PITTSBURGH--(BUSINESS WIRE)--CardiacAssist Inc.: (Click here to see video, “A Patient Success Story”) Privately held CardiacAssist Inc. announced today that the Cardiovascular Institute of Stanford (University) Hospital & Clinics (Palo Alto, Calif.) is one of the newest cardiac centers to begin using TandemHeart®, the Company’s FDA-cleared extracorporeal circulatory support system. TandemHeart is now being used in nearly 90% of the “Best U.S. Heart & Heart Surgery Hospitals” as ranked by U.S. News & World Report, with nearly 1,800 procedures performed at nearly 150 hospitals across the United States. Last month, CardiacAssist announced record nine-month financial results for 2009 compared to results for the same period in 2008.
