July 8, 2010 – The annual Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) event has traditionally been a symposium for interventional cardiologists. However, as an increasing number of hybrid intervention/minimally invasive surgical procedures bring surgeons into the arena of cath lab techniques, TCT started a course for surgeons who specialize in hybrid procedures.

July 8, 2010 – Users of eMix’s cloud-based sharing technology now have the ability to preview exams from any Web browser or smart phone, thanks to a new feature called eMix Preview. Any authenticated users can now preview the reports and images of any eMix exam package and save them directly into their electronic medical record (EMR).

July 8, 2010 – Siemens Healthcare recently announced the 2.0 release of its Acuson S2000 ultrasound system, with applications across general imaging, including obstetrics and gynecology (OB/GYN), as well as vascular and cardiac imaging. The new release features: • Next generation tissue strain analytics, including Virtual Touch HD technology and

July 8, 2010 – The first patients have enrolled in an European pilot study to test an implantable device meant to help regulate sleep-disorder breathing in heart failure patients, Cardiac Concepts Inc. announced this week. The trial will examine the respiratory and cardiac benefits of Cardiac Concepts’ RespiCardia System when treating central sleep apnea (CSA) in patients with heart failure.

July 8, 2010 – Boston Scientific Corp. today announced enrollment of the first patient in its MultiSENSE clinical trial, which the company plans to use to develop a clinical alert identifying the early onset of worsening heart failure. The trial is designed to evaluate multiple physiologic sensors in the company’s Cognis cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillators (CRT-Ds).