September 19, 2008 - The 21st annual International Symposium on Endovascular Therapy (ISET) will be held Jan. 18-22, 2009, bringing together industry leaders and experts to deliver cutting-edge interventional education to meet the needs of physicians who recognize the challenges that lie ahead and actively seek the knowledge to meet those challenges.

September 19, 2008 - The Sudden Cardiac Arrest Association (SCAA) yesterday announced the recipients of its 2008 Leadership Awards in recognition of their significant contributions to sudden cardiac arrest awareness and prevention.

The honorees will receive their awards at the SCAA Awards Dinner, Oct. 18 in Philadelphia, held during the SCAA’s annual meeting, as part of a series of events in honor of National Sudden Cardiac Arrest Awareness Month.

September 17, 2008 - Micrus Endovascular Corp. yesterday initiated its worldwide launch of Neuropath guide catheter line, designed with a highly flexible and visible tip so neurointerventionalists can gain better vessel access and greater vessel selection in treating patients with complex anatomies.

September 17, 2008 - Syntermed Inc. said this week it debuted the company’s SyncTool, a diagnostic tool for heart failure, on GE Healthcare Xeleris 2 workstation at the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology (ASNC) meeting.

GE Healthcare exclusively licensed the software for new Xeleris workstations in conjunction with Syntermed’s Emory Cardiac Toolbox (ECTb) and is offering it as an upgrade to existing customers. SyncTool, a phase analysis software, analyzes the benefits of cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) in heart failure patients.

September 17, 2008 - Medtronic Inc. said this week it started two new trials of the Endeavor Resolute drug-eluting stent (DES), the company’s complement to the Endeavor drug-eluting stent, which was approved by the FDA in February.

September 17, 2008 - BioControl Medical said six month data for eight of the more than 30 patients who participated in the overall European pilot study of CardioFit for Congestive Heart Failure was published in the European Journal of Heart Failure, volume 10, issue 9, pages 884–891.

September, 17, 2008 - The American College of Cardiology (ACC) yesterday launched its Quality First campaign that advocates for new standards for quality in healthcare reform, while setting forth initiatives to begin moving the American healthcare system immediately and dramatically forward.

Micrus Endovascular Corp. offers the Neuropath guide catheter line, designed with a highly flexible and visible tip so neurointerventionalists can gain better vessel access and greater vessel selection in treating patients with complex anatomies.

September 16, 2008 – The Heart Failure Society of America’s (HFSA) 12th Annual Scientific Meeting will be held Sept. 21-24, at the Metro Toronto Convention Center, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

September 16, 2008 — Nuance Communications Inc. unveiled its Dragon Medical 10 edition, a real-time medical speech recognition software which recognizes dictation nearly twice as fast as its previous release and yields an accuracy improvement of more than 20 percent over the previous release.

The upgrade offers new medical vocabularies, improved integration with electronic medical record (EMR) systems, enhanced regional accent support, and customizable commands, like Voice Shortcuts and DragonTemplates.

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