May 2010

AIM: Chances of surviving cardiac arrest depend on neighborhood ()
Survey: Are the days of independent cardiologists numbered? ()
JACC: FFR trumps angio for CAD patients undergoing PCI at two years ()
GE expands into FFR market ()
FTC further delays Red Flags Rule until year's end ()
Study: CPR- & AED-training rates low in Toronto high schools ()
The Economic & Practical Considerations of Utilizing FFR ()
Physician Practice & Hospital Integrations: Cardiologys Inescapable Future ()
Small Practices Find New Ways to Stay Afloat ()
Roundtable: FFR, Good Economic Sense Coupled with Smarter Patient Care ()
Advances in 3D Echo Bring the Technique Closer to Clinical Routine ()
Riding the Wave of CREST: Starting a Carotid Stenting Program ()
Advanced Technology & Protocols Steer SPECT Imaging ()
The ACC Corner: Private Practices Trending Towards Hospital Integration ()
EuroPCR: SOURCE Registry one-year mortality rates inform TAVI operators ()
AHA Feature: CV 30-day readmissions greatly reduced w/ transition program ()
First Word: The Practice Integration Issue ()
Biosensors taps Jump as prez, CEO ()
Strong CV sales propels Medtronic in Q4, FY10 ()
EuroPCR: Resolute trends positively vs. Xience in all-comers trial ()
The Back Page: Despite Higher Up-Front Cost, Cardiac PET Has Its Place ()
Michigan payor initiative to reduce hospital readmissions selects 15 sites ()
Cardiovascular Systems completes enrollment for COMPLIANCE trial ()
FFR study to assess cost effectiveness, outcomes in EU, Canada ()
EuroPCR: Pre-PCI hypothermia for STEMIs reduces infarct size ()
JAMA: More hypertensive patients in control, but no rate decrease ()
JACC: Pre-hospital tirofiban reduces adverse events for STEMI patients ()
AJC: Be aware of asymptomatic hypertrophic cardiomyopathy ()
HRS: Hansen launches robotic catheter trial for AF ()
HRS: Faint & fall patients cost Utah $355M yearlymore CV involvement needed ()
AIM: Education increases proper use of blood pressure therapies in practice ()
Aastrom launches trial to asses catheter-based tissue repair cells for HF patients ()
ISCT Feature: Annual Workstation Face-Off was impressive ()
Strachan named VP at eCardio ()
Stroke: Ischemic stroke rates drop in whites, rise in blacks ()
Lancet: EMA needs better transparency for licensing, drug decisions ()
NEJM: Gene-expression profiling prior to heart transplant is efficacious ()
NEJM: Subcutaneous ICDs prove safe, effective in small studies ()
Sanofi to assess Multaq's ability to decrease CV events in 10,000 a-fib patients ()
Southeast card practice merges with Wellmont Health System ()
Merck settles Zetia patent suit, allowing early generic release ()
Thoratecs Q1 bolstered by HeartMate launch ()
Pfizer, Ergonex enter PAH drug deal ()
FDA warns St. Jude for improperly marketing AF ablation devices ()
MGMA: New HIPAA disclosure requirements are too costly, burdensome ()
Trial to assess once-daily polypill to decrease CV events ()
Web-based tool makes cardiac procedure risks more transparent ()
Pfizer to cut 6,000 jobs, close another eight plants ()
HRS: Experts debate doc involvement, quality measures in healthcare reform ()
HRS: For ICD patients, blacks die less, whites have less readmission ()
HRS: Vernakalant trumps amiodarone in sinus rhythm conversion ()
Q&A: Information Age must get beyond Industrial Age data mgt ()
HRS: Biotronik launches Evia pacemaker with home monitoring features ()
JDI: Chest x-ray CAD with CT correlation yields good lung nodule detection ()
HRS: Biosence Webster showcases new ablation technology ()
Lancet: Fibrates could have preventive role for coronary events ()
JAMA: Improving risk factor treatment lowers CHD death rate ()
Regadenoson with low-level exercise reduces side effects ()
ElexoPharm, Merck partner to develop CVD treatment ()
Study: Novel compound could lead to anti-diabetes drugs ()
Video: HRS President Page touts sudden cardiac arrest campaign ()
When to shock hearts during mechanical chest compressions ()
Quality of chest compressions in pediatrics misses the mark ()
AAPM hosts summit to build national consensus of CT scan techniques ()
HRS: Use of cryoablation has the potential to STOP-AF ()
HRS: Statement guides end-of-life ICD withdrawal requests ()
HRS: Omega-3 to prevent post-CABG a-fib provides FISH-y results ()
HRS Video: HRS pres discusses quality, healthcare reform ()
HRS: Watchman is cost effective in preventing stroke in AF ()
HRS: Elderly AF patients with pacemakers better managed remotely ()
HRS: EP-only practices provide better cost saving and control ()
HRS Video: Steroid bolus after AF ablation reduces arrhythmias ()
HRS: LV leads positioned in apical region increase HF, death risk ()
HRS: Implantation complications happen, here's how to avoid them ()
HRS: Strategize! It reduces shocks with ICDs, CRT-D ()
HRS Feature: Higher ablation volume = better outcomes, especially for VT ()
HRS Video: AF ablation reduces Alzheimer's, stroke & death ()
HRS: Industry-physician relations needed, but with caveats ()
HRS Video: Blacks have lower post-op AF incidence, despite higher risks ()
HRS: A-fib anticoagulant use surges, anti-arrhythmics remain flat ()
Biotronik snags Medtronic's Horan as sales VP ()
St. Jude debuts USB adaptor for Merlin home monitoring system ()
SCAI: MitraClip shows promise for high-risk patients at one year ()
SCAI: Cerebral protection device exceeds expectations in carotid stenting ()
CardioMEMS raises $37.9M to complete CHAMPION trial ()
Report: More docs say no to pharm rep solicitations ()
NEHIMSS: Training, oversight for project management leads to cost cutting ()
Hospira seeks to track adverse events linked to anticoagulants ()
Circulation: CVD events in China projected to swell by 2030 ()
Circulation: Noncardiac surgery too soon after stenting increases CV events ()
SCAI: Round-the-clock cath lab staffing beats 90-minute goal by one-third ()
SCAI: Transradial program may require time investment, but 'worth it' ()
SCAI: Radial approach challenges PCI discharge guidelines ()
ASH: 76% of hypertensive patients on combo therapy meet BP goals ()
3D reconstruction of cartilage geometry from multidetector CT data a good preoperative planning tool ()
Limited-prep virtual colonoscopy suitable for the frail and elderly ()
U.S. Reps question FDAs role in the 2008 heparin debacle ()
ARRS: Computer system tracks patient-specific CT dose levels ()
Midmark launches two ECG systems ()
Sorin, CardioMedical to distribute cardiac surgery devices ()
Cardiovascular Systems completes enrollment in CALCIUM 360 trial ()
All indicators up for Zoll in Q2 ()
FDA warns prostate cancer drugs linked with diabetes, MI ()
Maquet launches pressure control syringe for CABG ()
Merck shakes up execs ()
ATS under investigation by shareholders for Medtronic takeover ()
Edwards defeats Cook in German heart valve patent case ()
CRF: Two-stents may be beneficial during complex left branch PCI ()