ALAMEDA, Calif., July 5, 2017 /PRNewswire/ Penumbra, Inc. (NYSE: PEN) today announced that Daniel Davis has been promoted and will add the title of Chief Commercial Officer to his existing title of President, North America. Mr. Davis joined Penumbra in 2007 as one of the first members of the Company’s sales team and has advanced […]
Author: Ken Dropiewski
New handheld scanner to give instant heart disease diagnosis
Press Release With worldwide cardiovascular deaths at an all-time high, European scientists have developed a new handheld scanner that can read your heart’s vital signs like a supermarket barcode reader can scan items at the checkout, allowing a GP to diagnose even preclinical patients for the early onset of a […]
Boston Scientific to Webcast Conference Call Discussing Second Quarter 2017 Financial Results
NEWS PROVIDED BY Boston Scientific Corporation 08:30 ET MARLBOROUGH, Mass., July 5, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX) will webcast its conference call discussing financial results and business highlights for the second quarter ended June 30, 2017 on Thursday, July 27, 2017 at 8:00 a.m. EDT. The call will be hosted by Mike Mahoney, chairman and chief executive officer, and Dan […]
BD Announces Extension of Exchange Offers and Consent Solicitations for C. R. Bard, Inc. Notes
NEWS PROVIDED BY BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) Jul 03, 2017, 06:00 ET FRANKLIN LAKES, N.J., July 3, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) (NYSE: BDX) announced today that, in connection with its previously announced offers to exchange (the “Exchange Offers”) any and all outstanding 4.400% Notes due 2021, 3.000% Notes due 2026 […]
HeartFlow Announces American Medical Association Issues Unique Category III CPT Codes For HeartFlow FFRct
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–HeartFlow, Inc. today announced that the American Medical Association (AMA) has issued a set of new Category III Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) codes for HeartFlow® FFRct, a first-of-its-kind noninvasive technology that helps clinicians diagnose and treat patients with suspected coronary artery disease (CAD). The CPT code application was submitted […]
Sirtex Medical (SRX.AX) Release: New Analysis Reveals First-Line Treatment Data On SIR-Spheres Y-90 Resin Microspheres For Patients With Liver Metastases From Right-Sided Primary Colon Cancer
BARCELONA, Spain, July 3, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — SIRFLOX and FOXFIRE Global findings suggest that adding liver-directed Selective Internal Radiation Therapy (SIRT) to standard first-line chemotherapy may improve overall survival in metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) patients with right-sided primary tumours, compared to those receiving chemotherapy alone. A post-hoc analysis of data from the 739-patient SIRFLOX […]
Edwards Lifesciences (EW)’ INSPIRIS RESILIA Valve Wins FDA Approval
IRVINE, Calif., July 5, 2017/PRNewswire/ — Edwards Lifesciences Corporation (NYSE: EW), the global leader in patient-focused innovations for structural heart disease and critical care monitoring, today announced it received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for its INSPIRIS RESILIA aortic valve, the first in a new class of resilient heart valves. […]
3-D Printed Models Could Improve Patient Outcomes in Heart Valve Replacements
Article ID: 677120 Released: 27-Jun-2017 11:45 AM EDT Source Newsroom: Georgia Institute of Technology Newswise — Heart valve models created with advanced 3-D printers could soon assist cardiologists in preparing to perform life-saving heart valve replacements. Researchers at Georgia Institute of Technology and the Piedmont Heart Institute are using standard medical imaging and […]
BIOTRONIK US Announces Pivotal Trial Results of the Pulsar-18 Stent with 4-French Delivery System
NEWS PROVIDED BY BIOTRONIK Jul 03, 2017, 10:00 ET LAKE OSWEGO, Ore., July 3, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — BIOTRONIK today announced the results of the BIOFLEX-I clinical study and availability of Pulsar®-18 for the treatment of patients with peripheral artery disease (PAD). Pulsar-18 is the only superficial femoral artery (SFA) self-expanding stent approved by the FDA with […]
ER Overcrowding Impacts Outcomes Disproportionately in African American Communities
By Ken Dropiewski, (Ken@prime-core.com) Researchers recently looked at data from more than 91,000 patients who were admitted to hospitals in California with the diagnosis of a heart attack between the years of 2001 and 2011. The study did not find a meaningful difference in the rates of survival one year […]
