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.

April 20, 2007 — Scientists at Carnegie Mellon University Robotics Institute in Pittsburgh, PA, have created a robotic device that can be inserted onto a heart using minimally invasive surgery to deliver medical treatment. Resembling a robotic caterpillar, the 20-millimeter-long HeartLander can crawl across the surface of a beating heart, delivering drugs or attaching medical devices.

April 20, 2007 — Monebo Technologies Inc., Austin, TX, announced today that its Interpretive ECG Algorithm has been approved by the FDA and is commercially available now. The algorithm is used for the assessment of heart arrhythmias using ambulatory ECG data, and provides the most comprehensive arrhythmia analysis and interpretation available in a multiuse algorithm.

April 20, 2007 — Medical Simulation Corp. (MSC) has announced the opening of the Houston Regional SimSuite Education Center, which is easily accessible to the Texas Medical Center and broader Houston Metroplex.

April 19, 2007 — Cardiac-device maker St. Jude Medical Inc. said Wednesday it received approval from the FDA for its Web-based system for storing patient device data for implantable cardiac devices, Associated Press reported.

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