December 14, 2009 – For its unique Return to Work Lab, which focuses on individualized rehabilitation for younger, more active cardiac patients, the Baylor Jack and Jane Hamilton Heart and Vascular Hospital in north Texas recently received an award.

December 11, 2009 – At this year’s Radiology Society of America (RSNA) annual meeting last week, GE Healthcare, presented the new Innova dose-efficient X-ray technology to reduce patient radiation exposure.

December 11, 2009 – A new nonlinear algorithm has been selected for a month-long April 2010 noninvasive cardiac screening of teenagers in danger of sudden cardiac death in south east London. Vicor Technologies Inc. said its PD2i nonlinear algorithm will be used along with ECG and echocardiogram to identify those at risk.

December 10, 2009 – European approval was recently granted for the use of Angiox (bivalirudin) as an anti-coagulant in patients with ST-segment elevated myocardial infarction (STEMI) who undergoing emergency primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).

December 10, 2009 – An exclusive license agreement between On-X Life Technologies and the Cleveland Clinic will create a system of products intended to improve and simplify the replacement of damaged or severed mitral valve chordae. The system is the creation of co-inventors A. Marc Gillinov, M.D., a staff cardiac surgeon at Cleveland Clinic, and Michael K.

December 9, 2009 — A new cardiovascular care system was previewed during the recent Medica exhibition in Germany. The system, slated for a 2010 launch, provides clinical decision support for cardiovascular care of critically ill patients.

December 9, 2009 — A feasibility clinical trial was launched last week to evaluate the safety and efficacy of a combined surgical and catheter procedure, the convergent procedure, for the treatment of symptomatic paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (AF).

December 9, 2009 - An expert panel reviewing Canadian medical isotope productions selected electron beam technology as a superior approach to accelerator-based isotope production.

The panel has recommended the Canadian government make an investment in linear accelerator (linac) technology to address the country’s shrinking isotope supply.

December 8, 2009 – New findings indicate reduced heart rate recovery in combination with heightened T-wave alternans is a powerful predictor of cardiovascular and all-cause death in low-risk populations.

December 9, 2009 – Of the 1,200 cardiologists and cardiovascular ultrasound technicians recently surveyed, 87 percent said the new 2010 CMS Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) could force them to stop accepting Medicare patients, reduce staff or shut down their practice completely.

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