July 8, 2009 - Marc Gerdisch, M.D., director of cardiothoracic surgery at the St. Francis Heart Center and a partner at Cardiac Surgery Associates, is using the CorMatrix Extracellular Matrix (ECM) to modify and repair cardiac structures, allowing heart tissue to regrow inside the beating hearts of heart surgery patients.

July 8, 2009 – A procedure that sends targeted energy into the heart through a catheter can be used to treat a common type of irregular heartbeat, but little is known about the treatment's long-term benefits and the best methods and circumstances for applying it, according to a new report funded by the Health and Human Services' (HHS’) Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).

July 8, 2009 - Covidien said today Health Canada approved the company’s abbreviated new drug submission (ANDS) for its kit for the preparation of technetium Tc 99m Sestamibi injection.

Covidien’s generic product is fully substitutable for Cardiolite, the company said.

July 8, 2009 - Ziosoft Inc., a leader in advanced visualization and analysis software for medical imaging, has received 510(k) clearance from the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market its magnetic resonance (MR) cardiac function analysis application for use with the Ziostation thin-client system.

July 6, 2009 – Last week, Royal Philips Electronics released the Veradius X-ray system, a mobile C-arm with a super thin, flat detector.

July 6, 2009 - ATS Medical Inc. today said the FDA cleared the first implant of the ATS Simulus Semirigid Annuloplasty Band, which was developed through the company’s collaboration with Genesee BioMedical and represents the latest addition to the expanding portfolio of valve repair products.

July 6, 2009 – Sanofi-aventis said last week the FDA approved its Multaq (dronedarone) 400 mg tablets for use in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) or atrial flutter (AFL).

July 2, 2009 - The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) today released its proposed 2010 Medicare physician fee schedule, which includes proposals to significantly cut payments for cardiovascular-related services, prompting a stern response from the American College of Cardiology (ACC).

CMS projects the changes would reduce total Medicare payments to cardiology by 11 percent.

July 2, 2009 – Researchers from Dartmouth-Hitchock Medical Center (DHMC) in Lebanon, N.H., have published a new study in the July issue of the Journal of Vascular Surgery (published by the Society for Vascular Surgery) about the trends in lower extremity endovascular interventions (angioplasty and atherectomy), lower extremity bypass surgery and major above and below the knee amputations in Medi

July 1, 2009 – Cardioxyl Pharmaceuticals Inc. announced today the initiation of a phase I/IIa dose-escalation study of lead drug candidate, CXL-1020, for the treatment of acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF).

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