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Cardiovascular Business Week

Susan Hasty, Publisher
Table of Contents . . . December 7th, 2004
Non-Subscriber - Summaries Only
Related Areas: Other Issues in Cardiovascular Business Week | Other Publications

Bio-Imaging Technologies, Inc. - Imaging services company reports on acquisition, EMR software development

Bristol-Myers Squibb Company - Pharmaceutical firm reports earnings per share of $0.38

Cambridge Heart, Inc. - Cardiac device firm reports 19% revenue increase

Cardima, Inc. - Microcatheter systems developer receives notice from Nasdaq regarding bid price

Lipid Sciences, Inc. - Biotechnology company reports improved third quarter results

Neoprobe Corporation - Developer of surgical and diagnostic products announces financial results

Nuvelo, Inc. - Therapeutics developer announces third quarter 2004 financial results

Spectral Diagnostics Inc. - Disease management company announces terms of proposed private share placement

Titan Pharmaceuticals - Biopharmaceutical company reports third quarter 2004 results

Tobacco Use - Oregon groups seek to reinstate cigarette tax

University of Western Ontario - CDN $6.9M funding available for 16 projects from cancer to heart disease

Weill Cornell Medical College - Hematologist receives prestigious NIH merit award

Abbott - FDA grants approval for new formulation of TriCor

Acorn Cardiovascular - Positive trial results reported on cardiac support device

Actelion, Ltd. - Regulatory review process for bosentan in final stage in Japan

Adverse Drug Events - New worries tarnishing arthritis drugs

Albany College of Pharmacy & Pharmceut. Res. Inst. - Tissue factor pathway inhibitor aids the antiangiogenic effects of tinzaparin

Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Additional results reported from phase III PRIMO-CABG trial

American Council on Exercise - Active people can make mistakes in their diet

American Healthways, Inc. - URAC renews accreditation of disease management programs care services company

Ankara University - Routine ECGs of deaf children for repolarization anomalies may be unnecessary

Aristotle University of Thessaloniki - Left ventricular function impaired in elderly with type 2 diabetes

ATS Medical - CryoCath enters exclusive global partnership

ATS Medical, Inc. - Global deal signed for surgical cryotherapy treatment for atrial fibrillation

Australian National University - Hyperpolarization and relaxation decline with hypertension and aging

AVI BioPharma, Inc. - Final results reported from Resten-NG AVAIL trial

Bayer Pharmaceuticals - Aprotinin reduced bleeding in bypass surgery patients on anti-platelet drugs

Baylor College of Medicine, Houston - Review summarizes knowledge about arrhythmic disorders that cause sudden death

Bioheart, Inc. - Cardiology company adds employees with expansion of cell transplantation trials

Biovail Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Poll shows hypertensives are hard on their hearts during winter holidays

Boston University - Concord grape juice increases HDL, lowers inflammatory markers

Brigham & Women's Hospital - Utility of drug-eluting stents reviewed

Cambridge Heart, Inc. - Microvolt T-wave alternans tested in non-ischemic patient population

Cardiac Care - Montgomery County, Maryland, to require defibrillators in health clubs

Cardiac Science, Inc. - Defibrillator maker ranked as fourth fastest growing technology company

CardioMag Imaging, Inc. - Imaging company awarded U.S. National Institutes of Health grant

Cardiothoracic Center, Liverpool - Regression equation can provide guidance on equivalence between cardiac markers

Cardiovascular Care - WonderLab museum exhibit alerts mom to son's heart condition

Carmel Medical Center, Israel - Nuclear imaging offers possibility for early detection of heart disease

Case Western Reserve University - Primary care clinicians and geneticists will collaborate

Case Western University - TnT may contribute to the higher tolerance of slow muscles to stress conditions

Charite University of Medicine, Berlin - Kininogen-deficient developed increased cholesterol without plaque formation

Childhood Obesity - Four Osceola County, Florida, schools use South Beach Diet for student lunches

China Ocean University - Local fuzzy fractal dimension provides information for segmenting ECGs

Chinese Academy of Science - PKC contributes to the cardioprotection afforded by intermittent hypoxia

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease - Smoking cessation can improve survival among severe COPD patients, study shows

Cleveland Clinic - Earlier cardiac catheterization reduces risk of mortality in high-risk patients

Cleveland Clinic Foundation - Tethering of protein kinase A may be essential for cardiac muscle contraction

Cordis Corporation - Cypher stent featured in more than 25 studies at the AHA meeting

Cordis Corporation - Low adverse events incidence with sirolimus-eluting coronary stent, study shows

Corgenix Medical Corp. - Collaboration for aspirin-resistance testing announced

CryoCath Technologies, Inc. - Freezor MAX obtains FDA approval in the U.S.

