Edwards Lifesciences Corporation

It was a night of heartfelt giving at Newport's Balboa Bay Club & Resort. The American Heart Assn.sponsored the 2012 Heart and Stroke Ball, and the crowd of some 400 guests gave and did so generously, as more than $550,000 was raised. The black tie...

It was arguably the most prestigious social event of the Southern California business community. On Feb. 17, some 450 executives from all over Southern California converged upon the Ritz-Carlton Hotel, Laguna Niguel, for the 16th Forum for Corporate...

Despite the down economy and lack of hot-button issues in the city, Newport Beach City Council candidates raised nearly $140,000 in the first half of 2010. The fundraising reports, the last of which were made public this week, show real estate...

When the medical device trade association AdvaMed petitioned the FDA to reclassify annuloplasty rings in 1997, it argued that data on adverse events involving the rings showed few problems, pointing out that just 465 events had been reported to the FDA...

Antonitsa Vlahoulis knew as she slipped into unconsciousness on the operating room table that her surgeon would choose which medical device she would receive to fix her leaky heart valve. But when a warranty card arrived in the mail for the device...

If you have a faulty heart valve and decide to get it replaced, a surgeon will implant an artificial one that has undergone rigorous examination by the Food and Drug Administration. But if you choose the option recommended for most patients —...

It’s a creative, challenging and fun way to help others. Meyersdale Area High School students took to the dodge ball court recently for a competitive game to benefit trauma patients through the Conemaugh Health Foundation. “I developed the...

Prompted in part by a case involving a Chicago surgeon, the Food and Drug Administration is proposing stricter rules about redesigned medical devices, saying many should undergo more scrutiny before being implanted in patients. FDA rules have allowed...

Former First Lady Barbara Bush and actor-comedian Robin Williams this month joined the thousands of Americans who have come to need an artificial valve implanted to regulate the blood flow out of the heart to supply the rest of the body. Bush, 83, had...