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.

August 18, 2009 – Cardiva Medical Inc. recently received FDA clearance for its Cardiva Catalyst III, which the company says is the first drug-coated vascular closure device for the intervention cardiology market.

August 18. 2009 - Researchers in Finland have identified embolization treatment of cerebral artery aneurysms as an effective new treatment option for patients who have suffered a ruptured brain aneurysm, a potentially life-threatening event. Results of the new study on stent-assisted coil embolization were published today in the online edition of Radiology.

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