November 3, 2009 — CardiacAssist Inc. said yesterday the Cardiovascular Institute of Stanford University Hospital and Clinics in Palo Alto, Calif., is one of the newest cardiac centers to begin using TandemHeart extracorporeal circulatory support system.

November 3, 3009 — On Monday, Andrea Natale, M.D., FACC, FHRS, an electrophysiologist and executive medical director of the Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute at St. David's Medical Center, became the first physician in the United States to perform an ablation procedure to treat a patient with a cardiac arrhythmia using the newly FDA-cleared CARTO 3 Navigation System.

Carestream Health’s SuperPACS architecture streamlines workflow by equipping radiologists in any on-site or remote location to read from a global worklist that provides a unified set of imaging studies created from multiple vendors’ PACS located throughout the enterprise.

CardIQ Xpress Elite computed tomography angiography analysis software allows more speed and information so users can make an accurate, confident diagnosis. With the new AutoLaunch capability, images are ready to read and review in real time, improving workflow by up to 40 percent.

November 3, 2009 – Boston Scientific Corp. yesterday said it received CE Mark for its PROMUS Element Everolimus-Eluting Coronary Stent System.

November 3, 2009 – Abbott yesterday said both the XIENCE PRIME Everolimus-Eluting Coronary Stent System and the XIENCE V Everolimus-Eluting Coronary Stent System have received additional new CE markings covering the treatment of patients with diabetes.

November 3, 2009 – By relying solely on a patient’s clinical risk profile or the results of one imaging test when assessing patients with chest pain, physicians may be missing important, early signs of atherosclerotic disease and opportunities to intervene, according to new findings published in the Nov. 10, 2009 issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology (JACC).

November 3, 2009 – The FDA said Boston Scientific recently changed the name of the company's Liberté Bare-Metal coronary stent to VeriFLEX, after reports that Liberté Bare-Metal stents were inadvertently implanted instead of TAXUS Liberté Drug-Eluting stents, and vice versa. ??

November 2, 2009 – Toshiba America Medical Systems, Inc. has introduced the Aplio MX ultrasound system, a compact system that offers premium clinical performance and high-end features at an affordable price point.

November 2, 2009 — Clinical trial results published in this week’s Journal of the American College of Cardiology (JACC) describe six-month outcomes for patients using the Melody Transcatheter Pulmonary Valve from Medtronic, Inc.

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