Warren Hospital, an acute care community hospital serving Warren and Hunterdon counties in rural New Jersey, supports 214 patient beds and 140,000 outpatient visits per year.

In the aviation industry, changing from mechanical flight control systems to fly-by-wire electronic systems improved the capability and safety of airplanes. Like aviation, medicine has witnessed similar technological breakthroughs.


Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common sustained cardiac arrhythmia and is a major risk factor for developing emboli leading to stroke. A new approach to preventing embolisms and stroke is the use of percutaneous occlusion of the left atrial appendage (LAA).

September 7, 2010 – European CE mark approval was granted for a new Medtronic CoreValve delivery system with AccuTrak Stability Layer for transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI). AccuTrak allows physicians to achieve enhanced control and accuracy in the deployment of the CoreValve device.

September 7, 2010 – Enrollment started in the Endovascular Atherectomy Safety and Effectiveness (EASE) study to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of the Phoenix Atherectomy catheter. The minimally invasive device treats peripheral arterial disease (PAD) in the legs. The U.S.

September 7, 2010 – New analyses of subgroups from the SORT OUT III study provide detail on longer-term follow-up safety and efficacy outcomes in diabetics and patients with acute coronary syndrome and multiple lesions.Three new analyses of subgroups were presented at the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) meeting last week in Stockholm.

September 7, 2010 - With increasing rates of patients with atrial fibrillation program suffering from severe strokes, medical associations fear an epidemic. New developments in minimally invasive therapy of atrial fibrillation are booming and will be evident at MEDICA 2010, World Forum for Medicine - International Trade Fair and Congress, to be held from Nov.

September 2, 2010 - The STAR-heart study, which was presented at the European Society of Cardiology 2010 Congress in August 2010, reported that the intracoronary injection of autologous stem cells derived from bone marrow is associated with improved hemodynamics and long term survival in the treatment of chronic heart failure.

September 2, 2010 - A single-patient disposable blood pressure cuff that travels with the patient throughout her hospital stay is reducing the risk of spreading infectious disease and decreasing overall costs.

September 2, 2010 – The Smithsonian's National Museum of American History recently accepted the donation of a prototype medical emergency crash cart, referred to as MAX. It accepted the donation from ECRI Institute, an independent nonprofit that researches the best approaches to improving patient care.

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