May 29, 2008 - A study of all U.S. Medicare hospital patients who had abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) repair between 2001 and 2003 shows that high volume hospitals that used endovascular, rather than open surgical approaches, had improved mortality rates.

May 29, 2008 - Medical device industry leaders, lawmakers and government officials will gather for the 2008 Annual Meeting of the Medical Device Manufacturers Association (MDMA) on June 12-13 2008 at the Marriott at Metro Center in Washington D.C.

The Annual Meeting brings leading medical technology executives together with some of healthcare’s most influential decision-makers. Understanding the impact of industry and government trends has never been more important, said MDMA.

May 29, 2008 – Providing objective metrics and educational feedback to medical personnel who performed CPR on a cardiac arrest patient significantly improved ventilation rate, compression rate and depth of compression, and was associated with higher initial survival rates for cardiac arrest patients, according to results published in the Archives of Internal Medicine from the Resuscitation with

May 29, 2008 – Double Black Imaging (DBI) is highlighting its new surgical LCD line up at this year’s Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI) show May 31 – June 2 in San Jose, CA.

DBI’s new surgical line includes a wide range of LCDs, including patient-vicinity-safe LCDs, large format color medical LCDs and self-calibrating LCDs ideal for mounting on OR carts.

Double Black Imaging (DBI) is highlighting its new surgical LCD line up at this year’s Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI) show May 31 – June 2, 2008 in San Jose, CA.

DBI’s new surgical line includes a wide range of LCDs, including patient vicinity safe LCDs, Large format color medical LCDs and self-calibrating LCDs ideal for mounting on OR carts.

May 28, 2008 - The American College of Cardiology (ACC) and the Cardiovascular Research Foundation (CRF) announced today a multi-year partnership to jointly sponsor the ACC i2 interventional cardiology meeting, marking the beginning of a five-year partnership committed to collectively developing the interventional component of the ACC Annual Scientific Session.

The first joint meeting takes place in Orlando, FL, March 28-31, 2009, during ACC.09, the ACC’s 58th Annual Scientific Session and the world’s premier cardiovascular meeting.

May 28, 2008 - A team of cardiologists, radiologists and front-line physicians at Intermountain Medical Center in Murray and LDS Hospital in Salt Lake City has undertaken a first-of-its-kind study to determine whether CT angiography screening and early intervention can help prevent heart attacks, strokes and death.

May 28, 2008 - SNM’s 55th Annual Meeting, “Molecular Imaging: Build on the Past, Define the Future,” will be held June 14–18, 2008, in New Orleans, LA, unveiling new research in the molecular imaging, neurology, cardiology and oncology fields that may directly affect the future of patient care.

Topics of discussion include the use of PET, SPECT and other forms of imaging to detect and diagnose Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias; predict sudden cardiac death; view spinal cord injuries; advance the diagnosis of ovarian and prostate cancer and study post-menopausal women.

May 28, 2008 - Adding noninvasive imaging to current risk-assessment protocols may identify more people who are at risk of developing heart disease, UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers have found.

Researchers used data from the UT Southwestern-led Dallas Heart Study to determine whether using computed tomography (CT) to scan patients' hearts for calcium deposits and blockages could identify more people at high risk for heart disease and who could benefit from cholesterol-lowering therapy.

May 28, 2008 – The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and the American Heart Association (AHA) have clarified their recommendations for children taking medication for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), indicating that acquiring an ECG is a Class IIa recommendation but not mandatory to obtain.

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