Cleveland Clinic's 9th Annual Medical Innovation Summit in October

This year's Summit will focus on the heart and breakthrough technologies that will help diagnose and treat cardiovascular ailments.

The Cleveland Clinic's 9th Annual Medical Innovation Summit is to be held during Oct. 3-5. This year's Summit will focus on the heart and breakthrough technologies that will help diagnose and treat cardiovascular ailments.

Heart failure currently affects 6 million Americans and top executives, investors, entrepreneurs, clinicians and technologists will gather to share ideas on how to effectively treat this burgeoning problem, as well as a host of other cardiovascular conditions.

"Cardiovascular care remains the largest market in all of medicine," says Chris Coburn, Executive Director of Cleveland Clinic Innovations. "The Summit will pinpoint what is coming next in cardiovascular care and what is the fut