December 23, 2008 – The FDA approved for marketing EPIX Pharmaceuticals’ novel blood pool magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) agent, Vasovist (gadofosveset trisodium), to evaluate aortoiliac occlusive disease (AIOD) in adults with known or suspected peripheral vascular disease.
December 23, 2008 - Volcano Corp., a manufacturer of products for the diagnosis and treatment of coronary and peripheral artery disease, said today that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Axsun Technologies Inc., a privately-held company that is a developer and manufacturer of lasers and optical engines used in medical optical coherence tomography (OCT) imaging systems and advan
December 23, 2008 – The Society of Nuclear Medicine (SNM) will hold its annual Mid-Winter Educational Symposium February ...
Providing exceptional cardiovascular care for patients to achieve the best possible outcomes is the number one goal for ...
December 23, 2008 - St. Jude Medical Inc. said this week it completed the acquisition of Radi Medical Systems AB for $250 million in cash.
December 23, 2008 - St. Jude Medical Inc. and MediGuide Inc. today signed a definitive merger agreement where MediGuide will become part of the St. Jude Medical Atrial Fibrillation Division.
December 22, 2008 - Edwards Lifesciences Corp. recently said it expects to drive sales growth and profitability in 2009 ...
Cardiac positron emission tomography (PET) is growing in popularity among cardiologists because it provides the ability ...
December 22, 2008 – Digisonics recently made several new installations of its DigiView CVIS for cardiovascular image ...
December 22, 2008 - W. L. Gore & Associates last week said Rush University Medical Center in Chicago is the first medical center to enroll a patient in the Gore REDUCE Clinical Study using the percutaneous GORE HELEX Septal Occluder to close patent foramen ovale (PFO).
December 22, 2008 - ZOLL Medical Corp. recently said more than 12,000 patients at high risk of sudden cardiac arrest ...
When performing radiofrequency (RF) ablation to treat cardiac arrhythmia, medical professionals must balance the safety ...
December 22, 2008 - C. R. Bard Inc. recently received FDA clearance to market the E-Luminexx Vascular Stent - a flexible, self-expanding nitinol stent.
December 22, 2008 - Medtronic Inc. today said it acquired the remaining 1.5 million shares of CryoCath Technologies Inc ...
December 19, 2008 - GE Healthcare’s Medical Quality Improvement Consortium (MQIC) quality data system was selected by the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS) as a reporting registry for the 2008 program, and GE expects this registry certification to continue in 2009.
Change Healthcare Cardiology Hemodynamics is an integrated hemodynamic monitoring system for monitoring vital signs and ...
December 18, 2008 - Spectranetics Corp. this week said the FDA cleared the Cross-Pilot Laser Support Catheter used in ...
December 18, 2008 - ZOLL Medical Corp. this week received FDA 510(k) clearance to market and sell the ZOLL R Series Code ...
December 18, 2008 - Abbott this week said it started the SPIRIT Small Vessel, a clinical trial evaluating a 2.25mm size ...