June 22, 2010 – Data from the FAST-PVI study, supported by Medtronic Inc., shows lab time using anatomically designed ablation catheters are more than one-third faster than traditional point-by-point focal ablation procedures in achieving pulmonary vein isolation (PVI).

June 22, 2010 – St. Jude Medical Inc. last week announced the first enrollment in its LAPTOP-HF (Left Atrial Pressure Monitoring to Optimize Heart Failure Therapy) study. The goal of the LAPTOP-HF study is to demonstrate that the new investigational left atrial pressure (LAP) management system safely and effectively improves outcomes in patients with heart failure (HF).

June 21, 2010 – Seven out of 10 men admitted to hospital for a heart attack, or acute ST segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), had erectile dysfunction (ED) in the six months prior to their admission, according to new data presented last week at the World Congress of Cardiology Scientific Sessions in Beijing, China.

June 21, 2010 – Long-term data presented today from Ardian’s Symplicity HTN-1 study demonstrate that the significant reductions in blood pressure achieved using renal denervation (RDN) treatment are sustained through 24 months. The data were presented at the late-breaking trials session of the European Society of Hypertension (ESH) Annual Scientific meeting in Oslo, Norway.

June 17, 2010 – AGA Medical Holdings Inc. this week announced first patient enrollment in the feasibility phase of the prospective, multicenter, randomized Amplatzer Cardiac Plug clinical trial. William Nicholson, M.D., an interventional cardiologist and structural heart specialist at York Hospital in Pennsylvania, enrolled the first patient in this multicenter, randomized trial.