Cardiovascular Business Week

CardioDynamics - Device firm reports 25th quarter of revenue growth

CardioVascular BioTherapeutics, Inc. - Biopharmaceutical firm files registration statement for IPO

Diomed Holdings, Inc. - EVLT maker agrees to $10.6M financing

Lifestream Technologies, Inc. - Cholesterol monitor developer announces 169% increase in July shipments

Morton Grove Pharmaceuticals - FDA clears Cyclosporine Oral Solution, USP, 100 mg/ml for marketing

Nanobac Life Science, Inc. - Life sciences company completes financing

21st Century Medicine - NIH grant to be used for heart preservation research

Abiomed, Inc. - Thirteenth patient dies in clinical trial of heart assist pumping device

Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam - Progonstic value of preprocedural C-reactive protein determined

Advanced Technology Ventures - Venture capital firm adds new technology partner

Akita University - Cervical epidural anesthesia depresses dynamic modulation of the cardiac cycle

Albert Einstein College of Medicine - Thromboxane A₂ receptor is a modulator of VEGF-mediated vascularization

American Diabetes Association - Prevalence of the metabolic syndrome among U.S. adolescents rising

American Heart Association - Statement on heart scans could affect 100 million Americans

American Nurses Association - Nurses group addresses national health crisis: Uncontrolled high blood pressure

Arkansas Children's Nutrition Center - Increased parasympathetic activity is attenuated by eating breakfast

Asan Medical Center - Study examines differences in drug-eluting stents

AtheroGenics, Inc. - Positive interim results reported from CART-2 study of anti-inflammatory agent

AusAm Biotechnologies, Inc. - Accumin urine test offered by Specialty Laboratories

Autonoma University, Madrid - High levels of plasma HDL-C may explain why coronary heart disease rate is low

Baker Heart Research Inst. - Aromatase-deficient mice have reduced blood pressure, baroreflex sensitivity

Baker Heart Research Institute, Melbourne - Activation of IP receptors represents a novel approach to preventing hypertrophy

Baylor College of Medicine, Houston - Adverse cardiac remodeling occurs through progressive LV wall thinning

Baylor College of Medicine, Houston - Noninvasive method can identify and confirm changes in arterial properties

Bio-Imaging Technologies, Inc. - Letter of intent signed to acquire Heart Core B.V.

BioInvent International AB - Alliance to develop antibody-based therapeutics for vascular indications

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan - Michigan physician groups join insurance company to utilize incentive program

Brown Medical School, Providence - Poor cognitive flexibility, verbal retrieval mark prodromal vascular dementia

California Department of, Health Services - California launches new ad campaign to address childhood obesity crisis

Cambridge Heart, Inc. - Device firm comments on CMS national coverage policy for ICDs

Cardiac Care Network of Ontario - Article outlines goals/methods of province-wide cardiac rehabilitation project

CardioGenesis Corporation - Minutes of recent medicare meeting posted

Cardiology Research Center, Moscow - Several signaling pathways control KRP phosphorylation on Ser13 in smooth muscle

Cardiome Pharma Corp - Oral RSD1235 patient dosing initiated in phase I study

CardioTech International, Inc. - Worldwide distribution agreement signed for heart-lung machine

Center Propara, Montpellier - Leptin could serve as a good indicator for cardiovascular disease risk

Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer - Earlier administration of arginine vasopressin may be more beneficial

CHF Solutions, Inc. - Data on Aquadex System 100 presented at heart failure meeting

CHU Nord, St. Etienne - QT/RR slope enhancement is equivalent to patients with ventricular arrhythmias

Cleveland Clinic Foundation - Functional severity is greater in bicuspid than in degenerative tricuspid AS

Cleveland Clinic Foundation - Stretching of the cells by pressure or volume turns on the myotrophin gene

Collaborations - California Pacific Medical Center to use Heartlab Encompass

Columbia University - A critical role is revealed for cyclin A2 in mediating cardiomyocyte mitosis

Columbia University - Authors advocate single-stage management of complicated sternal wounds

Columbia University - Biventricular pacing holds promise as treatment for postoperative heart failure

Columbia University - Studies focus on membrane microdomains

Columbia University, New York - Changes in Ca²⁺ and K⁺7 currents may account for action potentials return

Complementary & Alternative Medicine - Isoflavones alone probably not responsible for soy protein's effects on lipids

Congestive Heart Failure - Stem cell therapy improves heart function after heart attacks

Conor Medsystems - Preliminary results presented from COSTAR I drug-eluting stent trial

Corazon Technologies Inc. - Demineralizing technology improves aortic valve function in clinical trial

Cordis Corp. - First patient enrolled in surveillance study of carotid artery stenting system

Cornell University - New food intolerance, complex carbohydrate intolerance, identified

Covalent Group - Company wins consulting contracts with three biopharmaceuticals

CryoVascular Systems, Inc. - CryoPlasty therapy may help people with blocked arteries avoid knee amputation

Dade Behring Holdings - Company begins shipment of NT-proBNP assay

Dalhousie University, Halifax - Heat shock proteins may help to protect the heart against inflammation

Dalhousie University, Halifax - Increased gain may contribute to increased contraction amplitudes

Decas Botanical Synergies - NutriCran-GI Fruit Powder launched; intended to enhance gastrointestinal health

Deltex Medical Group, plc - Company reports that trial confirms CardioQ's benefits

Deutsch Krebsforschungszentrum - Novel fast flow velocity measurement technique devised

diaDexus, Inc. - Web site exposes connection between inflammation and coronary heart disease

Digirad Corp. - Cardius-3 launched for cardiac imaging applications

Dr. M. Fischer Bosch Inst. of Clinical Pharmacol. - CYP3A5 expression guides the way patients respond to statins

Dresden University of Technology - PKC-isozymes are differentially regulated in volume-overload cardiac hypertrophy

Drug Importation - Governor tries to sell Illinoisans on drug import program

Duke University - Patients who get blood transfusions in hospital have higher mortality

Duke University, Durham - Findings support using records at least 5 minutes long in heart rate studies

Dynamarketing Group, Inc. - Nutritional supplement may help hangovers, ward off alcoholism

Edwards Lifesciences Corp. - Company highlights activities at TCT 2004

EndoTex Interventional Systems, Inc. - Preliminary results announced from carotid artery stenting study

Evanston Northwestern Healthcare - Researchers report preliminary results with percutaneous mitral valve repair

Fitness - Walking a bit more may keep weight off

Fitness & Wellness - Simple strategy for stopping weight gain grows quickly