September 30, 2009 – Positron Corp. predicts a significant rise in demand for cardiac PET in 2010 with a proposed cut in SPECT reimbursement of 46 percent and an increase in PET reimbursement of 22 percent, issued by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).

September 29, 2009 – Abiomed Inc. announced new clinical data last week at TCT 2009 from Academic Medical Center’s (AMC) three-year follow-up results from patients in the Impella 2.5 arm of the MACH II trial, revealing improved left ventricular function, cardiac output and quality of life.

September 29, 2009 – Mardil Inc. last week at TCT 2009 announced positive interim data from a pilot study investigating the safety and efficacy of its novel cardiac device – BACE (Basal Annuloplasty of the Cardia Externally) – in treating mitral valve regurgitation.

September 29, 2009 – Boston Scientific Corp. Sept. 25 announced two-year follow-up data from the HORIZONS-AMI trial, is designed to determine the safety and efficacy of the TAXUS Express2 Paclitaxel-Eluting Coronary Stent System compared to bare-metal stenting in patients experiencing an acute myocardial infarction (AMI).

September 29, 2009 – The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit last week affirmed the previous ruling of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California that Cook Incorporated does not infringe on Edwards’ patents for endovascular devices to treat aneurysms, Cook officials said.

September 28, 2009 – New data from the phase III PLATO study showed that ticagrelor (BRILINTA) provided 16 percent reduction of cardiovascular (CV) events (composite of CV death, heart attack and stroke) than clopidogrel (9.02 vs. 10.65 percent) in acute coronary syndromes patients undergoing planned invasive treatment of either PCI or CABG.

September 28, 2009 – Data supporting the long-term safety and effectiveness of renal sympathetic denervation (RDN) using radio-frequency ablation in treating patients with chronic hypertension were presented Sept. 25 at the Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) conference in San Francisco.