Reuters reports that a study of military veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder showed that more severe their anxiety, the greater their risk of heart disease. Adding to the long-recognized connection between stress and heart disease, researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health in Boston said that relationship existed among nearly 2,000 Boston-area veterans.

The first patients to receive a new, implanted heart-monitoring device underwent procedures recently at the Clinica ...

The FDA has granted 510(k) marketing clearance for Atrium Medical Corp.’s ClearWay RX, a therapeutic perfusion catheter ...

UnitedHealthcare has announced its support for the “Door to Balloon (D2B): An Alliance for Quality” campaign recently initiated by the ACC and supported by 22 partnering organizations including the American Heart Association (AHA).

Viking Systems Inc., a designer of 3D and 2D high-performance surgical visualization systems, has launched the Viking Systems ViCam Vision System for monitoring, managing and recording complex open surgical procedures for cardiology.

The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) will put its healthcare IT mission into action as the organization heads to New Orleans for its 2007 Annual HIMSS Conference & Exhibition Feb 25 to March 1 by partnering with the Common Ground Health Clinic in the Katrina-ravaged city.

The Washington Post reports that while people with implanted cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) or pacemakers do reap ...

The FDA medical devices dispute resolution panel that met on Dec. 15 voted 3 to 1 to uphold a previous FDA decision that ...