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January 24, 2008 – “Unadjusted mortality…was significantly lower for drug-eluting stents than bare-metal stents in unapproved indications,” noted Donald S.

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January 23, 2008 - American healthcare can be greatly improved by embracing “openness” throughout the healthcare arena is the principle finding of a new report, Harnessing Openness to Transform American Health Care, released by the Digital Connections Council (DCC) of the Committee for Economic Development (CED).

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January 22, 2008 - Avista Capital Partners, which recently acquired the Bristol-Myers Squibb Medical Imaging medical ...

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January 22, 2008 - Abiomed Inc. received FDA Humanitarian Device Exemption (HDE) supplement approval on system upgrades ...

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January 22, 3008 - Cardica Inc. and Intuitive Surgical Inc. will host an evening symposium, demonstrating how surgeons ...

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January 22, 2008 - Researchers at the Universite de Montreal have run the largest mathematical simulation of a heart, a two billion element model, enabling discoveries of the electrical triggers of the various kinds of heart disease that could lead to earlier diagnosis and new treatments.

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January 22, 2008 - GE Healthcare was rated first in Overall Service Performance among vendors for PET and PET/CT service ...

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January 22, 2008 � Blocked abdomen and leg arteries, known as peripheral arterial disease (PAD), is more costly to ...

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January 22, 2008 � The FDA approved enrollment expansion for a study, the Tailored Treatment of Permanent Atrial ...

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January 22, 2008 – The FDA cleared a fully automated ablation system supporting an open-loop irrigated catheter using ...

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January 22, 2008 - Cardica Inc. launched its new C-Port xA X-CHANGE Distal Anastomosis System, a cartridge-based ...

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January 22, 2008 - The International Board of Heart Rhythm Examiners (IBHRE) issued the first standardized cardiac pacing exam for Japanese allied professionals, which marks the first time the IBHRE exam, designed to test professional competency in cardiac pacing, defibrillation and electrophysiology, will be tailored to the needs of a global health care system outside of the U.S.

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January 22, 2008 - Boston Scientific Corp. today announced CE Mark approval for its COGNIS cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillator (CRT-D) and TELIGEN implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD), representing entirely new platforms to treat heart failure and sudden cardiac death.

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January 22, 2008 - Patients in the Columbus, OH, area are among the first in the U.S. to have been implanted with the ...

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January 22, 2008 - The FDA cleared St. Jude Medical's EnSite Fusion Registration Module, software designed to help physicians create detailed heart models to facilitate the diagnosis and delivery of therapy for complex abnormal atrial heart rhythms, including Atrial Fibrillation (AF), for use with minimally invasive electrophysiology procedures.

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