January 12, 2009 - Influenza, strep throat and the common cold afflict many people during the winter months, yet viral myocarditis, a sometimes fatal infection that inflames the myocardium, often goes undiagnosed and is the most common cause of heart failure in otherwise healthy children and young adults.

January 12, 2009 - Medtronic Inc. today said it entered into an agreement whereby Medtronic will acquire Ablation Frontiers in a move to expand Medtronic’s ablation technology offerings for the treatment of atrial fibrillation.

January 8, 2009 - Two RSNA exhibits featuring Aquarius iNtuition by TeraRecon won Cum Laude awards at the recent 94th annual Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) Scientific Assembly at McCormick Place in Chicago, IL, Nov. 30 - Dec. 5, 2008.

January 9, 2009 - Cheetah Medical said this week it was granted FDA 510(k) marketing clearance for the noninvasive blood pressure (NIBP) functionality, provided by SunTech Medical, in its NICOM Reliant Hemodynamic Monitoring System.

January 9, 2009 - Cardiac nuclear medicine company Positron Corp. said today it will market its complete turnkey offering of radiopharmaceuticals, camera service and imaging under the name PosiRx.

January 9, 2009 - CardioNet Inc. today announced the publication of two studies and the presentation of two abstracts that further support the broader use of the CardioNet System for the detection of atrial fibrillation (AF).

January 9, 2009 - The Heart Hospital of Austin is the first hospital in the world to use the new Stereotaxis RF PowerAssert Magnetic Guidewire, a magnetically-navigated guide wire that provides minimally invasive treatment for peripheral artery disease (PAD) and which can successfully treat chronic total occlusions (CTOs).

January 9, 2009 - TeraRecon Inc. revealed yesterday that two exhibits featuring Aquarius iNtuition won Cum Laude awards at the recent Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) Scientific Assembly at McCormick Place in Chicago.

January 8, 2009 - The American College of Cardiology Foundation (ACCF) and its partners this week released a new clinical document addressing appropriateness in coronary revascularization is various situations.

January 8, 2009 - The budgetary constraints facing many healthcare facilities will significantly affect the markets for picture archiving and communication systems (PACS), radiology information systems (RIS) and cardiovascular information systems (CVIS) over the next five years, according to Millennium Research Group's (MRG) U.S. Markets for PACS, RIS and CVIS 2009 report.

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