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March 10, 2009 - Endologix Inc. today said the FDA approved the IntuiTrak Express Delivery System for the Powerlink XL stent graft. The maker said the IntuiTrak Express enables delivery of the Powerlink XL stent graft through the IntuiTrak 19 Fr. introducer sheath during the endovascular repair of abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA) in patients with aortic necks up to 32 mm in diameter.

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March 10, 2009 - GE Healthcare entered into collaboration with STERIS Corp. to supply surgical technologies in GE interventional suites. The desire to integrate and equip Interventional suites with leading-edge technologies from both companies inspired the agreement, which was announced today at the Society of Interventional Radiology’s annual meeting in San Diego.

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March 10, 2009 - Carotid artery stenting (CAS) has demonstrated outcomes consistent with the American Heart Association’s (AHA) long-established guidelines for treatment of patients who have blockages in their carotid arteries and are at risk for standard carotid surgery, according to an analysis of two large, prospective studies published online Friday in the journal Circulation: Cardiovascular

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March 10, 2009 - Interventional radiologists are using image-guided stem cell therapy to create new or more blood vessels to treat peripheral arterial disease (PAD) in those individuals with extensively narrowed or clogged arteries, reported a study presented at the Society of Interventional Radiology’s 34th Annual Scientific Meeting.

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March 10, 2009 - Frost & Sullivan bestowed its 2009 North American Technology Innovation of the Year Award on ValveXchange Inc. for developing the innovative ValveXchange Heart Valve System. Based on a two-part bioprosthetic tissue valve, the patented system promises to mitigate the compromises between traditional mechanical and tissue heart valves while providing maximal patient benefits.

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March 10, 2009 - Endovascular or endograft repair, a minimally invasive interventional radiology treatment that uses stent grafts to treat abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA), has low re-intervention rates that are comparable to those reported for open surgical repair - and can be recommended as first-line treatment, according to a study released at the Society of Interventional Radiology’s 34th An

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March 10, 2009 – As early detection increases for peripheral arterial disease (PAD) and more patients seek treatment, the U.S. market for peripheral vascular treatment will grow to an estimated $4.7 billion by 2015, according to iData Research, an international medical device & dental market research firm.

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March 9, 2009 – The Cardiology Clinic of San Antonio and Cardiology Consultants of Houston in Texas have chosen Digisonics’ DigiNet Pro System for their cardiovascular image management and reporting needs.

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March 10, 2009 - ProSolv CardioVascular, a FUJIFILM company, has released its newest software version Synapse ProSolv cardiovascular 4.0.1, featuring an integrated ECG management capability and integration with the Siemens Sensis Hemodynamic system. Synapse ProSolv cardiovascular 4.0.1 will be one of several new products highlighted at ACC 2009 this month.

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The Cardiac Rhythm Center at John Muir Health in the San Francisco Bay area of California performs electrophysiology (EP) procedures on a system that integrates diagnostic and therapeutic devices, workstations, data repositories and reporting functions.

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Feature | Eric Powers, M.D., medical director of The Heart and Vascular Center, MUSC

Door-to-balloon time can be used as a quality measure for hospitals in their level of excellence in caring for patients with acute ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). It can also be used as a conceptual framework for thinking about quality improvement, differences between outcomes-focused and process-focused quality programs.

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The Washington Hospital, an acute care facility serving primarily an elderly patient population, performs approximately 4,300 cardiac and vascular procedures annually. Due to a recent expansion, The Washington Hospital’s Heart and Vascular Center needed to upgrade its equipment and its critical information systems.

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Feature | Dave Fornell

Congenital heart disease contributes to more than 30 percent of infant mortality in the U.S., so time is essential in diagnosing and treating these conditions in newborns. However, most hospitals do not have pediatric cardiac specialists on staff who can diagnose and suggest courses of treatment, which is why telecardiology has bloomed in this field.

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The dividing line between the jobs performed by cardiac surgeons and interventionalists will become increasing blurred in the near future as transcatheter heart valves and PFO occluders replace open-heart surgery. These nonsurgical structural heart treatment techniques were among some of the most exciting trends at TCT 2008, which was highlighted by nearly 40 sessions on these subjects.

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Feature | Nick Obradovich

With the healthcare industry striving for greater efficiency at virtually every level, it shouldn’t be a surprise that hospitals and clinics are increasingly turning to manage patients with implantable cardiac devices remotely, including implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs), cardiac resynchronization therapy-defibrillators (CRT-Ds) and pacemakers.

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