April 25, 2007 — CV Therapeutics Inc. has announced that data from the MERLIN TIMI-36 study will be published in this week's issue of The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). The company plans to ask the FDA to modify the existing product labeling for Ranexa (ranolazine extended-release tablets) by reducing cautionary language and expanding the indication to include first-line angina.

April 24, 2007 — Ascent Healthcare Solutions announced today that the FDA has increased the number of times that Ascent can reprocess the Siemens AcuNav Ultrasound Catheter from two to up to four times. Validation data submitted to the FDA covered all available models.

April 24, 2007 — Abiomed Inc. has announced completion of the enrollment of 20 patients in its pilot clinical trial of the Impella 2.5 Circulatory Support System. The trial will be completed after the company has concluded all necessary post-enrollment patient monitoring.

April 24, 2007 — NMT Medical Inc. has announced it has received conditional approval from the FDA to its revised study hypothesis and statistical plan in the CLOSURE I patent foramen ovale (PFO)/stroke and transient ischemic attack (TIA) trial in the U.S. As part of the revised plan, the company plans to enroll approximately 800 patients.

April 23, 2007 — CardioNet Inc., a provider of wireless mobile cardiac outpatient monitoring solutions, in partnership with Cardiac Telecom, a cardiac outpatient telemetry monitoring company, has announced today the formation of the Arrhythmia Detection and Alarm Consortium (ADAAC).

Apr 23, 2007 — Rheologics Technologies Inc., a company that studies blood viscosity and its relationship to cardiovascular disease, has announced plans for a multicenter clinical study on the variability of whole blood viscosity.

April 23, 2007 — The FDA’s Medical Device Dispute Resolution Panel decided late last week to recommend against approval of Cardima’s REVELATION Tx Microcatheter System, a device designed to treat atrial fibrillation. In a written release Friday, the company said the panel had commented favorably on the need for this type of device but believed that efficacy data was not sufficiently clear and supportive for approval.

April 20, 2007 — The U.S. interventional cardiology market value increased 1.5 percent in Q1 2007 over Q4 2006, according to Millennium Research Group's (MRG) Marketrack service.

April 20, 2007 — Leading local health organizations in the State of Nevada partnered today along with Cardiac Science Corp., makers of advanced cardiac monitoring and defibrillation products, to announce the formation of Nevada Project Heartbeat, the first statewide Public Access Defibrillation (PAD) program in the U.S.

April 20, 2007 — John G. Harold, M.D., a cardiologist at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, was presented with the “Passion of the Heart” award at the annual Heart Awards Gala on April 14, hosted by the American Heart Association’s Western States Affiliate. The “Passion of the Heart” award is the highest recognition of a physician by the organization.

Dr. Harold, who joined Cedars-Sinai’s medical staff in 1985, recently served as chief of staff, one of several leadership positions he has held at the medical center.

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