January 25, 2008 - Medicare has increased reimbursement payment rates for EECP therapy for 2008, effective immediately for the first six months of 2008 and result in a new national average physician fee payment level of $156.16 per session for EECP therapy - an increase of 6.2 percent over the 2007 payment rate.

January 25, 2008 - The FDA informed Abiomed Inc. that the first three areas of concern regarding submission for 510(k) clearance of its Impella 2.5 circulatory support device have been resolved, plus the clinical data provided by company has been accepted by the FDA and the labeling has been agreed upon.

January 25, 2008 - The winner of the Siemens online video 'Win an MRI' contest is Lockport Memorial Hospital in Lockport, NY, winning a brand new Magnetom Essenza for their staff-produced video that demonstrated the complications and inconveniences posed to patients and physicians when a hospital lacks an in-house MRI.

AngioDynamics recently launched Centros, a self-centering, tunneled hemodialysis access catheter.

Centros, designed by Stephen R. Ash, M.D., FACP, is a self-centering, tunneled hemodialysis access catheter that has a curved configuration that allows it to be placed in the superior vena cava in a centered position, without touching the vein walls. Rather than being placed in the atrium, the tip of the catheter is placed in the lower third of the superior vena cava.

January 24, 2008 – “Unadjusted mortality…was significantly lower for drug-eluting stents than bare-metal stents in unapproved indications,” noted Donald S.

January 22, 3008 - Cardica Inc. and Intuitive Surgical Inc. will host an evening symposium, demonstrating how surgeons can automate the attachment of blood vessel grafts during coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) procedures, replacing traditional hand-sewn sutures.

January 22, 2008 - Avista Capital Partners, which recently acquired the Bristol-Myers Squibb Medical Imaging medical imaging business unit, reported today that the FDA has granted pediatric exclusivity for studies conducted on Cardiolite, effective Jan. 8, 2008, extending the marketing exclusivity of Cardiolite for an additional six months beyond patent expiration on Jan. 29, 2008.

Cardiolite is a kit for the preparation of Technetium Tc99m Sestamibi for Injection.

January 22, 2008 - Researchers at the Universite de Montreal have run the largest mathematical simulation of a heart, a two billion element model, enabling discoveries of the electrical triggers of the various kinds of heart disease that could lead to earlier diagnosis and new treatments.

January 22, 2008 - Abiomed Inc. received FDA Humanitarian Device Exemption (HDE) supplement approval on system upgrades for its AbioCor Implantable Replacement Heart (AbioCor), intended to replace the severely damaged native heart for patients who are not eligible for a transplant and have no other treatment alternative.

January 23, 2008 - American healthcare can be greatly improved by embracing “openness” throughout the healthcare arena is the principle finding of a new report, Harnessing Openness to Transform American Health Care, released by the Digital Connections Council (DCC) of the Committee for Economic Development (CED).

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