June 14, 2010 - High levels of high-density lipoprotein (HDL) — known as good cholesterol — can not only make a person two to three times less likely to develop heart disease, but also may lower the risk of cancer. This is according to a study published in the June 22, 2010, issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology (JACC).

June 14, 2010 – A self-expanding, polymer-free, drug-eluting peripheral stent has been submitted for premarket approval (PMA) to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Cook Medical submitted the PMA for its Zilver PTX Drug-Eluting stent, which is intended for use in the superficial femoral artery (SFA).

June 11, 2010 – Heart attacks declined by 24 percent within a large, ethnically diverse, community-based population since 2000. The relative incidence of serious heart attacks that do permanent damage also declined 62 percent, according to a Kaiser Permanente Division of Research study in the current issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.

June 11, 2010 – A multicenter, randomized trial planned in the United States will compare laser ablation followed by adjunctive balloon angioplasty as compared to balloon angioplasty alone in treating to treat in-stent restenosis (ISR) in arteries above the knee. There is no device currently cleared or approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to treat ISR.

June 9, 2010 – Vascular 2-D and 3-D software in development to improve imaging workflow and productivity is being demonstrated during the 2010 Annual Vascular Meeting, sponsored jointly by the Society of Vascular Surgeons (SVS) and Society of Vascular Ultrasound (SVU).