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ACC releases CardioSmart 'Survival Guides' for five common heart problems

In recognition of American Heart Month, the American College of Cardiology today released CardioSmart "Survival Guides" for five of the most common heart problems: coronary artery disease, heart failure, arrhythmia, hypertension and heart attack.

16 Feb 2011

Healthcare practitioners can increase referrals to cardiac rehabilitation programs by 40%

Healthcare practitioners can increase the number of patients with heart disease referred to a cardiac rehabilitation program by 40 per cent, helping them to reduce their risk of dying and improve their quality of life, say researchers at the Peter Munk Cardiac Centre.

15 Feb 2011

Aesthetic and dental surgical procedures show greater than average growth

According to Millennium Research Group (MRG), the global authority on medical technology market intelligence, standouts in surgical procedures in terms of growth over the next five years are going to be dental implant, facial injectable, optical coherence tomography (OCT) catheter, spinal nonfusion implant, and percutaneous heart valve procedures in North America.

15 Feb 2011

New study establishes link between coronary artery disease and genetic susceptibility

A new study involving researchers at the Scripps Translational Science Institute and Scripps Health patients reveals major scientific progress in understanding the mechanism of heart disease at the molecular and genomic levels. STSI is an initiative of Scripps Health in collaboration with The Scripps Research Institute.

14 Feb 2011

Cappella Medical presents new clinical data on Sideguard coronary sidebranch system at International JIM 2011

Cappella Medical Devices presented new clinical data on its unique Sideguard® coronary sidebranch system today at the International JIM 2011 in Rome, Italy.

11 Feb 2011

Scientists develop novel approach to detect long-distance chromosomal interactions for CAD

The discovery that a "gene desert" on chromosome 9 was a hotspot for coronary artery disease (CAD) risk was among the highlights of findings produced recently by genome-wide association studies, which compare the genomes of many people for genetic variations and have been broadly used in the past few years to study hundreds of diseases and complex traits. Gene deserts are large genomic segments devoid of genes.

10 Feb 2011

Rcadia receives FDA 510(k) clearance for enhanced COR Analyzer System to assess coronary branch vessels

Rcadia Medical Imaging announced today that it has received FDA 510(k) marketing clearance for an enhanced version of its COR Analyzer® System to assess coronary branch vessels in addition to main coronary arteries in patients with suspected coronary artery disease (CAD).

10 Feb 2011

Zogenix receives 2011 DDP Industry Achievement Award for SUMAVEL DosePro

Zogenix, Inc. today announced that it has received the 2011 Drug Delivery Partnerships™ ("DDP") Innovation Award in the Industry Achievement category for SUMAVEL DosePro (sumatriptan injection) Needle-free Delivery System.

9 Feb 2011

Blood vessels for heart bypass could be available ‘off-the-shelf’ soon: Study

Scientists from USA have developed a method to produce a ready made supply of blood vessels for use in heart bypass surgery. A study on baboons and dogs reported in journal Science Translational Medicine suggests vessels could be stored for up to a year and used by any patient. These vessels have been grown earlier from a patient’s own cells, but this takes several months.

6 Feb 2011

Cholesterol efflux capacity may protect against heart disease: Study

The discovery that high levels of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol are associated with reduced risk of cardiovascular disease has fostered intensive research to modify HDL levels for therapeutic gain. However, recent findings have called into question the notion that pharmacologic increases in HDL cholesterol levels are necessarily beneficial to patients.

4 Feb 2011

Consumer Reports Health unveils ratings of nine common screenings for heart disease

Consumer Reports Health unveils Ratings of nine common screenings for heart disease based on systematic review of evidence; some screenings work well while others deemed not worth the risk for healthy individuals

3 Feb 2011

Abbott receives US regulatory clearance and Japanese approval for TREK Coronary Dilatation Catheters

Abbott today announced it has received regulatory clearance in the United States and approval in Japan for its TREK and MINI-TREK Coronary Dilatation Catheters for the treatment of coronary artery disease. The TREK system is used in angioplasty procedures and is designed to enable interventional cardiologists to open patients' narrowed coronary arteries. The TREK system received CE Mark and was launched in Europe in May 2010.

1 Feb 2011

Cappella initiates multi-center Italian Sideguard open label clinical study

Cappella Medical Devices announces initiation of the multi-center Italian Sideguard® open label clinical study. The Principal Investigator (PI) of the study, Dr. Giuseppe Massimo Sangiorgi at the Policlinico di Modena - University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, in Modena, Italy stated, "The side branch ostium anatomy requires a unique technology solution to effectively manage and optimize treatment.

