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CryoLife, Inc. (NYSE: CRY), a biomaterials, medical device and tissue processing company, announced the first implantation of the combination aortic-mitral allograft heart valve in a patient at the Cleveland Clinic. The surgery was performed by Dr. Jose Navia, a cardiac surgeon with the Heart and Vascular Institute at the Cleveland Clinic.

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In the hope of reaching a formerly untreatable patient group, clinician-researchers from NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center are leading the minimally invasive Phase II EVEREST clinical trial with the aim of treating malfunctioning heart valves in the elderly. Many elderly people are too old, too weak, or too debilitated by their disease to be candidates for traditional surgery to fix the problem, according to Dr.

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Physician-scientists believe that stem cells might play a harmful role in the body’s reaction to trauma following common vascular surgery, like angioplasty. A team of scientists - led by Dr. K. Craig Kent, Greenberg-Starr Professor and professor of surgery at Weill Cornell Medical College and chief of the Division of Vascular Surgery at NewYork-Presbyterian - are currently studying how stem cells implant themselves in the wall of arteries and grow out of control.

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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced yesterday, Wednesday 14th May, that Bayer Pharmaceuticals Corporation is withdrawing remaining stocks of its antifibrinolytic drug Trasylol (aprotinin) following the confirmation of the preliminary findings of a study that showed the drug increased risk of death compared to two other drugs used to control bleeding during heart surgery.

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New research on people living in Italy, suggests that long term exposure to air pollution is linked to an increased risk of deep vein thrombosis and blood clots in the legs or thighs, adding to previous research findings linking particulate air pollution and increased risk of death from cardiovascular diseases.

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The results of new research on blood pressure announced today reveal that despite Irish people getting their blood pressure checked, the majority of them do not know what their reading is (1). The research was commissioned by Boehringer Ingelheim in advance of World Hypertension Day 2008 this Saturday, 17th May.

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Medinol is proud to announce that it has received CE Mark for its Presillion(TM) CoCr Coronary Stent, enabling physicians to treat coronary artery lesions with a technologically innovative flexible closed cell design stent. Presillion(TM) preserves the superb scaffolding the unprecedented balance of flexibility and conformability identified with the NIRflex flexible closed cell design.

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Today at EuroPCR, Medtronic, Inc. (NYSE: MDT), released four-year data from the ENDEAVOR II clinical trial that reinforces the long-term safety and durable efficacy of the company’s Endeavor Zotarolimus-Eluting Coronary Stent System for the treatment of coronary artery disease. “As the duration of follow-up in ENDEAVOR II grows, so too does our confidence in the enduring safety and effectiveness of the Endeavor stent,” said Dr.

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Beta-blocker drugs may help prevent heart attacks during surgery, but they may increase the risk of death and major stroke, says a major study to be published online by the prestigious medical journal, The Lancet.POISE is the world’s largest randomized trial addressing perioperative cardiac complications. POISE evaluated the effects of a beta-blocker versus placebo given to patients around the time of surgery.

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The Unintended Consequences of Pay-for-Performance ProgramsAt a time when pay-for-performance programs are proliferating, this study finds that while such programs may succeed in improving clinical outcomes and increasing physician income, they also change the nature of patient consultations and the way doctors and nurses work together.

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