April 3, 2009 - Results from the Medtronic-supported IRIS (Immediate Risk Stratification Improves Survival) clinical trial assessing the use of implantable cardiac devices (ICDs) in certain heart attack patients show a reduction in sudden cardiac death.

April 3, 2009 - BIOTRONIK GmbH & Co Kg this week announced the global launch of BIOTRONIK Home Monitoring with its intelligent traffic light system, designed to provide efficient and convenient remote monitoring of patients with implantable cardiac devices (ICDs).

April 2, 2009 – FUJIFILM Medical Systems USA ranked third overall ranking on the Overall Software Vendor Rankings list, following Epic and 3M in the 2008 Top 20 Best in KLAS Awards: Software & Professional Services report.

Bracco Diagnostics' cardiac PET perfusion imaging agent CardioGen-82, a rubidium Rb 82 generator, is designed to help offer clear perfusion images within minutes.

The mVisum STEMI Alert System allows transmission of ECGs and other patient data directly to a physician's Blackberry to reduce the amount of time it takes for a diagnosis to help lower door-to-balloon time.

April 2, 2009 — With the Medicare and Medicaid incentives for health information technology use announced, almost 70 percent of U.S. hospitals are only two steps or less away from having the health IT applications necessary to deliver the likely objectives of ‘meaningful use’ for the electronic medical record, according to the HIMSS Analytics EMR Adoption Model (EMRAM).

The QuikClot Interventional dressing made by Z-Medica uses a mineral impregnated bandage to achieve hemostasis from femoral access site bleeding within three minutes. The pad comes with a Tegaderm transparent dressing to hold it in place.

April 2, 2009 - Volcano Corp. this week at ACC 2009 announced the availability of its integrated fractional flow reserve (FFR) technology on all major cardiovascular X-ray systems.

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.

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