February 2, 2009 - A recent study published in Clinical Cardiology revealed that "emerging risk factors," including detailed cholesterol measurements such as HDL(2) and remnant lipoprotein particles, play a much greater role in determining heart disease risk than previously thought, and that traditional risk factors such as age, standard cholesterol levels and blood pressure do a poor job of predi

February 2, 2009 - A new multi-center study of 39,821 newborns published in the January 2009 issue of the British Medical Journal (BMJ) found that the addition of Masimo SET pulse oximetry screening before discharge increased detection of congenital heart disease (CHD) by 28 percent from 72 percent to 92 percent when compared to a cohort group of 108,604 newborns in whom no pulse oximetry screenin

February 2, 2009 - Researchers at the Ohio State University Medical Center are using cardiac magnetic resonance imaging to assess the effects of a common treatment for sleep apnea on heart structure and function in otherwise healthy individuals. The study authored by Ulysses Magalang, M.D. and Subha Raman, M.D. appears in the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine.

January 30, 2009 – Invatec this week announced it entered a worldwide distribution agreement with Lumen Biomedical Inc. to distribute the FiberNet Embolic Protection System (EPS), which received FDA clearance in November and CE Mark for use during carotid and saphenous vein graft procedures.

January 29, 2009 - Medtronic Inc. today reported the expansion of its CURE-AF (Concomitant Utilization of Radiofrequency Energy for Atrial Fibrillation) U.S. clinical program with a post-market study in Europe and Canada.

January 29, 2009 - Medusa Medical Technologies Inc.’s flagship electronic patient care reporting software, the Siren ePCR Suite, now has an interface with the Philips HeartStart MRx monitor/defibrillator.

January 29, 2009 - GE Healthcare's Vascular Ultrasound group and The Medipattern Corp. said they are collaborating on the creation of Ultrasound-based Vascular Imaging Quantification Tools (Vascular iQ).