April 15, 2009 - The American College of Cardiology (ACC) and the American Heart Association (AHA), in collaboration with the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation, have joined efforts to produce updated heart failure guidelines that focus on key research findings and clinical advances.

April 15, 2009 - Only 7 percent of hospitals fully meet Leapfrog medication error prevention (CPOE) standards, and low percentages of hospitals are fully meeting mortality standards, according to the 2008 Leapfrog Hospital Survey, released today.


Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said the U.S. needs to reform its healthcare system if it is to fulfill its Medicare obligations and for American companies to stay competitive in the world economy.

Greenspan was a keynote speaker during the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) conference April 8 in Chicago.


For its success adopting and integrating an electronic medical record (EMR) tying together numerous scattered offices, Cardiology Consultants of Philadelphia (CCP) was honored at this year’s Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) conference in Chicago April 4 as a recipient of the society’s Ambulatory Care Davies Award of Excellence.

April 14, 2009 - Biotronik Inc. announced yesterday the first U.S. implant of the next-generation Lumax 540 Series defibrillator for treating patients with heart failure.

The Lumax 540 Series was recently approved by the FDA.

April 14, 2009 – Regenerx Biopharmaceuticals Inc. said yesterday researchers at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (UTSW) in Dallas, TX, published a new paper elaborating on the regenerative effects of T 4 on heart cells and blood vessel growth after a heart attack in a rodent model.

April 14, 2009 - Transoma Medical Inc. announced the first enrollment and implant of the Sleuth AT, a wireless, automated implantable cardiac monitoring (ICM) system with programmable and frequent ECG sampling, in a long-term study to monitor patients who suffered a cryptogenic stroke of unknown origin to determine if atrial fibrillation (AF) is present.

April 14, 2009 - The voluntary medical device recall initiated on Feb. 2, 2009 by Arrow International’s Cardiac Care Division involves volume connectors for its 30cc, 40cc and 50cc Intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP) catheters as a class 1 recall.

April 14, 2009 - Symphony Medical Inc. announced today that its patented technology, Algisyl-LVR, was used on a human for the first time, successfully treating a 50-year-old male who was suffering from chronic heart failure.

April 14, 2009 - Three research centers have been awarded funding from the American Heart Association, with support from the Jon Holden DeHaan Foundation, to study the development and mechanisms of generating new cardiac muscle cells.

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