New arrhythmia technologies.(Brief Article)(Book Review)

Danbury Hospital recently started a more advanced cardiovascular program, completing its first three open-heart surgeries. It was announced at the hospital's annual meeting, where physicians and administrators recapped their two-year quest to obtain state approval to establish an openheart surgery and angioplasty program. Frank J. Kelly, president and chief executive ......

HEADNOTE Edwards Sells German Unit in Perfusion Divestiture FDA Panel Studies Micro Therapeutics' Onyx; OC Hospitals Part of Coronary Network Edwards Lifesciences Corp., the Irvine-based heart device maker, plans to sell its German perfusion services unit to WKK GmbH of Mainz, Germany. Terms of the deal weren't disclosed. The Edwards ......

Deaconess Medical Center plans this month to begin using a relatively new procedure to treat peripheral vascular disease. The condition, also known as peripheral arterial disease, occurs when plaque builds up and narrows arteries in a patient's arms and legs, causing pain and numbness and potentially leading to amputation of ......

A new advanced catheter used to place guide wires in arteries near the heart for stenting and angioplasty procedures probably will reduce the number of patients who need bypass surgery by about 2 percent, says Dr. Donald Canaday, an interventional cardiologist at Inland Cardiology Associates PS, of Spokane. Called the ......

Kootenai Medical Center plans next year to add open-heart surgery and interventional cardiology to its roster of services. Doing so will cost the Coeur d'Alene hospital about $6 million, but is expected to result in keeping in North Idaho 2,000 of more medical procedures a year that currently are performed ......

The man who received the world's 4th fully implantable artificial heart died December 13 after suffering multiple organ failure. The 74-year-old man, whose identity was kept confidential at the request of his family, received his implant at the UCLA Medical Center on October 17. The initial recipient of the world's ......

HEADNOTE Edwards Picks Up Heart Surgery Blood Filter From Embol-X Healthy Smiles Plans Kids' Dental Service; Hoag Offering Drug-Coated Stent, High-Speed Internet Irvine's Edwards Lifesciences Corp. has bought a product line designed to keep blood clots and tissue pieces from entering the bloodstream during surgery. About two weeks ago, Edwards ......

I don't do a lot of book reviews but every now and then one crosses my desk that I have to tell you about. A few weeks ago, I read a book by my friend and fellow AllBusiness blogger, Denise O'Berry. It's worth mentioning.

Regular Management Craft reader and commenter Wally Bock (check out Wally's blog, Three Star Leadership ) offers this book review of The GO Point by Michael Useem . Thanks Wally! If you want to make better decisions, you should read The GO Point by Michael Useem.  The subtitle is: ......

I recently finished reading Lisa Haneberg's latest book, Focus Like A Laser Beam: 10 Ways To Do What Matters Most , and I also had a chance to chat with her via Skype, which she'll put out as a podcast pretty soon. I'll point to that when it's up....

Man, this review has been a long time coming. I've been packing this book around in my briefcase for several months, reading bits and pieces of it as time allows. It's taken a while, but I'm finally through, though I suspect I'll continue to reach for it on my bookshelf ......