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October 2013

Survey: Younger nurses more optimistic about future of profession (10/31/2013)

Contemporary Practice (10/31/2013)

Surviving Cancer, But at a Cost: Radiation & Chemo-induced Cardiovascular Diseases (10/31/2013)

TCT: Promus Element, Resolute Integrity offer similar outcomes (10/31/2013)

Hospital volume independently predicts AVR mortality (10/31/2013)

Novartis hosts competition to create novel mobile dolutions for heart failure caregivers (10/31/2013)

TCT: OPTIMIZE supports 3-month DAPT in some patients (10/31/2013)

TCT recap: TRYTON, EuroMax, CoreValve, TAVR with CoreValve (10/31/2013)

TCT: ADVISE II offers adenosine-free approach to assess lesions (10/30/2013)

TCT recap: SAFE PCI, CHAMPION PHOENIX & OPEN II (10/30/2013)

TCT: Giving bivalirudin in ambulance improves STEMI outcomes (10/30/2013)

TCT: TRYTON misses the mark but reasons under debate (10/30/2013)

OrbusNeich's COMBO(tm) Dual Therapy Stent shows excellent early healing and durable outcomes out to 24 months (10/30/2013)

TCT: CoreValve quality of life gains parallel PARTNER (10/30/2013)

TCT: TAVR with CoreValve safe, effective (10/30/2013)

New anticoagulants effective at reducing risk for brain hemorrhage (10/30/2013)

Better quality diet may lower post-MI mortality risk (10/29/2013)

Encouraging a healthy weight for a healthy heart (10/29/2013)

Boston Scientific receives CE Mark for Lotus™ Valve System (10/29/2013)

AngioDynamics achieves CE approval for AngioVac (10/29/2013)

Micell Technologies: MiStent SES shown to be unique in clinical setting (10/29/2013)

TCT: PHOENIX shines light on stent thrombosis predictors (10/29/2013)

TCT: DAPT interruption may not lead to thrombosis with newer DES (10/29/2013)

TCT: Radial PCI in women lowers bleeding risk but with higher bailout rate (10/28/2013)

TCT: OPEN II data show stents safe & effective at six months (10/28/2013)

Stenting fails to unseat medical management in SAMMPRIS (10/28/2013)

TCT recap: A Q&A with Gregg Stone (10/27/2013)

TCT: 25 years & a perfect attendance record (10/27/2013)

Slides: Rivaroxaban study points to cost savings (10/27/2013)

Registry to collect data on youths’ heart-related deaths (10/26/2013)

Flu shot may keep cardiovascular risk at bay (10/26/2013)

Live online webinar : MPI 5: Coronary anatomy and the physiologic basis of hyperemia and coronary flow (10/26/2013)

Infraredx announces scientific presentations on TVC imaging system at Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) 2013 Conference (10/26/2013)

Corindus Vascular Robotics and leading interventional cardiologists to present robotic angioplasty cases at 25th Annual TCT meeting (10/26/2013)

Biosensors celebrates a year of achievement at TCT with an expanded product portfolio (10/26/2013)

BIOTRONIK Japan announces first patients enrolled in BIOFLOW-IV clinical study (10/26/2013)

FDA OKs MitraClip for inoperable patients (10/25/2013)

Age should be major factor in deciding carotid intervention (10/25/2013)

Be well-armed: Best practices for radial angiography, PCI (10/24/2013)

Tempered enthusiasm (10/24/2013)

St. Joseph’s Hospital Health Center attains triple accreditation status with Accreditation for Cardiovascular Excellence; ACE E3 symposium video to release this week (10/24/2013)

Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. receives coronary FDA approval (10/24/2013)

Hospital errors among leading causes of death, report says (10/23/2013)

Global stroke burden increasing, especially in lower-income countries (10/23/2013)

Heart cells keep a youthful profile (10/23/2013)

Beta-blocker may improve prognosis in patients with septic shock (10/23/2013)

Should access to clinical data be expanded? (10/23/2013)

TCT.13: Moving from anecdotal to evidence-based medicine (10/23/2013)

TCT.13: 12K expected for silver anniversary (10/23/2013)

Dabigatran tops list again for safety issues (10/23/2013)

Cardiac rehab: Lifesaver & money-saver? (10/23/2013)

Many hospitals not taking steps to reduce readmissions (10/23/2013)

Radial access doesn’t up patient’s radiation exposure (10/23/2013)

FDA adds Opsumit to approved PAH drug list (10/23/2013)

TCT.13: From early tools to tablets (10/18/2013)

More continuity needed in heart failure management (10/18/2013)

FD-OCT offers more accurate detection than IVUS (10/17/2013)

FDA reports tissue erosion with Amplatzer device (10/17/2013)

Cleveland Clinic names top 10 medical innovations for 2014 (10/17/2013)

FDA panel not swayed by Vascepa’s results (10/17/2013)

Patient-centered care (10/17/2013)

FREEDOM & the good life: CABG, PCI provide long-term improvement (10/16/2013)

