December 12, 2007 - Over 200 surgeons, biomedical engineers and heart device executives gathered at the University of Utah on Nov. 30 and Dec. 1 to celebrate the first implant of the Jarvik 7 artificial heart on Dec. 1, 1982, and to present the current state of artificial heart pumping technology.
Today, the modern version of the Jarvik 7, SynCardia Systems’ CardioWest temporary Total Artificial Heart (TAH-t) artificial heart, is the first and only temporary artificial heart to receive FDA, Health Canada and CE approval.

December 12, 2007 - LUMEDX Corp. has introduced CardioManager Performance Management System cardiology software that reportedly translates complex clinical, operational and financial data into accessible, actionable information.

December 12, 2007 - Immersion Medical announced the launch of its new Transcatheter Aortic Valve module for its CathLabVR Surgical Simulator that helps train physicians for minimally invasive coronary valve replacement.

An estimated 450,000 patients in the U.S. suffer from severe stenosis of coronary valves, and many see valve replacement interventions as the future standard of care for many high-risk patients. Immersion Medical's new cardiac surgical simulation module is said to help accelerate learning and adoption of these minimally invasive life-saving procedures.

December 12, 2007 – When 2007 Cardiometabolic Health Congress participants were asked what guidelines they follow for treating patients with multiple cardiovascular and metabolic risk factors, the largest group of respondents indicated that they didn’t follow any particular set of guidelines and that better guidelines are needed.

The survey queried more than 750 cardiology, endocrinology, nephrology, and primary care clinicians who attended the 2007 Cardiometabolic Health Congress in September.

December 12, 2007 - Representatives Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY) Joseph Pitts (R-PA) and Gene Green (D-TX) were joined by more than 65 of their colleagues in urging Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi to reject any additional cuts to Medicare medical imaging services.

December 11, 2007 - ValveXchange, developer of a next-generation replacement heart valve technology, won the third annual Faegre & Benson Venture Showcase Award at the BioWest 2007 Conference & Expo in Denver.
The Venture Showcase Award was provided by the Faegre & Benson law firm and announced at the Colorado Bioscience Association (CBSA) Awards Luncheon.

December 11, 2007 – Due to the loss of more than 50 percent of the North American Mo-99 supply and its impact on the ability of physicians to perform diagnostic cardiac nuclear medicine studies that depend on a reliable daily supply of isotope Technetium (Tc-99m), The American College of Radiology is investigating how it may be of service to radiologists and other nuclear medicine providers.

December 11, 2007 - The FDA issued its final assessment of two long-term studies in patients with severe gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) who were being treated with either Prilosec or Nexium, and finds that “long-term use of these drugs is not likely to be associated with increased risk of heart problems.”

December 11, 2007 - GE’s SnapShot Pulse technology for prospectively gated diagnostic cardiac CT exams has been proven to reduce a patient’s radiation exposure by up to 83 percent and improve image quality, validated from clinicians performing thousands of exams at sites around the world.

December 11, 2007 ― GE partnered with anesthesiologists, emergency medicine physicians and other fields of medicine to design new editions of its LOGIQ e compact and a new edition of the LOGIQ Book XP Enhanced compact, as part of its 2008 ultrasound releases introduced today.

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