March 16, 2009 – Invatec today announced CE-certification of a new coronary balloon, the IN.PACT Falcon paclitaxel-eluting PTCA balloon catheter, which is one of the first drug-eluting balloons designed specifically to treat atherosclerosis in the coronary arteries.

March 16, 2009 – Today the Access to Medical Imaging Coalition (AMIC), a coalition of physician, patient and imaging manufacturer groups, will hold a media conference to unveil a new analysis on Medicare claims data from 1998 – 2007 for advanced imaging services (CT, MR and Nuclear Medicine (including PET).

March 13, 2009 - Details from the DAVID (Dual Chamber and VVI Implantable Defibrillator) II Trial suggest atrial pacing may be considered a safe alternative to ventricular pacing, but affords no clear advantage over a mode that minimizes pacing.

The results of the study were published this week in the March 10, 2009, issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology (JACC).

March 13, 2009 - A comprehensive analysis published this week in The Lancet from the ABSORB clinical trial demonstrated that Abbott’s bioabsorbable drug eluting stent (DES), currently in development, successfully treated coronary artery disease and was absorbed into the walls of treated arteries within two years.