Coronary/Structural Heart

Conavi Medical’s Novasight Hybrid System Now In Use at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre

Sunnybrook’s Schulich Heart Program to provide the latest innovative hybrid imaging of coronary arteries for complex cases TORONTO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Conavi Medical Inc. (www.conavi.com), a leader of hybrid imaging guidance for common minimally invasive heart procedures, and Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, today announced that the Novasight Hybrid System is now being used […]

AMGEN ANNOUNCES RESULTS FROM TWO OPEN LABEL EXTENSION STUDIES OF REPATHA® (EVOLOCUMAB)

Studies Showed Sustained Reduction in LDL-C With no new Safety Findings The Combined Studies Evaluated Safety and Tolerability of Repatha in More Than 6,600 Patients for Over Five Years After Completing the Phase 3 FOURIER Trial Repatha is the Longest Studied PCSK9i THOUSAND OAKS, Calif., April 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Amgen (NASDAQ:AMGN) […]

ISHLT Launches Foundation to Fund Research in Thoracic Transplantation, Mechanical Circulatory Support, and Pulmonary Hypertension

BOSTON, April 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — The International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation (ISHLT) has established a new sister organization: the ISHLT Foundation. This new entity serves as the charitable arm of ISHLT, and will fund a global portfolio of research grants and fellowship awards to improve patient care for advanced heart […]

OPSENS ANNOUNCES HEALTH CANADA APPROVAL FOR ITS NEW TAVR GUIDEWIRE

Quebec City, Quebec, April 26, 2022 – OpSens Inc. (“OpSens” or the “Company”) (TSX:OPS) (OTCQX:OPSSF), a medical device cardiology-focused company delivering innovative solutions based on its proprietary optical technology, today announced that it has received Health Canada approval for the SavvyWire™, its new guidewire for transcatheter aortic valve replacement procedures, or TAVR. […]

Vectorious Begins the VECTOR-HF II Study of its Implantable In-Heart Sensor for Left Atrial Pressure-Guided Patient Self-Management of Heart Failure

For the first time, heart failure patients can have full visibility of their hearts’ LA pressure and self-adjust their medication to stop further deterioration and avoid hospitalizations April 26, 2022 08:30 AM Eastern Daylight Time TEL AVIV, Israel–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Vectorious Medical Technologies Ltd., today announced that it has enrolled the first […]

Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals Initiates Phase 2 GATEWAY Study of Investigational ARO-ANG3 for Treatment of Homozygous Familial Hypercholesterolemia

PASADENA, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ: ARWR) today announced that it has dosed the first patients in the Phase 2 GATEWAY clinical study of investigational ARO-ANG3 for the treatment of patients with homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia (HoFH). ARO-ANG3 is the company’s investigational RNA interference (RNAi) therapeutic designed to silence the hepatic […]

FDA Clearance Granted for New Dual Lumen Catheter That Enables Precise Visualization and Treatment Access to the Left Heart

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Franklin Mountain Medical announced today that the company has received FDA clearance of its patented UltraNav Transseptal Catheter System for controlled access and delivery of cardiovascular catheters and guidewires to the heart chambers via transseptal puncture. The success of transseptal procedures depends on the clinician’s ability to adequately […]

Masimo SedLine® Brain Function Monitoring Reduced the Use of Anesthetic Agents and Opioids in a Study on Patients Undergoing Cardiac Surgery

SedLine Was Also Associated with Reduction in Bleeding During Surgery and Shorter Duration on Mechanical Ventilation IRVINE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Masimo (NASDAQ: MASI) today announced the findings of a retrospective study published in the Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia in which Dr. André Denault and colleagues at the Montreal Heart Institute and Centre Hospitalier […]

Esperion Supports Collaborative Study with an Integrated and Learning Health Care Delivery System in Northern California to Study the Effects of NEXLIZET® (bempedoic acid and ezetimibe) in Reducing LDL-Cholesterol Following a Recent Acute Coronary Syndrome Event

– The CLEAR ACS trial is designed to evaluate the efficacy of NEXLIZET on short-term LDL-C lowering following those with a recent ACS event and at very high risk of recurrent CV event in a diverse patient population that is often underrepresented in clinical trials –   ANN ARBOR, Mich., […]