March 4, 2009 - Physicians will be able to move away from pure surgical approaches and utilize less invasive techniques for the treatment of structural heart disease with the help of cardiovascular ultrasound technology, according to a new guideline document in the March issue of the Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography (JASE).

March 4, 2009 –– Since the implementation of Medsphere’s OpenVista electronic health record (EHR), Midland Memorial Hospital (MMH) has realized a host of improved clinical results, including fewer patient deaths and medical errors and decreased infection rates, an independent case study confirms.

March 4, 2009 – Customer ratings for GE Healthcare Devices Services, which provides service for telemetry, patient and holter monitors, in addition to cardiac stress, cardiology management and electrocardiograph systems, according to a 2008 IMV ServiceTrak and Q4 2008 MD Buyline reports.

March 3, 2009 – Researchers in The Netherlands say contrast dose in the cath lab can be significantly reduced or eliminated by using a combination of multislice CT angiography, magnetic navigation, fractional flow reserve (FFR) measurement catheters, and IVUS.

March 3, 2009 – The third annual Left Main and Bifurcation Summit will be held June 4-5, 2009 at the New York Marriot Marquis in New York City. The two-day scientific conference is dedicated to the evolving fields of percutaneous left main and bifurcation coronary artery lesion interventions.

At ECR 2009, Visage Imaging showcased its Visage CS 3.1, 3D software, which the company says is designed for speed. Data from virtually all modalities can be viewed and processed, including CT and MR angiography, cardiac CT and PET-CT. With version 3.1, Visage CS introduces a whole set of improvements, and features, including: - Multiple new 2D and 3D ROI types

March 2, 2009 - The American College of Cardiology's 58th Annual Scientific Session is set for March 29 – 31, in Orlando, FL.