The Republic of San Marino, which is known among philatelists for its postal offerings, plans to release a stamp April 3 designed to raise awareness of cardiovascular disease.

Aptus Endosystems, Inc. announced today that it received CE clearance for its thoracic-length Heli-FXTM System.

Medtronic, Inc. today announced U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance and the first U.S. clinical uses of its new Affinity Fusion oxygenation system.

U.S. adolescents’ lack of heart-healthy behaviors may increase their chances of heart disease as adults.

SAN FRANCISCO—ORBIT-AF is a prospective, longitudinal, observational study that evaluated treatment patterns and the subsequent outcomes of 10,000 patients in the U.S. As part of the analysis, Jonathan P. Piccini, MD, and his colleagues looked at potential gender disparities in the treatment and clinical outcomes of these patients. The results were presented at the American College of Cardiology (ACC) scientific session.

PET with 11C-PIB provides a noninvasive method for visualizing amyloid deposits in the heart, according to a study published in the February issue of the Journal of Nuclear Medicine. The researchers suggest that 11C-PIB eventually may be used in the clinical setting as both a diagnostic tool and a treatment follow-up method.

Thoracic surgeons may find that accurate coding and billing under ICD-10 may require a higher level of specificity than before. 

Stenting stenosis in the internal pudendal artery as a treatment for erectile dysfunction (ED) appears to be safe and effective, but more needs to be understood about disease prevalence and pelvic vasculature, cardiologists say. More immediate is leveraging ED to reduce cardiovascular risk factors.