Cubist Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Enrollment complete for Cubicin's phase III endocarditis/bacteremia trial

Curis, Inc. - Hedgehog pathway restores cardiac function in preclinical models of heart attack

Cytokinetics, Inc. - Data from heart-failure drug-discovery program presented at AHA meeting

Deutsches Herzzentrum Berlin - Ultrafiltration is effective for elimination of therapeutic levels of tirofiban

diaDexus - Data on coronary artery disease presented at AHA sessions

diaDexus, Inc. - Enzyme, inflammation have role in formation of vulnerable plaque, study shows

Diomed Holdings, Inc. - Company announces Medicare/Medicaid reimbursement for EVLT

Drexel University - Choice of operative technique is not associated with reduced renal morbidity

Drug Development - U.S. company to test use of obesity/smoking pill for heart disease

Duke University - Hemodilution worsened neurological function, increased cerebral infarct volume

Duke University - New scheme for identifying alpha_1A -adrenoceptor splice variants is proposed

Ehime University - Agaricus blazei extract halts cancer and metastasis in tumor models

Eli Lilly & Co. - Simultaneous activation of JNK and p38 by MLK7 may affect cardiac decompensation

Elucida Research LLC - Study shows differences in cardiovascular risk among cox-2 inhibitors

Emory University - KIRs modulate T cell activation through DAP12-dependent/independent mechanisms

Emory University - Unexpectedly high levels of depression seen in young women after heart attacks

Endovasc, Inc. - E. Michael Prater resigns as director of drug-development company

Erasmus University - Late thrombosis reported in drug-eluting coronary stent recipients

eResearchTechnology, Inc. - European drug developer awards $1.4M study to ECG services company

EUROPA Executive Committee - Study shows benefits of blood pressure treatment

Exponent Health Group - Study analyzes weather patterns and hospitalizations

FESC, Athens - Study investigates effect of beta-adrenoreceptor antagonists on preconditioning

Fondazione S. Maugeri, Veruno - Review examines the prognostic value of cardiopulmonary exercise stress testing

Fujita Health University - Changes in isozyme activities, CaM concentration may affect muscle contractility

Fukuoka University, Japan - Inhibitors may have therapeutic potential for ischemic disease, arrhythmias

George Washington University - Consider the presence of anesthetics when studying control of heart rate

GlaxoSmithKline - Data confirms enzyme's potential as a target for cardiovascular diagnosis

Gunma University - Technique may represent a novel therapeutic strategy for heart failure

Hartford Hospital - Defibrillator discharge reported after consuming weight loss supplement

Harvard University - Insulin receptor serine phosphorylation linked to insulin resistance

Harvard University - Review focuses on transgenesis and cardiac energetics

Heart Disease - VHI offers hospital mortality information on cardiac care

Heart Research Institute, Sydney - ApoE increases the rate of phospholipid and triacylglycerol hydrolysis in rHDL

Hopital d'Enfants de la Timone, Marseille - Mutations in TBX1 are not involved in the cardiac phenotype of del22q11 patients

Hopital Saint Philibert - Non-critical pacemaker-induced interference in video capsule endoscopy reported

Hungarian Academy of Science - Vasopressin and platelet-activating factor interact to provoke ischemia

Imperial College, London - Cerebral vasculature fails to react to hypoxia during sleep

Information Technology - Brotman Medical Center connects cardiac physicians to TCS Symphony

Innsbruck University - Thrombogenic effects of novel continuous flow axial pump determined

INSERM U430, Paris - ACE inhibitor/diuretic combination protects obese rat kidneys

INSERM U541, Paris - Both ischemic and dilated myocardium showed increased IL-18 receptor levels

Inst. for Clinical Research & Development, Mainz - Pioglitazone shown to reverse thickening of carotid artery wall

International Society of Nephrology - Protein is an independent risk marker for kidney and cardiovascular disease

J.B. Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Limited - Indian pharmaceutical company launches new cancer diagnostic product

Jagiellonian University - High glucose levels impair nitric oxide-related VEGF synthesis

John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford - Review describes a resurgence of interest in NHBD liver transplantation

Johns Hopkins University - Method developed to replicate stem cells from the heart

