Siemens Medical Solutions previewed a hand-held ultrasound unit, the Acuson P10, intended primarily for triage and screening applications in acute care settings. In the future, personal imaging tools such as this could improve the standard of care for inpatient monitoring, critical care, outpatient specialty visits and bedside exams.

The results of Boston Scientific's pivotal SPIRIT III clinical trial reaffirmed prior safety and efficacy data for the market-leading TAXUS Express2 Paclitaxel-Eluting Coronary Stent System and provided early positive data for the XIENCE V (PROMUS) Everolimus-Eluting Coronary Stent System.

Data released from the bridge-to-transplantation (BTT) arm of the HeartMate II Pivotal trial demonstrate that the device provides effective mechanical circulatory support as a bridge to transplantation for heart failure patients, and that these patients experience a lower number of adverse events and an improved quality of life while being supported by the device.

The Virtual Explorer 3D Workstation is designed to analyze magnetic resonance (MR) images of the heart. It is a complete 3D, post-processing tool for MR analysis and display. The physician-friendly design offers a full range of features that will enhance MR imaging capability and functionality.

Cheetah Medical Inc., developers of the Cheetah NICOM system for non-invasive, real-time cardiac output monitoring, announced that an article entitled "Evaluation of a Noninvasive Continuous Cardiac Output Monitoring System Based on Thoracic Bioreactance" has been accepted for publication in the American Journal of Physiology, a leading journal in the field of cardiac physiology.