Cardiovascular disease is not only the biggest cause of death worldwide, but is also responsible for a significant proportion of health complications requiring long-term management. With ageing populations and concerns about obesity and unhealthy lifestyles, it is clear that the cardiovascular sector has a role to play in lowering health costs and providing better patient outcomes.

As a result, the medical industry has responded in what is becoming a fiercely competitive sector through better-tolerated and more reliable devices utilising new technology and biomaterials. In 2007, a raft of mergers and acquisitions have taken place and the FDA's long-awaited approval of Medtronics' Endeavour is expected to energise the drug eluting stent sector. Leading players such as Abbott, Cordis and Boston Scientific may have the sales resources to dominate, but can smaller or emerging companies have input too? Espicom has published a fully-updated, November 2007 2nd edition of its popular report Who's Developing What in Cardiovascular Devices? The new expanded edition provides comprehensive analysis of 60 leading players in the global cardiovascular device industry. Subjects covered for each company include:
Company Overview
Key Personnel
Key Milestones
Competitior Analysis
Products/Technologies R&D and Research Strategy
Key Agreements and Alliances
Financial Data
Comprehensive Contact Details

Leading cardiovascular device manufacturers analysed
Abbott Laboratories
Abiomed
Ambu
AorTech
Arrow International
AtCor Medical
Atrium Medical
ATS Medical
B.Braun
Berlin Heart
Bioheart
Biophan Technologies
Biosensors International
Biotronik
Boston Scientific
Cambridge Heart
Cardiac Science
CardiacAssist
Cardica
CardioDynamics International Cardiogenesis
CardioMEMS
ClearStream Technologies
Cordis
CoreValve
CryoCath
CryoCor
Datascope
Defibtech
Deltex Medical
Edwards Lifesciences
Endologix
Enpath Medical
ev3
FlowCardia
Hexacath
Impulse Dynamics
InspireMD
LeMaitre Vascular
Lombard Medical Technologies Lumen Biomedical
MedicalCV
Medtronic
MIV Therapeutics
NMT Medical
OrbusNeich
Orqis Medical
Possis Medical
Sahajanand Medical Technologies
Sorin
St Jude Medical
Stereotaxis
Sunshine Heart
Terumo
Thoratec
Vascular Solutions
Ventracor
Volcano
XTENT
Zoll Medical