The Latest Cardiac and Vascular News
NEWS PROVIDED BY USC Center for Body Computing 11:51 ET WASHINGTON, June 30, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — This week in the nation’s capital the Bipartisan Policy Centerconvened thought leaders in national security and health care including Leslie Saxon, MD, cardiologist at Keck Medicine of USC and executive director of the USC Center for Body Computing, for a panel discussion, “Cybersecurity and […]
DANVERS, Mass., June 30, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Abiomed, Inc. (NASDAQ:ABMD), a leading provider of breakthrough heart support and recovery technologies, announced today the recent publication of a peer-reviewed retrospective study on hemodynamic support with the Impella 2.5® heart pump. The study analyzed patients with acute myocardial infarction complicated by cardiogenic shock […]
GOLDEN, Colo., June 29, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Bio2 Medical today announced the results of the Angel® Catheter pivotal study, “Evaluation of a Device Combining an Inferior Vena Cava Filter and a Central Venous Catheter for Preventing Pulmonary Embolism Among Critically Ill Trauma Patients,” published in the Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology (JVIR). The […]
NEWS PROVIDED BY Oregon Health & Science University 28 Jun, 2017, 17:20 ET PORTLAND, Ore. and LOS ANGELES, June 28, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — The incidence of sudden cardiac arrest, an often deadly loss of heart function, declined significantly among previously uninsured adults who acquired health insurance through the Affordable Care Act, a new study shows. The findings, […]
NEWS PROVIDED BY Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia 10:00 ET PHILADELPHIA, June 29, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Focusing on a rare but devastating complication in patients with single-ventricle heart disease, a research team has revealed the role of leakage from the liver’s lymphatic system, and used a novel procedure to seal off those leaks and improve […]
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn., June 29, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — CHF Solutions, Inc., (fka Sunshine Heart, Inc.) (NASDAQ:CHFS) announced today that researchers in the Stanford University School of Medicine’s Department of Pediatrics have received FDA Investigational Device Exemption (IDE) approval to conduct a clinical study to evaluate the safety and effectiveness […]
MARLBOROUGH, Mass., June 29, 2017/PRNewswire/ — CardioFocus, Inc., a medical device innovator and manufacturer dedicated to advancing ablation treatment for cardiac disorders such as atrial fibrillation (AF), today announced that its HeartLight Endoscopic Ablation System is being featured in three new major clinical studies currently underway. Collectively, up to 1,000 AF patients will be […]
6/28/2017 5:53:44 AM Philips To Acquire The Spectranetics Corporation To Accelerate Expansion In Image-Guided Therapy Devices To Treat Cardiac And Peripheral Vascular Disease AMSTERDAM, the Netherlands and COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., June 28, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Royal Philips(NYSE:PHG) (AEX:PHIA), a global leader in health technology, and The Spectranetics Corporation (NASDAQ:SPNC), a U.S.-based global […]
NEWS PROVIDED BY Whistleblower Law Collaborative 26 Jun, 2017, 15:37 ET BOSTON, June 26, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Attorneys Suzanne E. Durrell and Robert M. Thomas, Jr. of the Whistleblower Law Collaborative are pleased to announce that the United States has settled a federal False Claims Act case brought by their whistleblower client, Eben Steele, against Medi-Lynx Cardiac Monitoring, LLC, AMI […]
(PR NewsChannel) / June 26, 2017 / Chicago, Illinois Hector Ferral, MD, Diagnostic, Vascular and Interventional Radiologist at the North Shore University Health System, and affiliated with Evanston Hospital, has been named a 2017 Top Doctor in Chicago, Illinois. Top Doctor Awards is dedicated to selecting and honoring those healthcare […]
