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Westville girl gets new heart
Published July 10, 2009, 1:19 am, The Danville Commercial-News
A Westville girl is steadily getting used to a new part this week.Kaitlyn Foster, a sixth-grader at Judith Giacoma Elementary School, received the gift her family has been praying for since March — a new heart.
Purdue discovery being used to patch hearts
Published July 9, 2009, 5:33 am, Journal & Courier
INDIANAPOLIS -- An Indianapolis heart surgeon has pioneered the use of a patch derived from pig intestines to repair patients' hearts, raising hopes that one day it could be an alternative to expensive transplants and artificial devices.
St. Francis Surgeon Uses Tissue Regeneration Technology To Rebuild Patients' Heart Structures
Published July 9, 2009, 5:16 am, Medical News Today
A surgeon at the St. Francis Heart Center is using a revolutionary technology that allows patients to rebuild their own cardiovascular tissue. Marc Gerdisch, M.D., is using the CorMatrix Extracellular Matrix (ECM)(TM) to modify and repair cardiac structures, allowing heart tissue to re-grow inside the beating hearts of heart surgery patients.
Pig Intestines Used In Groundbreaking Heart Surgery
Published July 8, 2009, 12:42 pm, WRTV Indianapolis
An Indianapolis doctor first to use intestine patch in surgery.
St. Francis Surgeon Uses Tissue Regeneration Technology to Rebuild Patients' Heart Structures
Published July 8, 2009, 5:09 am, PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance
A surgeon at the St. Francis Heart Center is using a revolutionary technology that allows patients to rebuild their own cardiovascular tissue.
Former MU head John Barker dies
Published July 7, 2009, 6:53 pm, The Huntington Herald-Dispatch
HUNTINGTON -- John G. Barker, president of Marshall University during a time of national and local upheaval, has died in St. Paul's Hospital in Dallas at the age of 83.
Elective Heart Surgeries Suspended
Published July 7, 2009, 11:01 am, Eyewitness News 3 Hartford
Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center in Hartford has suspended all elective heart surgery for the time being.
ATS Medical Adds New Product
Published July 7, 2009, 8:39 am, Zacks.com via Yahoo! Finance
The Simulus Semi-Rigid Annuloplasty Band is the latest addition to the company's portfolio of heart valve repair products.
Sorin Group Announces World's Smallest Implantable Dual Chamber Pacemaker Now Available in Canada
Published July 7, 2009, 6:59 am, Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance
TORONTO----Sorin Group, , a global medical device company and a leader in the treatment of cardiovascular diseases, announced today the Health Canada Therapeutic Products Directorate approval to market the REPLY™ family of dual and single chamber rate adaptive pacemakers.
ATS Medical Announces FDA Clearance And First Implant Of New ATS Simulus Semi-Rigid Annuloplasty Band
Published July 7, 2009, 4:15 am, Medical News Today
ATS Medical, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATSI), manufacturer and marketer of state-of-the-art cardiac surgery products and services, announced FDA clearance and the first implant of the ATS Simulus(R) Semi-Rigid Annuloplasty Band.
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