day really does keep heart attack and stroke away for women, yet fewer than half of American women who…
November 06, 2006
The FDA has cleared Boston Scientific’s NexStent Carotid Stent and Monorail Delivery System for use in patients with…
November 06, 2006
San Francisco-based McKesson announced it has agreed to purchase Per-Se Technologies, Alpharetta, Ga., in a deal…
November 05, 2006
The FDA has approved NitroMist (Nitroglycerin Lingual Aerosol) for acute relief of an attack or acute prophylaxis of…
November 05, 2006
Washington University surgeons at Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, began training at UMC in Tucson on Nov. 2 to…
November 05, 2006
Results from the Phase II MEND-CABG study — which looked at demonstrated the clinical benefits of MC-1 in reducing…
November 05, 2006
A new study published in the Oct. 30 edition of “Circulation” calls the onset of peripheral arterial disease (PAD)…
November 05, 2006
Hospitals and other medical facilities across the state of Washington will receive $1 million in grant money allocated…
November 05, 2006
A dedicated interventional cardiology track is slated during the 2006 Scientific Sessions of the AHA in Chicago that…
November 02, 2006
Boston Scientific has launched new software enabling its Left Ventricular (LV) Offset feature in the CONTAK RENEWAL,…
November 02, 2006
Well-known cardiologist Eric Topol has been appointed by Scripps Health in San Diego, CA, to lead a new institute to…
November 02, 2006
A new cooling pad enters the healthcare market, joining a growing number of cooling systems used to induce hypothermia…
