April 22, 2009 - The American Society of Hypertension Inc. (ASH) is launching the ASH Hypertension Accreditation Program to enhance the level of education of allied health professionals and pharmaceutical sales representatives in hypertension and related cardiovascular disease.

April 21, 2009 - St. Jude Medical Inc. yesterday announced CE mark approval of its AnalyST Accel and Current Accel implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs), which automatically adjust therapy to changing patient needs for increased safety and accelerated follow-up.

April 20, 2009 - Sorin Group entered into a long-term exclusive distribution agreement with Japan Lifeline Co. Ltd. (JLL), a distributor of medical devices in Japan, for the entire portfolio of Sorin’s Heart Valves Business Unit, including mechanical heart valves and annuloplasty rings.

April 20, 2009 – The 2009 Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography Annual Scientific Meeting (SCCT 2009) has received nearly 200 scientific abstracts for its fourth annual show, which is scheduled for July 16-19, 2009 in Orlando, FL.

April 17, 2009 - GE Healthcare announced the company has signed a research agreement with Brigham and Women’s Hospital, an affiliate of Harvard Medical School, to establish an alliance in medical research in area of Positron Emission Tomography (PET).

April 17, 2009 – GE Healthcare is introducing three service agreements for owners of GE monitoring and diagnostic cardiology products and solutions, including telemetry, patient and Holter monitors, and cardiac stress, cardiology management and electrocardiograph systems.

April 16, 2009 - An estimated 1,000 lives could be saved each year if heart attack patients received faster emergency care during and immediately after a heart attack. Recognizing that each minute lost could mean the difference between saving a life - or losing it - mobile intensive care unit (MICU) first responders from St.