May 19, 2009 - MVP (Managed Ventricular Pacing), an exclusive programming feature on Medtronic pacemakers that has been effective in reducing unnecessary pacing in patients, was applied in the MVP Trial of implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) patients.

May 19, 2009 - Pervasis Therapeutics Inc. today announced new preclinical data for its minimally invasive cell therapy, PVS-10200, which is used following an intervention for peripheral arterial disease (PAD), resulted in a statistically significant increased lumen area, reduced intimal area and decreased occlusion compared to control.

May 18, 2009 - CardioNet Inc. launched SomNet, a new clinical indicator for severe sleep disorders available in the company’s existing Mobile Cardiac Outpatient Telemetry (MCOT) system, during last week’s Heart Rhythm Society’s (HRS) 30th Annual Scientific Sessions in Boston.

May 18, 2009 – At Heart Rhythm 2009 last week Biotronik said it completed the first enrollment in the pivotal phase of its IMPACT clinical study, which investigates whether the risk of stroke can be reduced in patients being treated for atrial fibrillation with cardiac devices through early detection of these arrhythmias.

May 15, 2009 - Intraoperative fluorescence imaging (IFI) can evaluate graft patency during off-pump coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery, making possible immediate graft revision, if needed, and potentially better clinical outcomes, according to a study in the May issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology: Cardiovascular Imaging.

May 15, 2009 - GE Healthcare will demonstrate a key new antidote to the X-ray dose challenge at the annual Heart Rhythm Society (HRS) meeting, May 13-16.