Johns Hopkins University - New tool highlights activity of key cellular signal

Kadir Has University - Evaluate C. pneumoniae IgG antibodies in cases of coronary artery disease

Kaiser Permanente - Research shows generic statin drugs produce same results as brand-name counterparts

Kaohsiung Medical University - Arsenic exposure increases the risk for liver cancer in females

Katholieke University of Leuven - Maximal lactate steady-state prediction must be verified by a constant-load test

Keio University - Study explored methylprednisolone administration to suppress hyperplasia

Kensey Nash Corporation - Company updates preclinical findings for synthetic vascular graft

King Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Pharmaceutical company comments on results of coronary artery disease study

Kos Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Pharmaceutical company reports on atherosclerosis clinical trail

Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine - Atrioventricular synchronous pacing can increase ventricular load

Kyushu University - Abdominal aorta and kidney may be targets for antihypertensive dipeptide

Laboratoire de Biochimie, Tunisia - Lipid level relation to heart disease in type 2 diabetes examined

Left Ventricular Hypertrophy - Enlarged heart can lead to heart attacks even after blood pressure goes down

Lipid Sciences, Inc. - Selective delipidation process used to help remove cholesterol from cells

LipoScience, Inc. - Pharmaceutical company announces results of heart disease risk study

LogiMedix - Diabetes device supplier expands executive management

Long Island College Hospital - Electrocardiography has evolved to a mainstay of cardiovascular medicine

Maggiore Hospital, Crema - Incidence and effects of for-field R wave oversensing in implants determined

Manchester Metropolitan University - Priming exercise does not influence time constant of V_O₂ response

Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research - Angiotensin II type 1A receptor deletion does not sway renal disease

Mayo Clinic - Angiotensin-induced vasoconstriction is increased in upper body obesity

Mayo Clinic - Electroconvulsive therapy feasible in patients with implanted cardiac devices

Mayo Clinic - Eligible women less likely than men to receive implantable defibrillators

Medical College of Wisconsin - Etiology must determine surgical treatment for sudden cardiac death in children

Medical College of Wisconsin - Patients experience asthma variability, despite strict adherence to guidelines

Medical University, Bialystok - Metalloproteinases could influence arterial remodeling in hemodialysis patients

Medis - Computer reads heart condition from X-ray images

Medtronic, Inc. - Company says implantable defibrillators are cost-effective treatment for heart failure patients

Merck & Co., Inc. - Pharmaceutical company receives license for new stroke treatment

MicroMed Technology, Inc. - First DeBakey VAD implanted for destination therapy

Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Addition of INTEGRILIN provides superior platelet inhibition with stenting

Molecular Cardiology & Neuromuscular Inst. - Review covers particular aspects of the emerging field of mitochondrial medicine

Mt. Sinai Hospital, Toronto - Mef2c gene is a direct target of Foxh1 transcription factor

MUSTT Trial - Study emphasizes importance of women in cardiac research

Nabi Biopharmaceuticals - Clinical, economic challenges of Staphylococcus aureus infections demonstrated

Nanobac Life Sciences, Inc. - Nanobacterial link to abnormal calcification described in newly released book

National Yang Ming University, Taiwan - Electroacupuncture, somatothermal stimulation can attenuate ischemic injury

Nexense - Generic biosensor platform enables contact-free vital signs, other measurement

Nippon Medical College, Tokyo - Renin-angiotensin system is associated with forming of coronary artery stenosis

Nitto Denko Technical Corp. - Companies introduce solid support product for manufacture of oligonucleotides

Oregon Health Science University - Proarrhythmia is a potentially dangerous side effect of drug therapy

Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. - Researchers find cilostazol may prevent restenosis in diabetics after stenting

Partners AIDS Research Center, Cambridge - Novel SARS-CoV entry inhibitor may be a viable candidate therapy for SARS

Peking University - Genomic response to adrenoceptor activation determined in aortic smooth muscle

Peregrine Pharmaceuticals - Vascular targeting agent, radiation reduces tumor growth by 98% in animals study

Personnel - Former Tennessee mental health commissioner James Brown is dead

Peter MacCallum Cancer Center - Survival rates for PAP patients has increased over 4 decades

Pfizer - Norvasc study reports fewer major CV events in coronary artery disease patients

Pharmacyclics - Preclinical data of Antrin to treat vulnerable plaque presented at AHA

Pharmavite - Nature Made vitamin maker calls for balanced reporting on vitamin E analysis

Pri-Med Institute - Survey: Doctors cautiously supportive of COX-2 drugs in wake of Vioxx withdrawal

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