January 11, 2010 – A hypertension drug using a combination of telmisartan/amlodipine, which requires less-frequent dosing than Novartis's Diovan/Tareg (valsartan), may earn 30 percent patient share according to surveyed U.S. cardiologists. Similarly, in Europe, the agent would earn comparable patient share of 25 percent according to surveyed European cardiologists.

January 8, 2010 – Transradial angiography leads to reduced patient complications, faster recovery time and decreased hospital costs, according to cardiologists at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) and Jesse Brown VA medical centers. They are among the first in the Chicago area to offer the new approach to heart angiograms and clearing blocked arteries.

January 7, 2010 – Doctors with Virginia Interventional and Vascular Associates (VIVA) report success in treating acute deep vein thrombosis (DVT) with a procedure called isolated pharmacomechanical thrombolysis (IPMT). The treatment has been used for the past two years to destroy clots much faster than traditional therapies.

January 6, 2010 - The image quality of multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) scans used for the noninvasive detection of coronary artery disease can be significantly affected by patient characteristics, such as ethnicity, body mass index (BMI), and heart rate.