The Latest Cardiac and Vascular News
SAN DIEGO, Sept. 25, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Abbott (NYSE: ABT) today announced one-year results from a real-world, international, multicenter, 941-patient study of the company’s Portico™ transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) system in patients with symptomatic, severe aortic stenosis – a life-threatening narrowing of the heart’s aortic valve. At one year, implantation with […]
Fairway, Kan. – September 26, 2018 – Flow Forward Medical Inc. (Flow Forward), a medical device company focused on improving outcomes for hemodialysis patients through the rapid creation of high-quality vascular access sites, today announced it has raised an additional $1.2 million in Series A financing from a group of investors, […]
LOS ANGELES–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Catasys, Inc. (NASDAQ: CATS) (“Catasys” or the “Company”), a leading AI and technology-enabled healthcare company, today announced that it has expanded its OnTrak-A solution into Florida and Georgia with one of the nation’s leading health plans. This follows OnTrak-A’s expansion into Iowa and Nebraska earlier this month. Eligible […]
SALT LAKE CITY–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Alucent Biomedical, a privately held biotechnology company founded to transform the way vascular disease is treated, today announced the formation of its scientific advisory board with seven key appointments: Gary Ansel, M.D.; Elazar Edelman, M.D., Ph.D.; William Gray, M.D.; Larry Kraiss, M.D.; Krishna Rocha-Singh, M.D.; William Sessa, Ph.D. and Craig […]
KFAR-SABA, Israel–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The journal Circulation published results from the CathWorks FFRangio™ FAST-FFR clinical trial in an article titled Accuracy of Fractional Flow Reserve Derived From Coronary Angiography. The publication and trial results were announced today at the 2018 TCT (Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics) annual meeting in San Diego, California. The FAST-FFR trial demonstrated that the […]
NEW YORK and MELBOURNE, Australia, Sept. 25, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Mesoblast Limited (ASX:MSB, Nasdaq:MESO) today announced that Mesoblast’s proprietary allogeneic mesenchymal precursor cell (MPC) heart failure product candidate MPC-150-IM for use in children with hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS) was featured at the First Cardiac Regenerative Symposium for Congenital Heart Disease […]
ST. LOUIS, Mo., Sept. 25, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Stereotaxis, Inc. (OTCQX: STXS), the global leader in innovative robotic technologies for the treatment of cardiac arrhythmias, today announced that it will present at the OTCQX Virtual Investor Conference for Domestic Companies. Management will provide an overview of the Company’s technology […]
SAN DIEGO, Sept. 25, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Orchestra BioMed, Inc. (“Orchestra BioMed” or the “Company”), a biomedical innovation company developing transformational therapeutic devices targeting major medical conditions, presented positive 2-year clinical results from its multicenter clinical trial for BackBeat® Cardiac Neuromodulation Therapy (CNT) at the Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) 2018 in San […]
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Sept. 25, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Based on its recent analysis of the North American heart-on-a-chip market, Frost & Sullivan recognizes TARA Biosystems with the 2018 North American Technology Innovation Award for its trailblazing Biowire™ II heart-on-a-chip platform. This solution produces mature, engineered, human cardiac tissues and demonstrates promise as a valuable […]
SAN DIEGO and SAN CARLOS, Calif., Sept. 24, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — BioCardia®, Inc. (OTC :BCDA ), a leader in the development of comprehensive solutions for cardiovascular regenerative therapies, today announced that positive data from two studies of its investigational CardiAMP stem cell therapy were presented today at the Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) conference. CardiAMP cell therapy […]
