November 10, 2011 — The results of an analysis of 149 EVEREST II high surgical risk patients with significant mitral regurgitation (MR) of functional etiology were presented at Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) 2011. Michael Argenizano, M.D., chief of adult cardiac surgery for New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center made the presentation.

November 10, 2011 — Edwards Lifesciences Corp. announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) conditionally approved the addition of a second treatment group to the PARTNER II Trial. The trial is studying the company's next-generation Edwards Sapien XT transcatheter heart valve.

November 10, 2011 – GE Healthcare will feature several new products and solutions at the Cardiovascular Research Foundation’s 23rd annual Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) scientific symposium.

November 9, 2011 — InfraReDx Inc. announced the launch of its TVC Imaging System, an enhanced version of the LipiScan IVUS coronary imaging system.

November 9, 2011 — Currently under review by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the Resolute drug-eluting stent (DES) from Medtronic Inc. continues to demonstrate consistently positive performance across a variety of studies. These conclusions come from two new data analyses being presented this week at Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) 2011.

November 9, 2011 – AstraZeneca announced that a combined expert committee of American College of Cardiology Foundation (ACCF), American Heart Association (AHA) and Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI) has updated its guidelines for the management of patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) to provide a Class I recommendation for giving the oral antiplatelet medicine, Brilinta (ticagrelor) tablets for patients undergoing PCI.

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