February 5, 2008 - Doctors completed the first implant of Boston Scientific’s COGNIS cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillator (CRT-D), which reportedly represents an entirely new platform to treat heart failure.

March 4, 2008 – MEDRAD sales revenues grew to $525 million in 2007, an increase of 10 percent over the previous year, which is expected to grow further should the merger with Possis be completed.

March 3, 2008 - Boston Scientific Corp. received CE Mark approval of its ACUITY Spiral left ventricular lead for use with cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillators and cardiac resynchronization therapy pacemakers, marking the company�s seventh U.S. or European regulatory approval in the past nine weeks.

For patient monitoring systems not integrated with PiCCO-Technology, Pulsion Medical Systems offers the PiCCO parameters through a connection to a PiCCO plus Device.

The PiCCO plus device features: automatic catheter detection; use of room temperature as well as iced injectate; simplified, organ-related, graphical user interface; extended trend display for all parameters - up to 5 days; illuminated large display; individual parameter configuration; and battery backup.

Edwards Lifesciences provides The Vigilance II monitor, which is designed to gives users the ability to present complex hemodynamic data in a simplified way to paint a clearer picture of the patient’s hemodynamic status.
Features include:
* Continuous CO, SvO2, EDV, SVR and other measured and derived parameters are presented on customized displays selected by the clinician.
* Onscreen, customized trend, data relationship and stat displays provide a complete picture of blood flow and tissue oxygenation for precision patient management.

March 4, 2008 - Visage Imaging will unveil its Visage Thin Client solutions portfolio, and demonstrate scalability for integrated 2D, 3D and 4D advanced visualization and other new tools for cardiology, radiology and other subspecialties, at the European Congress of Radiology (ECR) in Vienna, Austria, March 7-10.

March 4, 2008 - By using a dual-source technique on a single computed tomography (CT) system, a research team at the Medical University of South Carolina’s (MUSC) Heart & Vascular Center was able to make a comprehensive diagnosis of heart disease, according to a report published in the current issue Circulation.

The new version of Visage CS Cardiac Analysis is said to feature a set of new tools and optimizations such as calcium scoring, enhanced reporting and manual editing of the left ventricle geometry. Visage CS Cardiac Analysis is designed to allow viewing and post-processing of even the largest multi-phase cardiac CT studies, using Visage’s server-based thin-client performance.

March 3, 2008 - The FDA, National Heart Lung & Blood Institute and National Science Foundation are hosting a Workshop on Computer Methods for Cardiovascular Devices, in Bethesda, MD, from March 18-19 to address regulatory and technical issues with medical devices.

March 3, 2008 - CardiacQA surpassed 20,000 reports on its Nuclear Report Generator, marking a milestone for the web-based provider of quality assurance tools and nuclear reporting solutions for cardiology practices before its 2008 release of its Echocardiography Report Generator.
CardiacQA clients are able to take advantage of CardiacQA solutions, over the Internet, designed to reduce the time and costs traditionally associated with similar local installations. CardiacQA currently supports customers of all sizes, with a focus in the outpatient cardiology market.

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