March 20, 2009 - Stanford University School of Medicine researchers have pooled three years of individual patient data to compare the effectiveness of coronary artery bypass surgery versus angioplasty on specific groups of patients.

March 20, 2009 - Endologix Inc. yesterday announced the first presentation of initial outcomes with up to two-year patient follow-up from its Powerlink Suprarenal Proximal Extension trial; the Powerlink System is for the minimally invasive treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA).

March 20, 2009 – MEDRAD Inc. Multi Vendor Service has launched TotalRepair, reportedly the first and only guaranteed repair solution on select ultrasound probes. Enabled by 100 percent repair capabilities, TotalRepair aims to allow healthcare facilities to spend less on costly exchanges and replacements by maximizing the use of probe repair.

March 19, 2009 - The ZOLL Medical Corp. LifeVest Wearable Defibrillator has been prescribed for patients by physicians at all of the “Honor Roll” hospitals designated by U.S. News and World Report.

March 20, 2009 – Siemens Healthcare subsidiary PETNET Solutions is opening a new SPECT radiopharmacy in Raleigh, NC. Through an agreement with Covidien Medical Imaging, PETNET now offers a combined portfolio of high energy and low energy radioisotopes to the nuclear medicine community, further expanding its PET and SPECT coverage.

March 20, 2009 - BRAHMS AG of Hennigsdorf, Germany and Annapolis, MD, recently submitted a 510(k) file to the FDA to market its patented BRAHMS MR-proANP Kryptor Test used to find biomarkers for heart failure.