A trend in nuclear cardiac myocardial perfusion imaging in recent years has been toward smaller gamma cameras that can be easily be installed in outpatient offices, which Siemens highlighted at ACC 2009 with its c.cam SPECT system.

April 2, 2008 – Siemens Healthcare has been awarded Frost & Sullivan’s 2009 North American Magnetic Resonance Imaging Scanners Market Leadership Award.


April 2, 2009 - A device implanted in the heart using minimally invasive techniques may replace the most widely prescribed drug for stroke prevention in patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation, according to research presented during the i2 Summit at the American College of Cardiology’s 58th annual scientific session in Orlando earlier this week.

April 2, 2009 - New findings from a landmark investigational study demonstrated that, for patients with atrial fibrillation who were at increased risk for stroke and could not take an oral anticoagulant (OAC) medication, taking Plavix (clopidogrel bisulfate) in addition to aspirin significantly reduced major vascular events by 11 percent over aspirin alone, at a median of 3.6 years of follow-up (6

April 2, 2009 - The American College of Cardiology Foundation (ACCF) and the Heart Rhythm Society (HRS) are collaborating to deliver free, unlimited access to Cardiosource’s Arrhythmias and Atrial Fibrillation (AF) Clinical Collections containing relevant, up-to-date information for cardiology professionals.

April 2, 2009 — Abbott yesterday announced the initiation of the MOBILITY clinical trial to study the safety and efficacy of the Absolute Pro Peripheral Self-Expanding Stent System in patients with iliac artery disease.

April 2, 2009 - Vasomedical Inc. this week conducted two presentations on the beneficial effects of EECP external counterpulsation therapy at the 58th Annual Scientific Session of the American College of Cardiology (ACC) in Orlando.

April 2, 2009 - The 24-month findings from the REVERSE (Resynchronization Reverse Remodeling in Systolic Left Ventricular Dysfunction) trial, sponsored by Medtronic Inc.

April 2, 2009 - Researchers from the University of Massachusetts Memorial Medical Center's division of vascular and endovascular surgery, examined the national frequency, predictors, outcomes and the effect of institutional volume metrics in cases where endovascular aortic repair (EVAR) was used to repair ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms (RAAAs) between 2001 and 2006.

April 2, 2009 - TCA Cellular Therapy’s Medical Director Gabriel Lasala, M.D. presented preliminary results of an adult stem cell treatment for severe limb ischemia Sunday at the American College of Cardiology’s first annual i2 Summit.

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