Cardiovascular Business Week

CNRS UMR 8526, Lille - Researchers from France, Wales and Switzerland detail new studies and findings in the area of proteins

CNRS, Paris - Researchers from CNRS, Paris publish recent findings

Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons, New York - Researchers from the United States and Dyer and colleagues published their study in Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography (Use of myocardial performance index in pediatric patients with idiopathic pulmonary

Columbia University, New York - Cardioversion in patients with LV thrombus is not associated with increased thrombo-embolic risk

Columbia University, New York - New findings in healthcare described from the United States, Canada and France

Conor Medsystems, Inc. - Conor Medsystems initiates RAPID clinical study for first pimecrolimus drug-eluting stent

Contracts - Matria Healthcare announces four new disease management accounts with self-insured employers

Cordis Corporation - Cordis Corporation submits pre-market approval submission for reblockage indication

Cordis Corporation - Dr. Julio Palmaz, inventor of balloon-expandable stent, inducted Inventors Hall of Fame

Cornell University, Ithaca - Studies from the United States, India and Australia add new findings to diabetes body of knowledge

Dankook University, Chungnam - Findings from South Korea, Greece and Sweden in bladder cancer provide new insights

Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover - Researchers from Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover publish most recent findings

Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover - Studies from the United States add new findings to cardiology body of knowledge

Duke University Medical Center, Durham - Coronary artery disease detection is improved by magnetic resonance with delayed infarction imaging

Duke University Medical Center, Durham - Duke University Medical Center, Durham researchers publish latest findings

Duke University Medical Center, Durham - Duke University Medical Center, Durham researchers publish recent findings

Duke University Medical Center, Durham - New data from the United States and Netherlands lluminates research in cord blood

Duke University, Durham - Clopidogrel not sufficiently prescribed to those with non-ST-segment elevation ACS

East Carolina University - Researchers from East Carolina University detail new studies and findings

Ege University Medical Faculty, Izmir - MRI has advantages over other imaging techniques for diagnosing cardiac defects

Emory University, Atlanta - Emory University, Atlanta researchers publish recent findings

Emory University, Atlanta - Research from the United States and Italy add new data to cardiology body of knowledge

EORTC Data Center, Brussels - Chronic heart failure risk is high for patients after non-Hodgkin lymphoma treatment

Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam - Data from Netherlands and Italy advance knowledge in ischemia research

Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam - New findings from Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam described

Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam - Recent findings from Netherlands, Greece and United States illuminate research in imaging

Facilities - PDSHeart opens third monitoring center in Minneapolis, Minnesota

Facilities - U of California San Francisco opens first Asian cardiovascular care center in U.S.

Far-Eastern Memorial Hospital, Taipei - Endoscopic radial artery harvest for coronary artery bypass offers excellent results

Free University of Brussels - New data from Free University of Brussels detailed

Fukui University, Matsuoka - Renal tissue renin-angiotensin system may be activated in human type 2 diabetic nephropathy

Fuwai Hospital, Beijing - ICD incidences and causes of inappropriate detection evaluated

Gabriele d'Annunzio University, Chieti - Recent findings from Italy, Canada and the United Kingdom illuminate research in hematology

Gifu University - Research from Gifu University provides new scientific insights

Good Samaritan Hospital, Cincinnati - Women experience longer hospitalization than men after coronary artery bypass surgery

Green Lane Hospital, Auckland - Clinical manifestation of multiple unstable plaques after fibrinolytic therapy is rare

Guangzhou Medical College, Guangdong - Reports from the People's Republic of China and Canada add new data to cardiology research

Gunma University, Maibashi - Valsartan improves cardiac sympathetic nerve activity in congestive heart failure

Hamamatsu University, Shizouka - Findings from Japan, the United States and Slovakia advance knowledge in ischemia research

Hartford Hospital - Researchers' data from the United States advance imaging research

Harvard University - Assessment of cardiovascular autonomic function is considered

Harvard University - Elevated cardiac troponin I levels occur in children without clinically apparent cardiac disease

Harvard University - Harvard University researchers publish most recent findings

Healthcare Quality - Delmarva Foundation announces improvements in Maryland healthcare quality

Heart Research Institute, Sydney - New findings from Australia, the United States and the People's Republic of China in the area of atherosclerosis described

Helsinki Heart Study - Long-term followup shows dyslipidemic patients benefited from early gemfibrozil treatment

Henry Ford Heart & Vascular Institute, Detroit - Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors show modest effect for some heart conditions

Hokkaido University, Sapporo - Ischemia-induced apoptosis and neuronal injury is inhibited by procaspase binding

Hologic, Inc. - Hologic gets U.S. FDA clearance to use Discovery DXA System for detecting cardiovascular disease

Hopital Europeen Georges Pompidou, Paris - Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors reduce mortality in CAD patients without heart failure

Hopital Lariboisiere, Paris - Class IA, IC, and III anti-arrhythmic drugs maintain sinus rhythm but increase adverse effects

Hopital Necker-Enfants Malades, Paris - Findings from France, Germany and Australia in imaging provide new insights

Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid - Researchers from Spain, the United States and the United Kingdom publish new studies and findings in the area of hypertension

ImaRx Therapeutics, Inc. - ImaRx acquires Abbokinase

Imperial College London - New parameters are needed for classification of heart failure with preserved systolic function

Indiana University School of Medicine - Reports from the United States and MA 02115 advance knowledge in cardiology research

Inha University, Inchon - Findings from South Korea, United States and Denmark advance knowledge in diabetes research

Innsbruck Medical University - Reports from Austria, Italy and Spain advance knowledge in heart disease research

Innsbruck Medical University - Researchers' data from Austria and the United States advance genetics research

INSERM U637, Montpellier - Researchers' findings from France, the United States and Italy advance diabetes research

Institut de Genetique et Biologie Moleculaire et Cellulaire, Illkirch Graffenstaden - Bile acids signaling pathways may provide novel drug targets for metabolic diseases

Institut Municipal d'Investigacio Medica, Barcelona - Alcohol consumption linked directly to circulating oxidized low-density lipoprotein

Institute of Cardiology, La Plata - Research from Argentina and the United States add new data to ischemia body of knowledge

IRCCS, Milan - Ultrasound lung comet images are simple way to assess extravascular lung water

Jagiellonian University, Krakow - PTA is a safe and effective treatment method for subclavian/innominate artery obstruction

JAMA Archives - Study indicates widely-used nutritional supplement policosanol does not improve cholesterol levels

Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University, Frankfurt - Signaling by angiotensin-converting enzyme is considered in review of recent evidence

Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions - Long-term cocaine use is associated with regional left ventricular diastolic dysfunction

Johns Hopkins University - Reports from Johns Hopkins University add new data to knowledge base

Joslin Diabetes Center, Boston - Joslin-led study reveals new findings on insulin signaling in the liver

Justus-Liebig University, Giessen - Antioxidant vitamin C improves endothelial function in obstructive sleep apnea

Kaiser Permanente - Study examines effect of lifestyle changes on diet, weight, physical fitness, and BP

Kansai Medical University, Osaka - New research from Kansai Medical University, Osaka described

Kansas State University - Researchers from Kansas State University publish most recent findings

Karolinska Institute - Apo-A-I added to power of apo-B in predicting fatal myocardial infarction