Cardiovascular Business Week

Johns Hopkins Medical Inst. - Fetal heart monitoring ineffective for diagnosing CP

Karl-Franzens University of Graz - Chlamydial LPS-specific IgG antibodies useful as sign of lesion infection

Legal Issues - Judge blocks hospital ban on Arkansas doctors suing over privileges

Lifeline BioTechnologies, Inc. - Frank M. Clark joins company as senior marketing and sales consultant

Medical College of Georgia - Transcendental meditation lowers blood pressure in at-risk teens

Medtronic Physio-Control - American Medical Response inks defibrillator-supply agreement

Medtronic, Inc. - FDA clears completely automatic pacemaker

Medwave Inc. - Vasotrac blood pressure monitors used in sleep disorder study

Nanobac Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Company announces nanostructures in human aneurysms

NeoGenomics, Inc. - Gary LaBarge named area sales manager of "genostics" company

Nihon University - Transfected cells from umbilical cord blood could treat ischemic diseases

Ohio State University - A little music with exercise boosts brain power, study suggests

Pacific Biometrics, Inc. - New technology subsidiary to develop molecular diagnostic products

Pfizer, Inc. - Mexican Americans less likely to know about high cholesterol

Pitie-Salpetriere Hospital - HBOC-201 has gelatin-like hemodynamic effects

Quality Assurance - Rural Idaho hospitals collaborate on improved care

Ranbaxy Pharmaceuticals Inc. - Pharmaceutical company to market quinapril hydrochloride tablets

Royal Philips Electronics - Electronics company announces product advances in cardiovascular market

Schering-Plough Corporation - Ezetimibe/Simvastatin tablet approved in Mexico for elevated cholesterol

Somanetics Corporation - FDA issues 510(k) clearance to Left Ventricular Balloon Sizing System

St. Jude Medical, Inc. - CRT and ICD therapy trial results announced

Synovis Life Technologies, Inc. - FDA issues marketing clearance for Navi-Glide Steerable Stylet

Technion-Israel Inst. of Technology - Antioxidant vitamins can be friend or foe for older women with diabetes

Temple University - One-third of ER patients don't know they have high blood pressure

U.S. Uniformed Services University - Anger, frustration may trigger dangerous heart rhythms in some heart patients

Univ. of California, San Francisco - Heart disease more common, progresses quicker in HIV patients

University of Bonn - Ventilatory settings have little effect on inflammatory reactions

University of California, Davis - Intracoronary arterial MSC injection causes ischemia, microinfarction in dogs

University of Cincinnati - Rimonabant helps smokers quit while limiting post-cessation weight gain

University of Edinburgh - Blood pressure "time bomb" warning issued for U.K.'s ethnic minority children

University of Manchester - Researchers describe how the U.K. diet increases heart disease risk

University of Massachusetts - Drinking alcohol in moderation may reduce risk of heart disease death in men

University of Oxford - Timely surgery dramatically reduces stroke risk for people with carotid stenosis

University of Seville - Sherry shown to have health benefits

University of Southern California - Study finds meat-tolerant genes offset high cholesterol and disease

Vasomedical, Inc. - Medical systems manufacturer names interim president and CEO

Wakayama Medical University - Angiotensin II potentiates the effects of vascular endothelial growth factor

Welsh Ambulance Service, NHS Trust - Automated external defibrillator use and CPR improve after refresher courses