January 4th, 2007

Dog heart disease

A long-awaited report on Missouri hospital infection rates shows Kansas City area hospitals on par with most of their peers. And while that may sound like good news to some, health-care experts say its not good enough. Read More…

FoxHollow Technologies Inc., which makes minimally invasive devices to treat peripheral and coronary artery disease, on Wednesday said its fourth-quarter revenue would miss Wall Street expectations due to slumping sales of its SilverHawk disposable catheter system. Read More…

REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Jan. 3 /PRNewswire-First Read More…

NEW YORK (Reuters) — People with coronary artery disease who are taking aspirin to thin the blood and thereby lower their odds of having a heart attack run the risk of having a major adverse cardiac event if they stop taking aspirin, according to a new report. Read More…

The affected lots of Guide Catheters are 687532, 687586, 687593, 687596, 687654, 687753, 687754, 688035, 687877, 687878, 687879 and 688002. The total number of devices involved in this recall is estimated at 51. Read More…

By JOHN FAUBER After months of alarm over the small but potentially fatal risk of blood clots forming in the coronary arteries of people who have been implanted with drug-coated stents, researchers say they may have discovered why the tiny devices can become deadly. Read More…

SAN DIEGO—-Cytori Therapeutics received approvals to initiate a clinical trial in Spain to investigate the use of adipose-derived stem and regenerative cells for the treatment of cardiovascular disease. Read More…

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