Thoratec Corporation / Alcon Laboratories / The New England Journal / VAD / Sponsor Presentation Thoratec Corporation / Thermo Cardiosystems / OMM / M.D. CONSUMER / /
Country
United States / Columbia / /
Currency
pence / /
Event
M&A / /
Facility
Blood Institute / Columbia Medical Center / Columbia University / Women's Hospital / Case Western Reserve University / University of Wisconsin / Gaithersburg Marriott Washington Center / Temple University / University of Rochester / University of Colorado Clinic / New England Medical Center / Tufts University / University of Maryland / The Cleveland Clinic / /
IndustryTerm
medical management / heart failure therapies / control / cardiac assist device technology / energy / device / metal lever / treatment of end stage congestive heart failure / therapies for heart failure / therapy of heart failure / pneumatic device / exit site / patient management / skin breakthrough site / optimum site / therapy for end-stage heart failure / /
surgery / major surgery / alternative therapies / alternative therapy / catheter / hemodialysis / drug therapy / /
Organization
Columbia University / Temple University in Philadelphia / Northwestern University Medical School / Cardiology Committee / University of Maryland / Data Safety Monitoring Board / National Heart Lung / and Blood Institute / Surgical Management Committee / Circulatory System Devices Panel / Morbidity and Mortality Committee / Center for Devices and Radiological Health / New York Heart Association / New England Medical Center / University of Rochester / New York / National Institute of Health / Women's Hospital in Boston / FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION / Case Western Reserve University / Cleveland / Commission for the Study of Ethical Problems / Gaithersburg Marriott Washington Center / University of Colorado / Tufts University / Medical Management Committee / International Center for Health Outcomes and Innovation Research / Medical Devices Advisory Committee / American Heart Association / Columbia Medical Center / Center for Drug Evaluation and Research / DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES / Cardiovascular and Renal Drugs Advisory Committee / University of Wisconsin / /
Person
Paul Meier / M.D. Marvin Konstam / Michael Morton / M.D. Francis Klocke / Marvin A. Konstam / Eric Rose / Jim DeWeese / Salim Aziz / M.D. Pilar Ossorio / Marvin Konstam / Lynne Warner Stevenson / D. James A. DeWeese / Warren K. Laskey / Michael Berman / Anthony Comerota / Lesley Ewing / Steve Nissen / Robert A. Dacey / Annetine Gelijns / Julie Swain / Steven E. Nissen / Donald A. Middlebrook / Lynne W. Stevenson / J.D. Ileana Pina / Michael Domanski / James DeWeese / Joe Knapka / Gary Francis / Alan Moskowitz / D. Michael J. Domanski / Ileana Pina / Gerry Gray / M.D. Steven Nissen / Acting Chairperson Lesley Ewing / D. Janet T. Wittes / Bram Zuckerman / Boulder / Pilar Ossorio / Janet Wittes / Victor Poirier / Don Middlebrook / Francis Klocke / Joseph Knapka / /
Position
vascular surgeon / President / physician / leader in cardiac assist device technology / Professor and Chairman of the Department / Panel Chair / Vice President of Regulatory Affairs and Quality Assurance / Executive Secretary / REPRESENTATIVE / trial investigator and leader of the medical management group / Associate Professor / statistician / principal investigator for the REMATCH trial / interventional cardiologist / electrical conductor / cardiologist / external controller / Acting Director / Division of Cardiovascular and Respiratory Devices / Industry Representative / cardiac and vascular surgeon / controller / lawyer / Chairperson / /
Product
HeartMate VE Left Ventricular System / Thoratec HeartMate VE LVAS System / digoxin / spironolactone / /
ProvinceOrState
Minnesota / New York / California / Colorado / Wisconsin / Maryland / /
PublishedMedium
The New England Journal of Medicine / the American Heart Association annual / the FDA review / /