UCLA, USC get $2M to develop stroke center network in Southland (10/16/2013)

BIOTRONIK announces treatment of first patient with unique bioabsorbable magnesium DREAMS scaffold (10/16/2013)

Medicure announces approval of recommended dosing regimen for Aggrastat (10/16/2013)

Pie Medical Imaging Solutions selected by the Cardiovascular Research Foundation’s Angiographic Core Laboratory for Clinical Research and Trials (10/16/2013)

Digisonics introduces Appropriate Use Criteria calculations for its cardiovascular information system. (10/16/2013)

AccessClosure announces distribution agreement for the FLASH Ostial System (10/16/2013)

BIOTRONIK launches Idova 7 - the most powerful ICD approved for MR (10/16/2013)

The Cardiovascular Care Group acquires the Vein Institute of New Jersey (10/16/2013)

Shared decision making: Some benefits, many limitations (10/16/2013)

Some practices fail to treat heart failure according to guidelines (10/16/2013)

Report places Bush’s blockage at 95% (10/16/2013)

Jack Lewin takes over as president, CEO of CRF (10/15/2013)

Anticoagulants among leading causes of adverse drug events (10/15/2013)

St. Jude buys Nanostim for $123.5M (10/15/2013)

Experts redefine post-revascularization MI (10/14/2013)

Tips to ending executive blues (10/14/2013)

Quality metrics may not factor into hospital CEOs' $596K salary (10/14/2013)

People living longer with cardiovascular disease, but at what cost? (10/14/2013)

NCDR report sheds light on CV trends (10/14/2013)

Health insurance marketplaces open for business (10/14/2013)

ACC’s anticoagulation consortium roundtable tackles gaps in care (10/14/2013)

ICD-10: What you need to know (10/14/2013)

Gain insight into physician/hospital alignment during ACC webinar (10/14/2013)

ACC webinar to explore data’s role in healthcare reform (10/14/2013)

Rhythm control may not be costlier than rate control (10/14/2013)

Barriers to care, EHRs feed into docs’ job dissatisfaction (10/14/2013)

Early statins may lower risk of post-procedure kidney injury (10/14/2013)

Adding pharmacist to web-based care still cost-effective (10/11/2013)

FDA flags chemo drug after reports of MIs (10/11/2013)

Venous narrowing may not be significant in MS (10/10/2013)

Omissions & oops (10/10/2013)

Shutdown imperils studies’ progress (10/10/2013)

Greenwich Hospital Auxiliary gives $500,000 to benefit cardiology department (10/09/2013)

Hunterdon Medical Center breaks ground on cardiovascular center (10/09/2013)

FDA panelists favor CRT devices in close vote (10/09/2013)

FDA OKs riociguat for pulmonary hypertension (10/09/2013)

Quality of life improves dramatically following stenting in patients with peripheral artery disease (10/09/2013)

BIOTRONIK announces completion of enrollment in the iliac arm of the BIOFLEX-I Study (10/09/2013)

Why physicians misuse prescription drugs (10/08/2013)

Telestroke programs may improve rates of tPA use (10/08/2013)

Unpublished clinical study reports more telling than public data (10/08/2013)

Wellstar welcomes Cardiovascular Surgery to WellStar Medical Group (10/07/2013)

Methodist Mansfield Medical Center achieves Cycle IV Chest Pain center accreditation (10/07/2013)

Stent type, timing may not drive outcomes in noncardiac surgeries (10/07/2013)

Strategy may lead to early chest pain discharges (10/07/2013)

Statins may reduce periodontal disease inflammation (10/07/2013)

Cost of robotic valve repair similar to open surgery (10/04/2013)

Rising hospital prices driven by increasing costs of care (10/04/2013)

AHA sums up heart-related data on childhood cancer survivors (10/04/2013)

Long-term clopidogrel therapy after stroke safer than dual-antiplatelet therapy (10/04/2013)

There’s nothing like the real thing (10/04/2013)

UltraSPECT software proves to be viable solution for meeting ASNC low dose guidelines in facility comparison of nuclear medicine exams (10/03/2013)

Working relationships (10/03/2013)

Bystander CPR, survival rates leap higher in Denmark (10/02/2013)

Mayo Clinic Children's Center becomes first accredited pediatric heart failure institute in Minnesota and fourth in the nation (10/02/2013)

Treating heart failure with exercise (10/02/2013)

UC Davis researchers discover a biological link between diabetes and heart disease (10/02/2013)

Dabigatran's bleeding safety profile similar to warfarin (10/01/2013)

Abiomed provides multi-year grant to Boston Children's Hospital Heart Center (10/01/2013)

Digisonics nets new cardiovascular information system installs (10/01/2013)

Atherotech presents latest evidence showing how comprehensive lipid testing can help improve cardiovascular disease outcomes (10/01/2013)

Agency-by-agency look at shutdown (10/01/2013)

The dark side of stenting (10/01/2013)

Statins may protect against dementia (10/01/2013)

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