As the financial market speculates about the impact of president-elect Barack Obamas proposed economic initiatives, Moodys Investors Services issued a report late last week forecasting that his election will provide a boon to United States hospitals.

The 2008 American Heart Association (AHA) Scientific Sessions will open this weekend in New Orleans, and Program Chair Gordon F. Tomaselli, MD, told Cardiovascular Business that the meeting has a multi-faceted approach to juggling all the various specialties within cardiovascular (CV) care.

Cardiac Science, a provider of cardiac diagnosis, resuscitation, rehabilitation and informatics products, announced revenue for the quarter ended Sept. 30, of $54 million, an increase of 20 percent over the $45.1 million in revenue in the prior year period.

A new cardiopulmonary resuscitation advanced cardiac life support (CPR/ACLS) protocol implemented by the Los Angeles Fire Department resulted in a 70 percent improvement in the return of spontaneous circulation, or a restarted heart, according to a study presented Monday at the American College of Emergency Physicians (AECP) conference in Chicago.

Cardiac Science initiated a global voluntary field corrective action on Monday for certain automated external defibrillators (AEDs) manufactured between August 2006 and March 2007.

GE Healthcare and Radi Medical Systems (Uppsala, Sweden) on Monday announced a development and marketing and sales initiative to integrate Radi Medical Systems PressureWire Aeris, a wireless fractional flow reserve (FFR) technology, into GEs Mac-Lab IT hemodynamic recording system.

Physio-Control (Booth 340) is highlighting its LUCAS chest compression system, an external medical device that provides chest compressions during cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

Emergency medical services (EMS) and emergency room (ER)–treatedcardiac arrest outcomes in 10 areas in North America finds a five-folddifference in survival rates, according to a study in the Sept. 24issue of Journal American Medical Association.