March 30, 2009 - Impulse Dynamics announced findings from the FIX-HF-5 study of its OPTIMIZER System at the 58th Annual Scientific Session of the American College of Cardiology in Orlando, FL, demonstrating positive longer term effects of the system’s cardiac contractility modulation (CCM) signals.

March 30, 2009 - An AHRQ-funded study finds a lower risk of death and heart attack in heart disease patients 65 and older who were treated with drug-coated stents to prevent blockages as compared to patients treated with bare metal stands.

March 30, 2009 – Lantheus Medical Imaging Inc. released at ACC 2009 new data regarding the use of DEFINITY Vial For (Perflutren Lipid Microsphere) Injectable Suspension that finds significant survival benefit for critically ill patients undergoing contrast-enhanced echocardiography.

March 30, 2009 -Kardia Health Systems, a company incorporated to commercialize the Mayo Clinic-invented Echocardiography Information Management System, launched its latest intelligent reporting system for vascular labs at ACC 2009. KARDIA V, the fully integrated reporting and image viewing solution, aims to help vascular clinics streamline workflow, while improving operational efficiencies.

March 30, 2009 – Analysis of Boston Scientific’s SYNTAX trial found that while the overall cost effectiveness of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) versus coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery varied according to patient characteristics, PCI was more cost effective than CABG in patients with low or moderate coronary lesion complexity.

March 30, 2009 - Cardiac Science today added DICOM connectivity to its Quinton Q-Stress cardiac stress testing system and Quinton Q-Tel cardiac rehabilitation system.
The Quinton Q-Stress can now connect to hospital information systems (HIS) and electronic medical records (EMR) in the way that works best for each practice or hospital.
Benefits are said to include:

March 30, 2009 - Twelve-month data from the high-risk registry arm of the EVEREST II study shows that percutaneous mitral valve repair using the MitraClip system in symptomatic high-risk surgical patients with functional mitral regurgitation (FMR) improves patient clinical status and left ventricular function.

March 30, 2009 – Medtronic and the FDA announced a Class I recall of the Innervision Snap Shunt Ventricular Catheter, BioGlide and Snap Shunt Ventricular Catheter, BioGlide.

March 30, 2009 - AtriCure Inc.’s new disposable cryoablation system, Cryo1, has received 510(k) clearance from the FDA for the cryosurgical treatment of cardiac arrhythmias.

March 30, 2009 - ProSolv CardioVascular, a FUJIFILM company, and GE Healthcare’s cardiovascular ultrasound unit announced a formal affiliation under which the companies will work collaboratively to develop an integrated solution aimed at improving workflow for echocardiography departments, and hope to expand user access to the advanced quantitative analysis packages currently offered through GE

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