August 21, 2009 – Endologix Inc. yesterday announced the online publication of results from the pivotal prospective, multicenter clinical trial of the company's Powerlink XL System for endovascular treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysm in large diameter proximal aortic necks.

August 20, 2009 - The White House announced today it will spend $1.2 billion in federal grants for electronic health records (EHR) systems, marking the first wave of funding in a series of HITECH priority grant programs, laying the groundwork for meaningful use of EHRs.

August 21, 2009 – 3M today introduced the 3M Littmann Electronic Stethoscope Model 3200, a next-generation auscultation device featuring Bluetooth technology that wirelessly transfers heart, lung and other body sounds to software for further analysis.

August 21, 2009 – The Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) 2009 symposium is set for Sept. 21-25, at The Moscone Center?in San Francisco, Calif.

August 20, 2009 - "When I began to have access to patients’ electronic medical records. It made me a much better doctor," wrote David Blumenthal, M.D., M.P.P., National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, in a publicly distributed message.

August 21, 2009 – TeraRecon Inc. will showcase its Aquarius iNtuition at the Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) symposium Sept. 21-25, 2009 in San Francisco.

August 19, 2009 – Mennen Medical, a leading provider of patient monitors, cardiac catheterization and electrophysiology systems, said today Frost & Sullivan awarded Mennen Medical the 2009 European Patient Monitoring Technology Leadership of the Year Award.

August 19, 2009 – Registration is now open for the Innovations in Cardiovascular Interventions (ICI 2009), set for Dec. 6-8 in Tel-Aviv, Israel.


In the pre-clinicial trial Expanding the Versatility of Cardiac PET/CT: Feasibility of Delayed Contrast Enhancement CT for Infarct Detection in a Porcine Model (Holz1, A., et al)*, researchers found that infarct size can be measured accurately and reproducibly using cardiac PET/CT with delayed CT-enhancement.

August 18, 2009 – Medical conferencing solutions provider MultiSense Communications and medical imaging specialist Barco recently demonstrated the clinical benefits of today's telemedicine systems during a live open-heart surgery operation at the Imperial College Hospital in Hammersmith, U.K.

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