Kimberly A. Skelding, MD, of Geisinger Medical Center in Danville, Pa., presented three-year results of patients with diabetes mellitus who were enrolled in the Resolute U.S. trial at the Society of Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI) scientific sessions in Orlando, Fla. 

Edwards Lifesciences Corporation (NYSE: EW), the global leader in the science of heart valves and hemodynamic monitoring, today announced that Thomas M. Abate, the company's chief financial officer, plans to retire later this year. Abate, who turns 60 in August, plans to remain CFO until his successor is in place. The company has retained Peter Crist of Crist/Kolder Associates to assist in the CFO search.

Ranbaxy has agreed to pay $500 million to settle a whistleblower lawsuit that claimed the pharmaceutical manufacturer made and distributed adulterated drugs at two facilities in India. The payment includes $350 million as a civil settlement plus $150 million in criminal fines. 

Hugh Calkins, MD, FHRS, CCDS, was named the president of the Heart Rhythm Society (HRS) during the 34th Annual Scientific Sessions, held in Denver last week.  Announced during the Presidents’ Reception on Friday, May 10th, Dr. Calkins now serves as the 35th president of HRS, making Anne M. Gillis, MD, FHRS, the immediate past president. Dr. Calkins is currently a Nicholas J. Fortuin Professor of Cardiology and Professor of Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland.  

The FDA approved Smartview technology to remotely monitor patients with implanted cardiac rhythm management (CRM) devices. The system allows patients to transmit data electronically from implanted cardiac devices to their physicians. 

The Ellipse and Assura portfolio of implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) and cardiac resynchronization therapy-defibrillators (CRT-Ds) received CE mark in Europe, St. Jude Medical announced.

Richard Lifton, MD, PhD, chair of the genetics department at Yale University, and Jonathan R. Kaltman, MD, chief of the Heart Development and Structural Diseases Branch at the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, discuss genetic causes of heart disease in a video.  Findings from the research team’s large-scale sequencing analysis of congenital heart disease were published online May 12 in Nature. 

The American Heart Association and Macy’s have awarded 16 scholarships of $2,500 each to increase culturally-sensitive, patient-centered care.