October 21, 2009 – W. L. Gore and Associates today announced the first human implants of the next generation Conformable GORE TAG Thoracic Endoprosthesis for the treatment of thoracic aortic aneurysms (TAAs).
October 21, 2009 – King Pharmaceuticals Inc. said today the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a complete response letter regarding the new drug application (NDA) for its cardiac pharmacologic stress agent CorVue (binodenoson), and the company is working on a response.
October 21, 2009 – Raydiance Corp., developer of the world’s first commercial-grade ultrafast laser, said today it made a major breakthrough in manufacturing a wide variety of bioabsorbable materials with precise, micron-resolution feature sizes and with no heat affected zones (HAZ).
Providing exceptional cardiovascular care for patients to achieve the best possible outcomes is the number one goal for ...
October 21, 2009 – Carestream Health Inc. yesterday announced the availability of its new Web-based cardiology PACS that provides an efficient enterprise-wide image and information management solution for cardiology data. The CARESTREAM Cardiology PACS is now available in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Netherlands and Italy.
October 21, 2009 - GE Healthcare launched a new solution that puts clinical data and treatment practices in the hands of doctors and clinicians in real-time so that they can make informed decisions right at the point of care.
October 20, 2009 - Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-Michigan), joined by representatives of the American Medical Association (AMA), American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) and the Military Officers Association of America at a Capitol Hill news conference, urged lawmakers to reverse $247 billion in projected Medicare reimbursement cuts to doctors.
Cardiac positron emission tomography (PET) is growing in popularity among cardiologists because it provides the ability ...
October 20, 2009 – ScottCare Corp. this week released the Chroma Holter monitor, which the company says is the industry’s first full-color Holter monitor that more effectively addresses the needs of both the patient and the clinician.
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.
When performing radiofrequency (RF) ablation to treat cardiac arrhythmia, medical professionals must balance the safety ...
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.
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.
Change Healthcare Cardiology Hemodynamics is an integrated hemodynamic monitoring system for monitoring vital signs and ...
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.
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.