January 7, 2009 - The Sixth International Chronic Total Occlusion Summit is Feb. 5-6, at the New York Marriott Marquis Hotel in the heart of Times Square at 1535 Broadway, New York, NY.

Chronic total occlusions (CTOs) of coronary arteries represent one of the greatest challenges to interventional cardiologists. Successful revascularization of CTOs has been strongly associated with improved left ventricular function, freedom from angina and future revascularization, and in several studies increased survival.

January 7, 2009 - According to a study performed at the Yale University School of Medicine in New Haven, CT, the Framingham and National Cholesterol Education Program tools (NCEP) are not accurate predictors of coronary heart disease.

The study that included 1,653 patients with no history of coronary heart disease was published in the January issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology.

January 6, 2009 - Ziosoft Inc., an advanced visualization and analysis software for medical imaging, today received 510(k) clearance from the FDA for its CT brain perfusion application, which is accessible to clinicians throughout the enterprise using the Ziostation thin-client system.

January 6, 2009 - New research published in the January edition of the HeartRhythm Journal reveals that abandoning a nonfunctioning lead in an ICD patient is safe and does not pose a clinically significant risk of complication.

The new study published also suggests lead extraction should be reserved for cases of system infection or when large numbers of leads have been abandoned.

January 6, 2009 - Boston Scientific Corp. today said it acquired Labcoat Ltd., a privately held, development-stage drug-eluting stent technology company located in Galway, Ireland.

January 6, 2009 - Vicor Technologies received FDA 510k approval in December to market its PD2i Analyzer, which uses a patented, proprietary point correlation dimension algorithm (PD2i), a deterministic, non-linear measure that analyzes ECG data to risk stratify target populations as to future life threatening or fatal events.

Specifically, the PD2i Analyzer is said to provide physicians with insight into heart rate complexity over time.

January 6, 2009 - LightLab Imaging Inc. said the number of clinical intravascular optical coherence tomography (OCT) procedures using the company's OCT systems has surpassed 10,000.

OCT is a new high-resolution, high-speed imaging modality that uses advanced photonics for intravascular imaging and tissue characterization for diagnosis and treatment of coronary artery disease.

January 5, 2009 - Carotid endarterectomy (CEA) yields better short-term results than carotid artery stenting (CAS) in patients with carotid artery disease, according to a 30-day outcomes report from the Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) Vascular Registry for Carotid Procedures, published in the January 2009 issue of the Journal of Vascular Surgery.

January 5, 2009 - The University of California, San Diego Medical Center is the first hospital in California to enroll patients in a multi-center clinical trial, sponsored by Angioblast Systems Inc., to examine the safety and feasibility of administering adult stems cells to treat congestive heart failure.

January 5, 2009 - Medtronic Inc. today announced the first enrollment in the company’s FDA-approved clinical trial of its self-expanding (SE) Complete SE stent for the treatment of peripheral arterial disease (PAD) in the superficial femoral artery (SFA).

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