May 10, 2009 - Biosite and the FDA notified healthcare professionals of the Class 1 recall of the Biosite brand Triage Cardiac Panel, a test is used by as an aid in the diagnosis of a heart attack (myocardial infarction).

May 8, 2009 – Siemens Healthcare announces FDA 510(k) clearance for the new Biograph TruePoint 16-slice PET/CT system, which is now commercially available.

May 8, 2009 - Preliminary data presented yesterday at the 32nd annual SCAI Scientific Sessions show that 82 percent of patients treated with Cook Medical’s Zilver PTX drug-eluting peripheral stent were free from reintervention at two-year follow up.

May 8, 2009 - The 63rd Vascular Annual Meeting hosted by the Society for Vascular Surgery is expected to draw 1,200 of the world's top vascular surgeons June 11-12 at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver.

May 7, 2009 - GE Healthcare and Hansen Medical Inc. today said they have entered into a collaboration to promote the use of GE Healthcare’s imaging technologies and Hansen Medical’s robotic catheter technologies for electrophysiology (EP) procedures.

May 7, 2009 - The Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT) said this week a report, “Guidelines for the Performance of Coronary Computed Tomographic Angiography,” will be printed in the May/June issue of the Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography that establishes a consensus of the minimally required standards for appropriate coronary CTA acquisition, as well as recommendati