February 9, 2009 - Emory University cardiologists are testing a modification of angioplasty known as postconditioning, designed to reduce permanent damage to the heart muscle after a heart attack.

February 6, 2009 - Boston Scientific Corp. yesterday submitted to the FDA the final modules of the company’s pre-market approval (PMA) applications for both its TAXUS Liberte Atom Paclitaxel-Eluting Coronary Stent System and its TAXUS Liberte Long Paclitaxel-Eluting Coronary Stent System.

February 5, 2009 - Resuscitation device maker ZOLL Medical Corp. said this week it filed a lawsuit against Alsius Corp. and Alsius Medical Corp. in the Central District of California alleging infringement of its patents for catheter-based induced hypothermia devices.

February 5, 2009 - AGA Medical Corp. last week said following its previous favorable structural heart occluder patent infringement final ruling by the German court of appeals over Occlutech GmbH of Jena, Germany, it has calculated and notified Occlutech of the amount of damages that it will seek from Occlutech based on the court’s ruling.

February 4, 2009 – Hospitals are increasingly looking at interoperability between systems as they move to digital imaging and purchase systems from different vendors, according to a new report from Kalorama Information titled "Medical Imaging Markets, Volume I: Radiography (X-Ray, Digital X-Ray, Fluoroscopy, Mammography, and CT Markets)."

February 3, 2009 - New research proves increased QT variability is an independent predictor of ventricular tachycardia (VT) or ventricular fibrillation (VF) in men, while in women, QT variability alone does not pose a risk of arrhythmic events.