August 24, 2007 - Haemonetics Corp. announced the formation of Haemonetics Software Solutions, Inc. to provide innovative information technology solutions to the blood and plasma collection industries.

August 24, 2007 – The 16th Annual Cardiovascular Nurse and Technologist Symposium has announced that the show will now run Oct. 20 to Oct. 21, 2007, in Washington, D.C.

TCT will provide a comprehensive update on the latest trends in the care of patients with cardiovascular and endovascular disease. This symposium will present case presentations and discussions, lunchtime breakout sessions, networking reception and an RCIS review course.

For more information: www.tct2007.com

August 23, 2007 - ATS Medical Inc., manufacturer and marketer of cardiac surgery products and services, announced that the FDA has granted the company approval to begin marketing 25 and 35-millimeter sizes of its line of ATS Open Pivot Mechanical Heart Valves.

August 22, 2007 – Interface Biologics Inc. of Toronto announced Dr. Nicolas Chronos, M.D. was added to its Advisory Board.

August 22, 2007 - Medtronic, Inc. announced it has been informed by the FDA that an Advisory Panel will review the Premarket Approval (PMA) application for the Endeavor Drug Eluting Coronary Stent in October 2007.

The FDA will announce the date and the complete agenda four to six weeks prior to the meeting in accordance with their normal communications regarding public panel meetings. Medtronic's PMA submission includes safety and efficacy data on more than 4,100 patients who have been treated with Endeavor in clinical trials that include follow up for as long as four years.

August 22, 2007 - LUMEDX Corp., a provider of fully integrated cardiovascular information systems, recently introduced the Cardiac Transplant solution, a cardiology software that automates donor/recipient record keeping for heart transplant centers, reportedly helping to streamline and simplify the process of collecting and managing adult cardiac transplant patient data from first consultation through evaluation, activation, transplant and post-transplant follow-up visits.

August 21, 2007 - Research conducted at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas and appearing in the August 21, 2007 issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology (JACC) suggests that an increase of several inches to the waistline markedly increases the risk of unhealthy plaque build-up in the arteries of the heart and the rest of the body.

August 21, 2007 - University of Arkansas researchers have discovered a simple, inexpensive way to create a nanowire coating on the surface of biocompatible titanium that can be used to create more effective surfaces for vascular stenting, as well as hip replacement and dental reconstruction.

August 21, 2007 - Vital Images announced it has released its next-generation enterprise-wide advanced visualization and analysis product solutions with the release of Vitrea 4.0 and ViTALConnect 4.1.

August 21, 2007 - Only half of adult women have had their cholesterol tested in the past year, according to the results of a nationwide survey.

The survey, conducted by the Society for Women's Health Research, a Washington, D.C.-based advocacy organization, found that 79 percent of women know how much they weighed in high school but less than one-third know their current cholesterol number. And of the women who had a recent cholesterol test, only 57 percent could actually recall their cholesterol number.

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