April 13, 2012 — Researchers at The Ohio State University (OSU) Wexner Medical Center have successfully used nanotechnology to target a protein that plays a key role in atherosclerosis and inflammation, and say the study is an important advance toward using immunotherapy to simultaneously diagnose and treat cardiovascular disease.

April 12, 2012 — Several innovative cardiovascular and radiology technologies were featured in Medical Device and Diagnostic Industry (MD+DI) magazine’s April issue, which also announced the finalists in the 2012 Medical Design Excellence Awards (MDEA) competition.

April 12, 2012 - Abiomed Inc., a provider of heart support technologies, announced it has received CE marking approval in the European
Union to market the Impella cVAD device, a new percutaneous Impella heart pump that provides peak flow of approximately 4 liters of blood per minute. The Impella cVAD is designed to provide temporary circulatory support via a minimally invasive, catheter-based pump that is insertedpercutaneously, without the need for surgical intervention.


The gloves are off and the fight has begun between St. Jude Medical and Medtronic over clinical data regarding their implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) leads. St. Jude, the medical device manufacturer of the recently recalled Riata and Riata ST ICD leads, is defending itself this week against a report in the Heart Rhythm Journal, from the Heart Rhythm Society, by Robert Hauser, M.D., FACC, of the Minneapolis Heart Institute (Hauser et al., “Deaths Caused by the Failure of Riata and Riata ST Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Leads”).

April 12, 2012 – Terumo Interventional Systems recently announced the nationwide availability of the Azur D35 Framing Coil, the first truly detachable coil that precisely frames the targeted area for peripheral embolization.

Philips Healthcare recently installed an Allura Xper FD 20/20 biplane angiography X-ray system at Primary Children's Medical Center in Salt Lake City, with a National Basketball Association (NBA) theme to put children at ease prior to and during interventional radiology procedures.

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