Cardiovascular Business Week

Linkoping University - Third heart sound can occur in patients with heart failure

Louisiana State University - The inflammatory response may be important in cardiovascular disease

Meharry Medical College - Food restriction reduces age-related sensitivity to oxidized lipids

Menzies School of Health Research - Diabetes care and complications in remote health care setting described

MG Biotherapeutics - Joint venture to target cardiac repair

Mirus Bio Corp. - Company announces new intravenous gene-delivery method

MIV Therapeutics Inc. - U.S. patent issued relating to biocompatible HAp coating technology

Niguarda Hospital, Milan - Ventricular assist can bridge heart failure patients until transplantation

Novartis - PTK/ZK completes enrollment for phase III metastatic colorectal cancer trial

Oak Ridge National Laboratory - New ORNL project takes aim at heart of air quality, health issue

Ohio University - Nitric oxide deficiency raises cardiovascular disease risk in African Americans

Oregon Health & Science University - Estrogen patches lower cholesterol in men with prostate cancer

Osaka University - Expanded pouch enables safe intra-abdominal placement of Novacor device

Osaka University - Ultrasound-augmented nucleotide transfer harnesses neointimal growth

Oulu University Hospital - Fatal complications after symmetry aortic connector use described

Pacific Health Research Institute, Honolulu - Cholesteryl ester transfer protein gene may protect elderly from heart disease

Personnel - Toby Cosgrove, MD, named chief executive officer of The Cleveland Clinic

Phylonix Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - NIH awards phase II SBIR to develop zebrafish apoptosis drug-screening assays

Procter & Gamble Pharmaceuticals - Warfarin does not prevent bladder cancer formation

Public Health - Study links workplace gender issues to stress, health risks, healthcare costs

Radcliffe Infirmary - U.K. study shows substantial reduction in stroke over past 20 years

Rafael Medical Technologies, Inc. - SafeFlo Retrievable Vena Cava Filter receives CE Mark approval

Ranbaxy Pharmaceuticals Inc. - U.S. FDA grants tentative approval to market fenofibrate tablets

Salvatore Maugeri Foundation - Oral amino acids constitute metabolic therapy in patients with diabetes

San Diego State University - Nuclear targeting may inhibit death of cardiomyocytes

Sanofi-Synthelabo - New Arixtra indications: Acute deep venous thrombosis, acute pulmonary embolism

Schering-Plough Corp. - Millennium, partner begin trial with INTEGRILIN (eptifibatide) Injection

Senesco Technologies, Inc. - Enzyme linked to inflammation reduced in mouse study

Speedus Corp. - Zargis Acoustic Cardioscan cleared for marketing

The Medicines Company - FDA does not approve application to amend existing Angiomax label

Transplant Medicine - Woman doing well after heart and liver transplantation in Houston

Type 2 Diabetes - Control to Goal stresses importance of healthy glucose levels in diabetics

Univ. of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio - Incidence of methicillin-resistant S. aureus infection high in prison population

University of California San Diego - Alternatively spliced soluble CARs inhibit coxsackievirus infection

University of Dusseldorf - Role of hMLH1 and HPP1 in adenocarcinomas determined

University of Ferrara - Oxidative stress may cause endothelial and myocyte dysfunction

University of Florida - Researchers detect blood vessel dysfunction linked to heart disease in children with diabetes

University of Louisville - Diaphragm patch facilitates placement of AbioCor implantable replacement heart

University of Michigan - Even among those who need them most, statin prescriptions go unfilled

University of Michigan - New way to tally death risk for heart patients could ease worry

University of Michigan - Short-term weight loss improved metabolic syndrome in overweight adults

University of Missouri, Columbia - Exercise, fish oil supplements great for the heart

University of Montreal - Role of anchoring proteins in cardiac sudden death investigated

University of Pittsburgh - Trivalent arsenic stimulates proangiogenic signals

University of Rochester - Researchers seek clues to healing radiation scars

University of the Sacred Heart, Rome - TGF-beta₁ production is activated in kidney transplant recipients

University of Wisconsin Medical School - Antimicrobial impregnated catheters demonstrate efficacy and cost effectiveness

University of Zurich Hospital - Novel technique devised for pediatric mitral valve annuloplasty

Weight Management - Aetna announces new weight management program

Yale University - Obese kids may develop diabetes

ZOLL Medical Corporation - FDA issues marketing clearance for AED Plus pediatric capability