September 14, 2011 — Miracor Medical Systems GmbH announced today the company has secured $10 million to commercialize its Pressure-controlled Intermittent Coronary Sinus Occlusion (PICSO) Impulse system. It offers a new approach to reduce myocardial injury following percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).

September 14, 2011 – The Delaware Insurance Commissioner’s announcement that Blue Cross Blue Shield of Delaware (BCBSD) will support physicians’ use of an American College of Cardiology (ACC) program to make decisions about certain diagnostic imaging tests is a win for patients and a win for quality-of-care, said ACC CEO Jack Lewin, M.D.

September 13, 2011 – A new study finds that infections following cardiac device implantations or replacement result in extremely high costs, both financially and in terms of patient mortality, even months after affected patients return home. Infections associated with pacemakers and defibrillators led to 4.8 to 7.7-fold increases in admission mortality, 1.6 to 2.1-fold increases long term mortality, 2.5 to 4-fold increases in hospital length of stay, and 1.4 to 1.8-fold increases in cost compared to pacemaker and defibrillator implantations without infection. Surprisingly, more than one-third of the excess mortality occurred after hospital discharge.

September 13, 2011 — Ziehm Imaging is showcasing the next generation of its mobile C-arm, Ziehm Vision RFD, at the 2011 Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiological Society of Europe (CIRSE) congress. The event is Europe's largest annual session on interventional radiology. More than 6,500 doctors are expected to attend the event in Munich from Sept. 10-14.

September 12, 2011 – For the eighth consecutive year, the vacancy rate for radiographers has dropped and now stands at 2 percent, according to data presented in the ASRT Radiologic Sciences Workplace Survey 2011.

September 12, 2011 — TeraRecon Inc. invited interventional specialists to “Intervene with iNtuition,” the company’s advanced volumetric visualization Web solution, during a session at CIRSE 2011, the annual meeting of the Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology Society of Europe. The event will be held at the ICM Congress Center in Munich, Germany, from Sept. 10-14