June 15, 2010 – Patients with smaller abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs) (less than 5.5 cm) have no significant differences in clinical outcomes after endovascular repair (EVAR) than those with larger AAAs according to data from a five-year prospective clinical trial setting. The researchers maintain their recommendation that small aneurysms should not be treated surgically.

June 15, 2010 – Health care professionals can now get information on the diagnosis, pathology, and treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) on their smart phones. Actelion Pharmaceuticals US Inc. recently released the PAH Mobile Reference Guide, a complimentary application, which is available on the iPhone, iPad, and Blackberry.

June 15, 2010 – The first ablation catheter that indicates the contact force of the catheter against the wall of the heart was recently released in Europe. Biotronik partnered with Endosense for the creation of the TactiCath catheter.

June 14, 2010 - High levels of high-density lipoprotein (HDL) — known as good cholesterol — can not only make a person two to three times less likely to develop heart disease, but also may lower the risk of cancer. This is according to a study published in the June 22, 2010, issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology (JACC).

June 14, 2010 – A radio tracer is quickly gaining popularity among cardiologists in the United States.

June 14, 2010 – A self-expanding, polymer-free, drug-eluting peripheral stent has been submitted for premarket approval (PMA) to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Cook Medical submitted the PMA for its Zilver PTX Drug-Eluting stent, which is intended for use in the superficial femoral artery (SFA).

June 14, 2010 – A new Internet, cloud-based, 3-D advanced visualization and decision support system aids physicians in endovascular case planning, The software was released this week at the Society for Vascular Surgery’s 2010 Vascular Annual Meeting in Boston.

June 14, 2010 – Common cardiac imaging techniques, images and videos of echocardiography are available using an interactive learning and reference iPhone application. Modality Inc. released its Echocardiography Atlas application during the American Society of Echocardiography 21st Annual Scientific Sessions, June 13-15 in San Diego.

June 11, 2010 - Web-based advanced visualization tools are no longer limited by remote access and today provide solutions as robust as their workstation-based counterparts.

June 11, 2010 – Heart attacks declined by 24 percent within a large, ethnically diverse, community-based population since 2000. The relative incidence of serious heart attacks that do permanent damage also declined 62 percent, according to a Kaiser Permanente Division of Research study in the current issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.

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