Acusphere has submitted a New Drug Application (NDA) to the FDA for approval to market Imagify (Perflubutane Polymer Microspheres for Injectable Suspension), an ultrasound imaging agent for the detection of coronary artery disease, which could prove as accurate as nuclear stress testing.

June 5, 2008 - Older patients may have less ability to repair of vessels and arteries after acute injury, similar to other effects of aging, according to the American Vascular Association (AVA) Resident Research Prize Paper, presented at the 62nd Annual Meeting of the Society for Vascular Surgery.

June 5, 2008 – GE Healthcare’s Diagnostic Cardiology business plans to bring electrocardiogram data to more EMRs (Electronic Medical Records) by working with some of the world’s leading EMR vendors to create bridges and enable compatibility.

June 9, 2008 — Kardia Health Systems will expand its cardiology platforms with the acquisition of Freeland Systems, a provider of multimodality medical imaging and reporting software solutions, in a move that expands Kardia’s line of Web-based products for cardiology.

With this acquisition, Kardia will be able to offer customers a complete Web-based clinical, diagnostic and reporting solution for end-to-end management of multiple imaging modalities.

June 5, 2008 - The FDA has just approved Medtronic’s Talent Thoracic Stent Graft for endovascular treatment for descending aneurysms and penetrating ulcers of the thoracic aorta. The approval gives endovascular interventionalists in the United States access to an innovative medical device that will bring treatment to an additional 25 percent of patients.

June 5, 2008 – There was a 14 percent increase in MRI procedures from 2003 to 2007, for an average annual rate of 3 percent, representing a slowdown in procedure growth compared to the beginning of the decade, when the average annual growth rate from 1999 to 2003 was about 15 percent, according to IMV’s recent census of MRI sites in the U.S.

The census showed an estimated 27.5 million MRI procedures were performed at 7,195 sites in 2007, increasing from 24.2 million in 2003.

June 5, 2008 - To train interventional cardiologists and vascular specialists in what is called neuro-rescue, or stroke intervention, the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI) launched the first interactive, simulation-based stroke intervention course, “SCAI Core Curriculum in Introductory Neuro Rescue.”

June 5, 2008 – The TigerWire Steerable Guidewire, a wire designed to enhance physicians' ability to steer through challenging peripheral arteries, received European CE Mark approval, which St. Jude Medical announced at EuroPCR 2008 in Barcelona, Spain.

June 5, 2008 – AngioScore started enrollment in the AngioSculpt Scoring Balloon Catheter Multi-Center Coronary Bifurcation Study (AGILITY), designed to compare AngioSculpt Scoring Balloon Catheters in treating bifurcation lesions over conventional angioplasty balloon catheters.

June 5, 2008 - At the SVS Vascular Annual Meeting Royal Philips Electronics and Skytron said they are teaming up to deliver hybrid operating rooms for minimally invasive cardiovascular surgical procedures. The solution combines Philips' cardiovascular X-ray systems with Skytron's surgery room equipment to enable clinicians to treat cardiovascular patients in the same room.

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