Coronary/Structural Heart

Eisenhower Health First in California to Complete Edwards Benchmark™ Program for Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR)

ONLY HOSPITAL IN COACHELLA VALLEY TO OFFER TAVR RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif., Dec. 16, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Eisenhower Health is the FIRST hospital in California to be recognized by Edwards Lifesciences for completing its Edwards Benchmark program for the treatment of aortic stenosis in patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR). The standard treatment for aortic […]

Mpirik’s Cardiac Intelligence® Automated Screening Demonstrates 98.6% Accuracy with Moderate and Severe Aortic Stenosis.

MILWAUKEE, Dec. 14, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Mpirik, an A.I. healthcare technology company that develops automated patient screening models for cardiovascular disease to drive actionable insights, quality and research, has published research in the Annals of Thoracic Surgery about their screening success. The study looked at undertreatment of aortic stenosis, a cardiovascular disease with […]

Windtree Announces U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Issuance of New U.S. Istaroxime Patent

New Patent Provides Intellectual Property Protection Through Late 2039 WARRINGTON, Pa., Dec. 15, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Windtree Therapeutics, Inc. (NasdaqCM: WINT), a biotechnology company focused on advancing multiple late-stage interventions for acute cardiovascular and pulmonary disorders, today announced that the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has issued […]

Aerovate Therapeutics Announces Initiation of IMPAHCT Phase 2b/Phase 3 Trial of AV-101 In Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

WALTHAM, Mass., Dec. 15, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Aerovate Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: AVTE), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing drugs that meaningfully improve the lives of patients with rare cardiopulmonary diseases, today announced the initiation of its Inhaled Imatinib Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Clinical Trial (IMPAHCT) Phase 2b/Phase 3 trial to evaluate the safety and efficacy […]

BioCardia Establishes New Manufacturing Facility to Enable Its Cell Therapy Product Candidates

Facility Being Built Out to Support CardiAMP Cell Therapy Systems, Allogeneic NK1R+ MSC and Biotherapeutic Delivery Device Manufacturing for Clinical Trials of Multiple Programs and Early Commercial Activities SAN CARLOS, Calif., Dec. 15, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — BioCardia, Inc. [Nasdaq: BCDA], a developer of cellular and cell-derived therapeutics for the treatment of […]

Svelte Medical Systems Receives FDA Approval For SLENDER IDS® And DIRECT RX® Bioresorbable Coated Drug-Eluting Stent Systems

World’s Lowest Profile Drug-Eluting Stent Systems with the Lowest Rate of 1 Year Reintervention Reported in a U.S. Pivotal Study Now Approved for Use in U.S. Patients NEW PROVIDENCE, N.J.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Svelte Medical Systems received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval to commercialize the SLENDER IDS® fixed-wire and DIRECT RX® rapid-exchange drug-eluting […]

HeartFlow Files for FDA Clearance of Next Generation Product Offering to Help Evaluate the Presence of Narrowings and Plaque in the Coronary Arteries

Advanced innovations leverage HeartFlow’s core AI technology and are critical additions to HeartFlow’s product portfolio for delivering complete cardiac care REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Dec. 13, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — HeartFlow, Inc., the leader in revolutionizing precision heart care, today announced it has submitted a 510k premarket application to the U.S. Food […]

MindMics Announces Successful Clinical Studies with Scripps Health

The new cardiac function studies demonstrate precise medical results with the technology in the form of a consumer wearable BOSTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–MindMics, the actionable health monitoring company, today, announced the results of two ground-breaking studies reported by Scripps Health at the American Heart Association. Both results demonstrate the effectiveness of MindMics’ technology – Infrasonic […]

Angion and Vifor Pharma Report Topline Results from Phase 2 GUARD Trial of ANG-3777 in Cardiac Surgery-Associated Acute Kidney Injury

— Angion to host a conference call today at 4:30 p.m. EST UNIONDALE, N.Y. and ST. GALLEN, Switzerland, Dec. 09, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Angion Biomedica Corp. (NASDAQ:ANGN) and Vifor Pharma today announced results from the exploratory Phase 2 GUARD trial of Angion’s ANG-3777 in patients undergoing cardiac surgery involving […]

Prestigious annual pediatric medical device competition takes aim at congenital heart disease with five innovators sharing $150K in NCC-PDI grants

Washington D.C., Dec. 10, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The National Capital Consortium for Pediatric Device Innovation (NCC-PDI) announces five awardees chosen in its prestigious annual “Make Your Medical Device Pitch for Kids!” competition to share $150,000 in grant funding from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to support the advancement of […]