July 24, 2009 – Injured heart tissue normally can't regrow, but researchers at Children's Hospital Boston have now laid the groundwork for regenerating heart tissue after a heart attack without the use of stem cells, in patients with heart failure, or in children with congenital heart defects.

July 24, 2009 – The 30-day survival improved in patients with acute myocardial infarction complicated by cardiogenic shock who were treated with intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP) counterpulsation, according to a new study in the American Journal of Cardiology (vol. 104, issue 3, pages 327-332, August 2009).

July 24, 2009 – All results from a recent Mayo Clinic study validate the measurement accuracy of the Shape-HF Cardiopulmonary Testing System, a new, noninvasive medical device that assesses heart-lung interaction and ventilation in patients with chronic heart failure and other cardiopulmonary disease.

July 23, 2009 – The FDA’s Circulatory System Devices Panel today recommended (12-0) conditional approval of a humanitarian device exemption (HDE) for Medtronic’s Melody Transcatheter Pulmonary Valve, for the treatment of children and adults with congenital heart disease.

July 23, 2009 – Dual-energy CT used as a single examination might be promising for the integrative analysis of the coronary artery morphology and the myocardial blood supply and is in good agreement with angiography and SPECT, according to a study published in this month’s issue of The American Journal of Cardiology (volume 104, issue 3, pages 318-326, August 2009).

July 23, 2009 – Symphony Medical Inc., a development-stage company focused on novel biopolymer implant therapies to treat cardiac abnormalities, said yesterday it changed the name of the corporation to CardioPolymers Inc.

July 23, 2009 – St. Jude Medical Inc. this week said it completed enrollment in its European clinical trial to evaluate Trifecta, a stented pericardial tissue aortic valve.

July 23, 2009 – The FDA recently cleared Ziehm Imaging’s latest mobile C-arm, the Ziehm Vision RFD, which is designed for use in endovascular surgery, interventional cardiology and interventional radiology.

July 23, 2009 – Advanced visualization and analysis software company Ziosoft Inc. released the latest version of its 3D thin-client software, adding MR cardiac and CT cardiac function applications.

July 22, 2009 – The FDA this week approved Tekturna HCT (aliskiren and hydrochlorothiazide) tablets as initial therapy for patients who are likely to need multiple drugs to achieve their blood pressure goals.

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