September 30, 2009 – A simple, noninvasive test appears to be an effective screening tool for identifying patients with silent heart disease who are at risk for a heart attack or sudden death.

September 30, 2009 – MAQUET Cardiovascular said Johannes Bonatti, M.D., professor of surgery and director of coronary surgery and advanced coronary interventions at the University of Maryland Heart Center in Baltimore, recently completed the world's first use of the MAQUET Minimized Extra-Corporeal Circulation (MECC) system during a successful robotic and fully endoscopic heart surgery.

September 29, 2009 – Cordis Corp. and Boston Scientific announced late today they reached an agreement to resolve several pending lawsuits over intellectual property related to drug-eluting stent and balloon deliver system technologies.

September 29, 2009 – Volcano Corp.

September 29, 2009 – Elixir Medical Corp. last week at TCT 2009 announced positive results from three multicenter first-in-man studies of its novolimus and myolimus-eluting coronary stent systems with durable and bioabsorbable polymers. Novolimus-Eluting Coronary Stent System With Bioabsorbable Polymer

September 29, 2009 – At six months, patients receiving the NEVO Sirolimus-Eluting Coronary Stent reported significantly less chest pain than those receiving the TAXUS Liberte stent, and patients also reported improvements in their overall quality of life.

September 29, 2009 – GE Healthcare said the first clinical use of true integrated Fractional Flow Reserve (FFR) has been implemented at Christus St. Vincent Regional Medical Center in Santa Fe, N.M., to evaluate the severity of lesions in coronary arteries.

September 28, 2009 – Sanofi-aventis announced last week the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) of the European Medicines Agency (EMEA) has adopted a positive opinion recommending to grant a marketing authorization in the European Union for Multaq (dronedarone 400mg tablets).