1 Feb 2011

ESC believes stress management programmes may reduce recurrent CVD events

Following the results of a study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine showing that cognitive behavioural therapy produces a 41% reduction in fatal and non-fatal first recurrent CVD events, the European Society of Cardiology believes stress management programmes should be made more widely available across Europe for patients with coronary artery disease.

29 Jan 2011

Single DNA variation linked to decreased risk of coronary disease in African-Americans

A team of scientists at Johns Hopkins and elsewhere has discovered that a single alteration in the genetic code of about a fourth of African-Americans helps protect them from coronary artery disease, the leading cause of death in Americans of all races.

28 Jan 2011

Cardiac stem cell therapy can rebuild damaged heart in children

Visionaries in the field of cardiac therapeutics have long looked to the future when a damaged heart could be rebuilt or repaired by using one's own heart cells. A study published in the February issue of Circulation, a scientific journal of the American Heart Association, shows that heart stem cells from children with congenital heart disease were able to rebuild the damaged heart in the laboratory.

27 Jan 2011

Study finds surgery greatly reduces daytime sleepiness in sleep apnea patients

Patients with obstructive sleep apnea who undergo surgery to improve their breathing get a better night's sleep and therefore are less drowsy during the day, according to a new study from Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit.

27 Jan 2011

FDA Advisory Committee recommends expanded indication for Abbott's RX ACCULINK Carotid Stent System

Abbott today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Circulatory System Devices Panel of the Medical Devices Advisory Committee voted that, for symptomatic and asymptomatic carotid artery disease patients at standard surgical risk, there is reasonable assurance that the benefits of the RX ACCULINK® Carotid Stent System outweigh its risks (Yes: 7, No: 3, Abstain: 1).

27 Jan 2011

Tryton initiates enrollment in Side Branch Stent System study

Tryton Medical, Inc., the leading developer of stents designed to definitively treat bifurcation lesions, today announced that the first U.S. patient has been enrolled in the pivotal trial to evaluate the Tryton Side Branch Stent System™ for the treatment of coronary artery disease.

27 Jan 2011

Boston Scientific initiates enrollment in comparative Chinese study of PROMUS Element Everolimus-Eluting Stent

Boston Scientific Corporation today announced the beginning of patient enrollment in the PLATINUM China clinical trial, which is designed to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of the Company's PROMUS Element™ Everolimus-Eluting Platinum Chromium Coronary Stent compared to the TAXUS® Liberte® Paclitaxel-Eluting Coronary Stent in the treatment of patients with a single de novo atherosclerotic lesion.

27 Jan 2011

Coronary Artery Disease News and Research

Latest Coronary Artery Disease News and Research

ACC releases CardioSmart 'Survival Guides' for five common heart problems

Healthcare practitioners can increase referrals to cardiac rehabilitation programs by 40%

Aesthetic and dental surgical procedures show greater than average growth

New study establishes link between coronary artery disease and genetic susceptibility

Cappella Medical presents new clinical data on Sideguard coronary sidebranch system at International JIM 2011

Scientists develop novel approach to detect long-distance chromosomal interactions for CAD

Rcadia receives FDA 510(k) clearance for enhanced COR Analyzer System to assess coronary branch vessels

Zogenix receives 2011 DDP Industry Achievement Award for SUMAVEL DosePro

Blood vessels for heart bypass could be available ‘off-the-shelf’ soon: Study

Cholesterol efflux capacity may protect against heart disease: Study

Consumer Reports Health unveils ratings of nine common screenings for heart disease

Abbott receives US regulatory clearance and Japanese approval for TREK Coronary Dilatation Catheters

Cappella initiates multi-center Italian Sideguard open label clinical study

ESC believes stress management programmes may reduce recurrent CVD events

Single DNA variation linked to decreased risk of coronary disease in African-Americans

Cardiac stem cell therapy can rebuild damaged heart in children

Study finds surgery greatly reduces daytime sleepiness in sleep apnea patients

FDA Advisory Committee recommends expanded indication for Abbott's RX ACCULINK Carotid Stent System

Tryton initiates enrollment in Side Branch Stent System study

Boston Scientific initiates enrollment in comparative Chinese study of PROMUS Element Everolimus-Eluting Stent

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