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August 27, 2008 - The Children's Hospital at Montefiore (CHAM) in the Bronx recently received approval as a pediatric heart transplant center by the New York State Department of Health. On the strength of a newly recruited pediatric cardiology team, specialists at CHAM can now treat any congenital or acquired heart abnormality in children and adolescents.

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Vista Hydrophilic guidewires feature .035-inch or .038-inche diameter; straight, angled or J-tip; 150 cm lengths ...

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August 26, 2008 - Cook Medical today said 200 medical centers in the U.S. have adopted its EVOLUTION Mechanical Dilator Sheath technology, a new tool designed to remove faulty, ineffective leads in patients with cardiac pacemakers.

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Medtronic Inc. recently announced the initiation of the first investigational sites in the U.S. to participate in ...

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August 25, 2008 - Angioplasty catheter maker AngioScore Inc. said today it submitted a citizen petition with the FDA ...

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Vascular Solutions' extraction catheters are simple aspiration catheters that make use of a vacuum syringe to withdraw blood clots (thrombus) from various arteries, including those of the coronary and peripheral vasculature.

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August 26, 2008 - In a major landmark for advanced interventional technology to treat aortic disease, the Zenith Branch ...

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Medtronic Inc. will feature its FDA-cleared Talent Abdominal Stent Graft on the CoilTrac Delivery System for the ...

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August 26, 2008 - Anthera Pharmaceuticals Inc. yesterday announced the initiation of the FRANCIS (Fewer Recurrent Acute coronary events with Near-term Cardiovascular Inflammation Suppression) clinical trial to examine the impact of varespladib when administered to patients within 96 hours of an acute coronary syndrome (ACS) event.

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August 26, 2008 - Corgenix Medical Corp. announced its collaboration with BG Medicine whereby Corgenix' AtherOx products ...

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Atrium Medical Corp.’s ClearWay RX is a therapeutic perfusion catheter indicated for localized delivery of therapeutic agents to the coronary and peripheral vasculature.

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August 25, 2008 - Philips will lead a new European Union (EU) funded research project called "euHeart," which uses ...

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The Twin-Pass and Twin-Pass .023-inch dual access catheters feature an over-the-wire lumen and a rapid exchange lumen in ...

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August 26, 2008 - Alsius Corp., manufacturer of intravascular temperature management (IVTM) therapies, today said the ...

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Medtronic Inc. will showcase its Export Aspiration Catheter at TCT 2008. Recent results from an independent study, called TAPAS, showed that thrombus aspiration with the Export Aspiration Catheter prior to stenting can improve blood flow and survival rates in patients suffering acute myocardial infarction (AMI) compared to treatment with percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) alone.

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