Routinely adding mitral valve repair to coronary artery bypass graft surgery for heart attack patients may not be warranted in patients with moderate mitral valve damage, according to an NIH-funded study. 

Cleveland Clinic announced its 9th annual list of Top 10 Medical Innovations that are likely to have major impact on improving patient care in 2015.  The list includes a mobile stroke ambulance, fast, painless blood testing and a novel intra-operative radiation approach for breast cancer.

November 19, 2014 — Gagnon Cardiovascular Institute at Morristown Medical Center has become the first facility in New Jersey to introduce a new miniaturized, wireless monitoring sensor to manage heart failure (HF). The CardioMEMS HF System, from St. Jude Medical, is the first and only U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved heart failure monitoring device that has been proven to significantly reduce hospital admissions when used by physicians to manage heart failure.

Vital Images Inc. announced enhancements in image management to its VitreaView enterprise viewer with VioStream software. Today, many healthcare organizations are challenged to unify access to imaging content, often spread across a number of departmental picture archive and communication systems (PACS) and distributed locations. Vital is now offering building blocks which will enable full image access through electronic health records (EHRs).

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