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 […]
Author: Ken Dropiewski
Is it Possible to Give Yourself a Heart Attack?
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 […]
Heartit And Siemens Healthineers (SI) Agree To Jointly Sell The Precession CMR Workflow Solution
DURHAM, N.C., May 23, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Heart Imaging Technologies, LLC (HeartIT) and Siemens Healthineers have agreed to cooperatively sell the latest version of HeartIT’s Precession cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) workflow solution. Precession is the first browser-based CMR solution to combine medical image viewing, analysis, and reporting into one comprehensive, cloud-based […]
BioTelemetry Announces Extension Of The Tender Offer Period For LifeWatch Corp Shares
MALVERN, Pa., May 23, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — BioTelemetry, Inc. (NASDAQ:BEAT), the leading wireless medical technology company focused on the delivery of health information to improve quality of life and reduce cost of care, announced today that, in accordance with the provisions of the Offer Prospectus and at the Company’s […]
Gore Announces Positive Results from REDUCE Clinical Study for PFO Closure
Study met its primary endpoint with PFO closure in conjunction with antiplatelet therapy, reducing recurrent stroke by > 75% over antiplatelet therapy alone Share: Twitter Linked In Source W. L. Gore Press Release FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (May 16, 2017) – W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. (Gore) announces positive results from its […]
Edwards’ Novel Self-Expanding Transcatheter Heart Valve Demonstrates Excellent Early Patient Outcomes
PARIS, May 17, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Edwards Lifesciences Corporation (NYSE: EW), the global leader in patient-focused innovations for structural heart disease and critical care monitoring, today announced late-breaking data at EuroPCR 2017 demonstrating excellent clinical outcomes for transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) patients treated with the Edwards CENTERA valve. These new […]
Head-to-Head Study Validates Consistent Performance of Microcatheter FFR
PARIS & EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–ACIST Medical Systems Inc., a Bracco Group Company, today announced results from the ACIST-FFR Study (Assessment of Catheter-based Interrogation and Standard Techniques for Fractional Flow Reserve measurement) demonstrating the consistent and correlative performance of the Navvus® MicroCatheter compared to standard pressure wire systems. ACIST-FFR is […]
Teleflex to Introduce the New Arrow® AC3 Optimus™ Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump and the Product Portfolio from the Recently Acquired Vascular Solutions, Inc. at the European Association for Percutaneous Cardiovascular Interventions Course (EuroPCR)
WAYNE, Pa.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–May 15, 2017– Teleflex Incorporated (NYSE: TFX), a leading global provider of medical technologies for critical care, urology and surgery, will showcase its complex PCI product portfolio recently acquired from the purchase of Vascular Solutions and the new Arrow® AC3 Optimus™ Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump (IABP) at the EuroPCR […]
New Study Confirms Extended Continuous Cardiac Monitoring is More Efficient than Holter Monitoring for Cryptogenic Stroke Patients
SAN FRANCISCO, May 18, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — iRhythm Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:IRTC), a leading digital health care solutions company focused on the advancement of cardiac care, today announced study results presented during the European Stroke Organisation Conference in Prague. Findings reveal that Zio® by iRhythm extended continuous ambulatory monitoring is more […]
Avera Names Myles Greenberg MD CEO Of Alucent Medical
SIOUX FALLS, S.D.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Myles D. Greenberg, MD, was named President and CEO of Alucent Medical, Inc., a new company licensed to develop a novel drug/device combination therapy for the treatment of peripheral vascular disease (PVD). The treatment, Natural Vascular Scaffolding (NVS)TM, has recently gained FDA approval to move forward with […]



