January 21, 2009 - Invatec this week announced the European launch of a new peripheral balloon, the IN.PACT Amphirion paclitaxel-eluting PTA balloon catheter.

January 21, 2009 - Emageon said its been awarded a five-year HeartSuite VERICIS cardiology contract with MultiCare Health System, an integrated health organization made up of four hospitals in the Greater Tacoma, WA area.
Emageon will supply its VERICIS digital PACS and HeartSuite hemodynamics solution for four cath labs, including one in which Emageon's Pediatric Echo IMS product will be installed. The HeartSuite VERICIS solution will enable MultiCare to digitally process its cardiology PACS studies and cath/echo structured reporting for echocardiography.

January 20, 2009 – Emageon has been awarded a five-year HeartSuite VERICIS cardiology contract with MultiCare Health System, an integrated health organization made up of four hospitals in the Greater Tacoma, WA, to create a platform that includes reports or any type of imaging study from cardiology to radiology.

January 20, 2009 - Boston Scientific Corp. today said it was awarded a contract by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for a full line of the company’s pacemakers and defibrillators.

The one-year contract took effect last month and has annual renewal options for up to four years. It includes Boston Scientific’s newest technologies in both product categories: the ALTRU family of pacemakers and the TELIGEN implantable cardioverter defibrillator.

January 20, 2009 - Preliminary data being presented at the International Symposium on Endovascular Therapy (ISET) 2009 Jan. 18-22, suggests stents can be placed in the brain to treat a stroke as it's occurring.

Used in the neck to prevent strokes, early research suggests that stents can also be used to treat occurring strokes by opening up blocked arteries in the brain, and that stents may work better than clot-busting drugs or removing the clot with a tiny corkscrew-like device or vacuuming it out.

January 19, 2009 – The radial access approach to minimally invasive procedures will mean less bleeding, less down time, lower costs and less risk overall, particularly for obese patients, according to data being presented at the 21st annual International Symposium on Endovascular Therapy (ISET) this week near Miami Beach, FL.

January 19, 2009 - Updated with 23 new codes, the Heart Rhythm Society’s “Coding Guide for Heart Rhythm Procedures and Services, 2009” provides valuable tools, up-to-date information, scenarios and resources to create efficiency and optimize reimbursement.

HRS said the coding guide is a must-have tool for any EP lab or any physician performing heart rhythm procedures and services. Coding e-mail updates will also be provided to alert users about reimbursement and coding changes that take place during the year.

January 19, 2009 - W.L. Gore and Associates today said Peter A. Soukas, M.D., an interventional cardiologist from Caritas St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center in Boston, MA, enrolled the first patient in the Gore EMBOLDEN Clinical Study Jan. 6.

The first patient was recently symptomatic and greater than 90 years old. The greater than 95 percent stenosis in the internal carotid artery was successfully stented under protection by the Gore Embolic Filter. The patient was discharged from the hospital and is doing well.

January 19, 2009 - Loudoun Cardiovascular Specialists in Lansdowne, VA has selected Digisonics' DigiNet Pro System for cardiovascular image management and reporting.

The system will reportedly provide the practice with fully functional remote reading of their cardiovascular studies from virtually anywhere at anytime via the Web, creating a complete, seamless workflow through integration with multiple vendors including GE, INVIA and Allscripts.

January 16, 2009 - St. Jude Medical Inc. said its ViewMate II Ultrasound System with the ViewFlex PLUS Intracardiac Echocardiography (ICE) Catheter was used for the first use outside the U.S., enabling physicians to view real-time images from inside the heart as they diagnose and treat conditions resulting from abnormal rhythms or structural problems.

By reportedly providing clear, accurate images of the heart’s interior anatomy and the position of devices, the system enables physicians to perform procedures with increased control.

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