Cardiovascular Device Liability Week

Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh - Acute myocardial infarction-associated cardiac remodeling can be attenuated with a flexible ventricular restraint

Hannover Medical School - After acute MI, intracoronary bone marrow cell transfer improves diastolic function

Hospital Clinic of Santiago de Compostela - Among hospitalized CHF patients with preserved systolic function, ACE inhibitors extend survival

Salk Institute for Biological Studies, San Diego - Age-related macular degeneration due to choroidal neovascularization modeled

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. - U.S. FDA grants approval for Teva's generic pravastatin, court denies Apotex's injunction

A. Cardarelli Hospital, Naples - Findings from Italy, the United States and Japan advance knowledge in obesity research

Accreditation - Healthways receives URAC accreditation renewal

Akdeniz University School of Medicine, Antalya - In idiopathic Parkinson's disease, autonomic nervous system impairment without symptoms is frequent

Akdeniz University, Antalya - Kidney transplant patients show better endothelial function than dialysis patients

American Physiological Society - Race horses are good predictors of human response to disease

American Roentgen Ray Society - CT angiography is highly accurate for detection of high-grade artery stenosis

Angina - Refractory myocardial angina responds to percutaneous delivery of autologous bone marrow

Aristotle University of Thessaloniki - Research from Greece, the United Kingdom and the United States add new data to angiology body of knowledge

ARUP Laboratories - Markers linking inflammation and atherogenesis may help monitor risk factors

Athens Medical School - Recent findings from Greece, the United States and Germany illuminate research in angiology

AtheroGenics, Inc. - AtheroGenics reports loss per share of $0.49

Baskent University Hospital, Ankara - Glucose control can reduce atherosclerosis risk in post-transplant diabetes mellitus

Baylor College of Medicine, Houston - Coronary artery endothelial cell behavior inhibited by thymosin beta10

Biophan Technologies, Inc. - Biophan's technology named in article on MRI safety and medical devices

Biosite, Inc. - Biosite reports 10% increase in revenue

Boston Scientific Corp. - Boston Scientific to implement recommendations of Heart Rhythm Society report

Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston - Anti-oxidant vitamins reduce disease progression in patients with abnormal endothelial function

Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston - IIb/IIIa antagonists may improve procedural outcome during saphenous vein graft stenting

Brown Medical School, Providence - Researchers from the United States, Austria and Denmark detail new studies and findings in the area of hypertension

Cardiac Science Corp. - Cardiac Science receives U.S. FDA 510(k) clearance for new electrocardiograph

Cardica, Inc. - Cardica reports loss of $0.45 per share

Cardiovascular Disease - Many Americans are at high risk for cardiovascular disease and do not know it

Cardiovascular Disease - Polar teams up with RealAge, Inc. to give consumers information on heart rate and health

Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte - Studies from the United States, Germany and Turkey advance knowledge in surgery research

Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland - Insulin therapy improves free radical damage and mitochondrial function in diabetic heart

Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland - Recent findings from the United States and Italy illuminate research in angiology

Catholic University of Louvain - Intensive insulin therapy benefit in critical illness is mainly in normoglycemia maintenance

Cellegy Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Cellegy announces results of the U.S. FDA's Cardio-Renal Advisory Committee meeting

Central South University, Hunan - Researchers' data from the People's Republic of China, Germany and Turkey advance statins research

Centre Hospitalier Luxembourg - For severe chronic ischemic HF, cell therapy may improve cardiac deformation, mitral regurgitation

Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire de Lille - Heart valve recellularization can be compromised

Charles University Hospital, Prague - Research from the Czech Republic, Austria and United States add new data to atherosclerosis body of knowledge

Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences - In hyperlipidemic patients, withdrawal of statin therapy could induce inflammatory rebound

Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences - Normal exercise Tc-99m-sestamibi myocardial tomography suggests high late revascularization rate

Chungbuk National University Hospital, Cheongju - Recent findings in angiology described by researchers from South Korea, Canada and Spain

Cleveland Clinic Foundation - Coronary atherosclerosis shows significant regression with very high-intensity rosuvastatin therapy

CNRS, Caen - Transient focal cerebral ischemia is reduced by delayed deferoxamine use

Columbia University, New York - Researchers from the United States and Italy provide details of new studies and findings in the area of atherosclerosis

Columbia University, New York - Researchers' data from the United States and Canada N6A 5K8 advance metabolic syndrome research

Cook Incorporated - Cook Inc.'s Zenith Fenestrated Endograft reaches 1,000th endovascular aortic repair

County Hospital of Kalmar - Asymmetric dimethylarginine is a strong independent marker for transient ischemic attack

Creighton University, Omaha - Adaptation in African Americans protects against bone loss, raises chronic disease risks

CryoCath Technologies Inc. - CryoCath reports positive atrial fibrillation data at European Cardiac Conference

Curtin University of Technology, Bentley - Lipid levels are improved in postmenopausal women with regular consumption of red wine

Cytokinetics, Incorporated - Cytokinetics, Incorporated reports first quarter financials, company highlights

Cytori Therapeutics, Inc. - Cytori Therapeutics shows adipose cells reduce post-heart attack arrhythmia

Dade Behring Inc. - Dade Behring grants rights to American Diagnostica for use of factor VII-activating protease

Dalhousie University, Halifax - Heart rate increases with alcohol administration and video lottery terminal play

Department of VA New Jersey Healthcare Systems - Researchers from the United States and United Kingdom report recent findings in diabetes

Diabetes - New findings from the United States, Wales and United Kingdom in the area of diabetes described

Diana, Princess of Wales Children's Hospital, Birmingham - New findings from the United Kingdom, France and United States in the area of cardiology described

Disease - Findings from the United States and Denmark advance knowledge in disease research

Disease Management - Independence Blue Cross' disease management program reduces medical cost trends by 1.5-2%

Dokkyo University, Saitama - Researchers from Japan, the United States and the the Netherlands report recent findings in aneurysm

Duke University Medical Center, Durham - For patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension, IV treprostinil safe and effective treatment

Duke University Medical Center, Durham - Simple formula predicts blood needs in heart surgery

Emory University, Atlanta - For cardiovascular and kidney disease, treatment benefit of erythropoietin remains uncertain

Emory University, Atlanta - Primary pediatric heart transplantation costs within accepted range of cost-effectiveness

Emory University, Atlanta - Researchers from the United States and Canada report details of new studies and findings in the area of angiology

Endologix, Inc. - Endologix receives FDA marketing approval for short body/short limb variants of Powerlink-120 ELG

EP MedSystems, Inc. - EP MedSystems' ultrasound product used in heart failure treatment

Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam - Researchers from Netherlands and United States publish new studies and findings in the area of imaging

eResearchTechnology, Inc. - Appointment of Richard A. Baron as chief financial officer announced by eResearchTechnology

F.H. Manhes Hospital, Fleury-Merogis - Cardiovascular disease risk in dialysis population identifiable by aortic stiffness measure

Federal University of Sao Paulo - Left ventricular reduction favors cardiac function not only by reducing afterload

Fitness & Wellness - Study finds middle-aged Americans not as healthy as English counterparts

Franz Volhard Klinic, Berlin - Researchers from Germany, the United States and the United Kingdom describe findings in cardiology studies

Frederiksberg University Hospital, Copenhagen - In patients with stable coronary disease, NT-proBNP not a useful screening test

Frederikssund County Hospital - Prior blunt chest trauma may be a cause of single vessel coronary disease

Fukushima Medical University, Hikarigaoka - New data from Japan, Taiwan and the United Kingdom lluminates research in diabetes