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September 8, 2011 – SynCardia Systems, manufacturer of the SynCardia temporary Total Artificial Heart, announced that Texas Children's Hospital in Houston has discharged its first pediatric Total Artificial Heart patient to wait for a matching donor heart at home. On Aug. 31, 18-year-old Jordan Merecka left the hospital using the Freedom portable driver, a wearable power supply for his Total Artificial Heart.

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September 8, 2011 – Intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP) counterpulsation prior to percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in patients with ST segment elevation myocardial infarction (MI) does not reduce infarct size as measured by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), according to results from the Counterpulsation Reduces Infarct Size Acute Myocardial Infarction (CRISP AMI) trial. The results were discussed during the recent European Society of Cardiology (ESC) meeting in Paris, France.

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September 8, 2011 – A randomized multicenter, open-label study evaluating the efficacy and safety of prolonged antiplatelet therapy in patients with coronary disease has found that 24 months' duration of dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) is no better than six months of DAPT in preventing adverse cardiac events. The study results were discussed during the recent European Society of Cardiology (ESC) meeting in Paris, France.

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September 8, 2011 – Patients at a high risk for a second stroke who received intensive medical treatment had fewer strokes and deaths than patients who received a brain stent in addition to the medical treatment, a large nationwide clinical trial has shown. The investigators published the results in the online first edition of the New England Journal of Medicine. The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), part of the National Institutes of Health, funded the trial. The medical regimen included daily blood-thinning medications and aggressive control of blood pressure and cholesterol.

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September 6, 2011 — Philips has announced the availability of Xcelera R3.2, the latest release of its multi-modality cardiology image management, analysis and reporting system. It delivers patient information across the care continuum via enhanced connectivity with other hospital information systems and the patient’s electronic medical record.

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September 6, 2011 — The European Society of Cardiology (ESC) released the latest version of its guidelines for managing patients presenting without persistent ST-segment elevation. This version replaces earlier editions of 2000, 2002 and 2007. The new guidelines also incorporate the findings of very recent studies.

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September 6, 2011 — Stryker Corp. has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Concentric Medical for $135 million in an all-cash transaction. The acquisition provides Stryker with immediate entry into the fastest growing segment of the interventional neurovascular space.

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September 6, 2011 — Mesoblast Ltd. announced it received clearance from the European Medicines Agency (EMA) to begin a 225-patient multi-center Phase 2 European clinical trial for Revascor, its lead cardiovascular product. The study is being conducted in conjunction with angioplasty and stent procedures to gauge ability to prevent heart failure after a major heart attack.

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September 1, 2011 – Mechanical pumps to give failing hearts a boost were originally developed as temporary measures for patients awaiting a heart transplant. But as the technology has improved, these ventricular assist devices commonly operate in patients for years, including in former vice-president Dick Cheney, whose implant this month celebrates its one-year anniversary.

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September 1, 2011 – Results from CREDO-Kyoto PCI/CABG Registry Cohort-2 show that percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) was associated with significantly higher risk for serious adverse events in patients with triple vessel disease than coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). The protective effect of CABG for myocardial infarction was described as "especially remarkable." In view of these results, said investigator Hiroki Shiomi, M.D., from Kyoto University Hospital in Japan, "CABG would still remain the standard treatment option in patients with triple vessel disease, particularly when their SYNTAX scores are high.”

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September 1, 2011 ­– Medrad Inc. has acquired Pathway Medical Technologies Inc. to strength its vascular interventional business by expanding its offers with Pathway’s mechanical atherectomy Jetstream system.

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September 1, 2011 — Welch Allyn announced the release of its CardioPerfectWorkstation (CPWS) software version 1.6.4, the next generation of the company’s electronic health record (EHR)-ready software. It allows digital storage and more efficient review of diagnostic test data from a variety of different electronic devices.

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September 1, 2011 – St. Jude Medical Inc. announced the first insertion of an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) as part of a United States clinical study. The trial will examine the safety and effectiveness of an ST segment monitoring feature in the device.

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September 1, 2011 – The HIMSS Electronic Health Record Association (EHR Association), a collaboration of 42 EHR supplier companies, in responding to the Center for Medicare and Medicare Services (CMS) proposed rules for the Medicare physician fee schedule (MPFS) and the hospital outpatient prospective payment system for 2012, asked CMS administrator Donald M. Berwick, M.D., to reconsider its proposal to require the submission of patient-level data as it pilots electronic submissions of clinical quality measures (CQMs) based on the burden it would impose on provider organizations and other considerations.

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August 31, 2011 — Medtronic Inc. announced the start of its United States post-approval study of the Endurant AAA stent graft system, a medical device used to treat abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA).

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