Just when you got excited about CT angiography (CTA) noninvasively diagnosing coronary artery disease, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) decided to slash reimbursement for CTA.

January 22, 2008 – The FDA cleared by Cheetah Medical Inc.'s Reliant portable cardiac output monitor, designed to provide a noninvasive window to cardiac and hemodynamic function.

The Reliant monitor is powered by Cheetah's unique, patented BIOREACTANCE Technology, which has been used effectively in over 1,000 patients in various clinical settings including hemodynamic monitoring, heart failure, perioperative care, hemodialysis and stress testing.

January 22, 2008 - Cardica Inc. launched its new C-Port xA X-CHANGE Distal Anastomosis System, a cartridge-based, reloadable C-Port system designed for surgeons to attach multiple blood vessel grafts using the same handle during a coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) procedure, which is now available in the United States.

January 22, 2008 - The acute success rate for procedures using the new magnetic irrigated catheter by Stereotaxis to treat paroxysmal atrial fibrillation rose to 95 percent at sites that reported performing more than 20 cases, in a study presented at the Boston Atrial Fibrillation Symposium.

January 22, 2008 - Patients in the Columbus, OH, area are among the first in the U.S. to have been implanted with the Sleuth ECG Monitoring System, a wireless, implantable system for long-term monitoring of ECG (electrocardiogram) data for diagnosing cardiac arrhythmias behind unexplained fainting.

January 22, 2008 � The FDA approved enrollment expansion for a study, the Tailored Treatment of Permanent Atrial Fibrillation (TTOP AF), on the safety and efficacy of tailored ablation therapy against traditional pharmaceutical regimens, which will support a pre-market approval (PMA) application to the FDA.

May 2, 2008 - Monitoring system maker Mennen Medical recently said an additional monitor, the VitaLogik 4000 Series, will soon be available for monitoring requirements in neonatology, pediatrics, cardiology, ICU, OR, and ER.

The product is available in two versions. The noninvasive VitaLogik 4000 and the invasive VitaLogik 4500 and has FDA clearance and CE mark.

January 22, 2008 - The International Board of Heart Rhythm Examiners (IBHRE) issued the first standardized cardiac pacing exam for Japanese allied professionals, which marks the first time the IBHRE exam, designed to test professional competency in cardiac pacing, defibrillation and electrophysiology, will be tailored to the needs of a global health care system outside of the U.S.

January 22, 2008 - GE Healthcare was rated first in Overall Service Performance among vendors for PET and PET/CT service, marking the company’s second consecutive year achieving the award, according to IMV ServiceTrak, an independent third-party research firm.

January 22, 2008 - The FDA cleared St. Jude Medical's EnSite Fusion Registration Module, software designed to help physicians create detailed heart models to facilitate the diagnosis and delivery of therapy for complex abnormal atrial heart rhythms, including Atrial Fibrillation (AF), for use with minimally invasive electrophysiology procedures.

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