The Latest Cardiac and Vascular News
By Ken Dropiewski One of the pernicious effects of cardiovascular disease is that it creates scar tissue on the heart, which in turn disrupts normal pumping of a person’s blood, a phenomenon that can lead to heart failure due to cardiovascular disease. However, according to News Medical Net, a researcher […]
PCRonline/News/Industry Press Releases Med Alliance has announced completion on schedule of patient enrolment in the First-in-Man (FIM) study of SELUTION™, a novel sirolimus-coated balloon. 50 patients have been enrolled between 26 October 2016 and 23 May 2017 across four German centres: Franziskus Krankenhaus, Berlin; Evangelisches Krankenhaus Hubertus, Berlin; Vivantes Klinikum […]
SAN JOSE, Calif., May 26, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — iMCO Technology announces a fitness tracker that offers quality and features of expensive products on the market, but only for a fraction of the brand name prices. The tracker also has either more features or better performance than similarly priced competitions. The fitness tracker, […]
CARLSBAD, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–In an effort to battle Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD), the leading cause of limb amputations, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced today that it has granted market clearance to Ra Medical Systems, makers of excimer lasers and catheters for cardiovascular and dermatological diseases, for the Company’s groundbreaking […]
NEWS PROVIDED BY Sirtex Medical Limited – 24 May, 2017, 03:09 ET MAINZ, Germany, May 24, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Surgeons’ blinded assessment of pre- and post-treatment CT scans of patients with previously unresectable colorectal cancer liver metastases treated in the SIRFLOX study presented at 12th Annual European-African HPB meeting Adding selective […]
GlobalNewsWire DUBLIN – May 24, 2017 – Medtronic plc (NYSE: MDT) today announced that the first patient has been enrolled in the IN.PACT(TM) AV Access Drug-Coated Balloon (DCB) study for use in patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD). The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the investigational device exemption […]
Press Release – InSpireMD BOSTON, MA—May 17, 2017 – InspireMD, Inc. (NYSE MKT:NSPR) (NYSE MKT:NSPR.WS) (“InspireMD” or the “Company”), a leader in embolic prevention systems (EPS) / thrombus management technologies and neurovascular devices, today announced the publication of the Investigator Initiated IRON-GUARD Italian clinical registry in the peer reviewed journal EuroIntervention, which […]
SAN CARLOS, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–BioCardia®, Inc. (OTC:BCDA) today announced publication of a study in the International Heart Journal.1 According to the study, delivery of stem cell therapy to the heart using the Helix™transendocardial delivery system results in superior cell delivery than either percutaneous intra-coronary infusion or direct injection in an open […]
NEW YORK, May 23, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Northwell Health today announced a new partnership agreement with Peerbridge Health Inc., to pioneer the future of remote medical monitoring. Peerbridge technology enables remote patient monitoring through multiple on-body wireless sensors conveying powerful intelligence effortlessly. The move further solidifies Northwell’s commitment to improving the […]
By Ken Dropiewski It turns out; our mothers may have been onto something when they said, “you are going to give me a heart attack.” Data from the Interheart study is supportive of the theory that you can significantly increase the risk of a cardiac event like AMI, simply by […]
