October 19, 2009 – iMobileHealth yesterday launched the iAorticValve Web site and iPhone application to allow doctors and patients to access and use critical aortic valve information and have it at their fingertips in a mobile form.
October 19, 2009 – Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals Inc.
October 19, 2009 – PLC Systems Inc. today said its RenalGuard System will be utilized as part of a live case transmission from the Clinica Mediterranea, Naples, Italy, to the 30th Congresso Nazionale della Societa' Italiana di Cardiologia Invasiva (GISE), Oct. 20-23, in Bologna, Italy.
Providing exceptional cardiovascular care for patients to achieve the best possible outcomes is the number one goal for ...
October 16, 2009 – Correlagen recently expanded its CardioGeneScan test, the first comprehensive genetic test for the diagnosis of familial cardiac disease.
October 16, 2009 – AstraZeneca yesterday said the U.S. Food and Drug Administration cleared CRESTOR (rosuvastatin calcium) for use in pediatric patients ages 10-17 with heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia (HeFH) when diet therapy fails to reduce elevated cholesterol.
October 16, 2009 – BIOTRONIK yesterday said it recently received the Industry’s first European CE Mark approval so BIOTRONIK Home Monitoring can replace in-hospital device follow-up visits.
Cardiac positron emission tomography (PET) is growing in popularity among cardiologists because it provides the ability ...
October 16, 2009 – The Clinical Center of Serbia, Institute for Cardiovascular Diseases today said it treated its first patient with a revolutionary cell-based therapy for heart failure.
October 16, 2009 - At the 95th annual RSNA meeting, Nov. 29-Dec 4, in Chicago, Agfa Healthcare will show how IMPAX Cardiovascular is designed to support heart and vascular diagnostics and documentation.
October 15, 2009 – Kardia Health Systems, today announced the availability of ConnectedCare, the first complete, online, fee-per-study cardiovascular information system (CVIS).
When performing radiofrequency (RF) ablation to treat cardiac arrhythmia, medical professionals must balance the safety ...
October 15, 2009 – A study conducted by the University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC) demonstrates that, for certain patient populations, an experimental device that lowers blood pressure may be a cost effective treatment. The implantable device, called Rheos, is in advanced stages of testing for individuals with drug-resistant hypertension.
October 15, 2009 – Biosense Webster Inc. said today the U.S. Food and Drug Administration cleared the CARTO 3 System, an advanced 3D imaging technology for use by electrophysiologists in treating cardiac arrhythmias.
Datascope’s CS100 Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump with IntelliSync offers one-button start up and it automatically adapts to changing conditions. The device automatically evaluates and selects optimal trigger source and lead, sets inflation at the dicrotic notch and deflates the balloon at the start of systole. It responds to changes in signal quality by selecting a new trigger source.
Change Healthcare Cardiology Hemodynamics is an integrated hemodynamic monitoring system for monitoring vital signs and ...
October 14, 2009 — During the Chicago Heart Failure Forum, Abraham Kocheril, M.D., professor of Medicine and director of clinical electrophysiology at the University of Illinois at Chicago, together with Thomas Stamos, M.D., director of heart failure at the University of Illinois Medical Center, presented a heart failure patient case study in which the Shape-HF Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing S
October 14, 2009 – Medtronic Inc. yesterday initiated a feasibility study of an interventional treatment for erectile dysfunction (ED) that uses a specially-designed drug-eluting stent (DES) system.
October 14, 2009 – Endologix Inc., developer of minimally invasive treatments for aortic disorders, said yesterday it evaluated the patent infringement lawsuit filed against the company last week by Cook Medical and says the suit is without merit.