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Honing heart care - Vermont hospital perfecting system to get proper treatment in time
Published October 6, 2008, 10:57 pm, Missoulian
A monitor shows an artery during a catheterization lab heart procedure in Burlington, Vt., last Tuesday.
Medtronic CEO Hawkins Says Stent Patent Win Worth $114 Million
Published October 6, 2008, 10:46 pm, Bloomberg
Oct. 7 (Bloomberg) -- Medtronic Inc. 's Endeavor heart stent may get a $114 million sales boost and reverse its losses to rivals if the device maker wins a patent dispute against Abbott Laboratories , said Chief Executive Officer William Hawkins .
CryoCath Announces Filing and Mailing of Directors' Circular Unanimously Recommending Acceptance of Offer from Medtronic
Published October 6, 2008, 2:00 pm, CNW Group via Yahoo! Finance
CryoCath Technologies Inc. , today announced the filing and mailing of the Directors' Circular with respect to the previously announced offer from Medtronic, Inc. , through a wholly owned subsidiary, to acquire all of the outstanding common shares of the Company.
Volcano Corporation Announces the Relocation of Corporate Headquarters to San Diego
Published October 6, 2008, 10:00 am, PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance
Volcano Corporation , a leader in the development, manufacturing and sales of products for the diagnosis and treatment of coronary and peripheral artery disease, today announced the relocation of its corporate headquarters from Northern California's Rancho Cordova to San Diego.
World's first angioplasty patient visits city
Published October 5, 2008, 2:10 pm, IE via Yahoo! India News
At 38, Bachmann became the world's first patient to undergo angioplasty Undergoing angioplasty may not be a cause for alarm now-a-days, but it's surprising that a farmer from a Switzerland village was brave enough to face this method which was never tried before then.
Exeter doctors offer new cancer treatments
Published October 3, 2008, 3:07 am, Exeter News-Letter
October is breast cancer awareness month and there are numerous events planned locally to help educate the community about this type of cancer. An upcoming event taking place in Exeter will be the American Cancer Society's Making Strides Against Breast...
Stentys appoints Michael D. Lesh, MD, as a Director
Published October 2, 2008, 6:51 am, Centre Daily Times
Stentys (http://www.stentys.com) announced today that its Board of Directors has appointed Dr. Michael Lesh as a Director, effective immediately. Stentys is developing the world's first next-generation drug-eluting stent for treatment of blocked coronary artery bifurcations so that hundreds of thousands of patients might avoid open-chest surgery.
New heart valve replacement
Published October 2, 2008, 6:47 am, KRCG Jefferson City
Tuesday, September 30, 2008 at 7:11 p.m. AORTIC STENOSIS: The aortic valve controls blood flow from the left ventricle to the aorta. It is the largest artery in the human body.
Spirit of Wednesday
Published October 1, 2008, 4:38 pm, KIII Corpus Christi
October is designated as breast cancer awareness month. Wednesday, Bay Area Hospital sponsored a program called, Spirit of Wednesday, that is a positive way of dealing with breast cancer. It's new campaign designed to empower women.
How Hospitals Can Turn Deadly
Published October 1, 2008, 1:21 pm, LiveScience.com via Yahoo! News
The rule of thumb is you go to a hospital to get well. But sometimes it's the hospitals that make people ill and even prove deadly.
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