Coronary/Structural Heart

BioCardia Receives CE Mark Renewal For Helix Biotherapeutic Delivery Catheter And Morph Guide Catheter Through May 2024

SAN CARLOS, Calif., Oct. 08, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — BioCardia (Nasdaq: BCDA), a leader in the development of comprehensive solutions for cardiovascular regenerative therapies, today announced renewal of the CE Mark for the Helix™ Biotherapeutic Delivery Catheter and Morph® Universal Deflectable Guide Catheter, both used in the delivery of biotherapeutics to the heart. CE Mark renewal enables […]

Abiomed Announces 1,000th Patient Treated with Impella in Japan

TOKYO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Abiomed (NASDAQ: ABMD), a leading provider of breakthrough heart support technologies, announces the 1,000th patient has been treated with the Impella heart pump in Japan. The Impella 2.5 and Impella 5.0 heart pumps are approved for the treatment of drug-resistant acute heart failure and are the first and only percutaneous temporary […]

Diagnomics Releases Cardiovascular Health Panel on Clinical Microarray Platform

SAN DIEGO, Oct. 7, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Diagnomics Inc., a San Diego-based genetic testing company, is releasing a cardiovascular-focused genetic report through the Illumina Global Screening Array platform. The new clinical report, Cardiac Care, is now added to the company’s established clinical portfolio, Gene Impetus, that emphasizes medically actionable panels generated from genomic data […]

Milestone Pharmaceuticals Announces First Patient Enrolled in NODE-303 Open-label Safety Study of Etripamil in PSVT

MONTREAL and CHARLOTTE, N.C., Oct. 3, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Milestone Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Nasdaq: MIST), a Phase 3 clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company dedicated to developing and commercializing etripamil for the treatment of cardiovascular indications, today announced that the first patient has been enrolled in the Phase 3 NODE-303 study. NODE-303 is the Company’s open-label, global safety study of etripamil, […]

University Hospitals Completes First Evolut™ PRO+ Case in the World

UH Harrington Heart & Vascular Institute continues reputation as global leader in TAVR   CLEVELAND — Physicians at University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center completed the first procedure in the world using Medtronic’s new Evolut™ PRO+ TAVR System. Guilherme Attizzani, MD, Director, Valve and Structural Heart Disease Center, and Cristian Baeza, […]

Third-party evaluation confirms safety profile of Philips Stellarex .035″ low-dose drug-coated balloon

Primary safety analysis of Stellarex drug-coated balloon (DCB) three-year data, comprising the largest published, pooled set of randomized controlled trial (RCT) data for a single paclitaxel-based device, shows no difference in mortality between patients treated with the Philips Stellarex DCB and those treated with percutaneous angioplasty, the current standard of […]

BioCardia Initiates Commercial Release of AVANCE Steerable Introducer Designed to Enhance Physician Control for Complex Cardiac Procedures

SAN CARLOS, Calif., Oct. 01, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — BioCardia (Nasdaq: BCDA), a leader in the development of comprehensive solutions for cardiovascular regenerative therapies, today announced the U.S. commercial availability of its AVANCE™ Bi-Directional Steerable Introducer Sheath for introducing various cardiovascular catheters into the heart, including via the left side of the heart through […]

New Data Demonstrate Strong Outcomes for Abbott Device to Repair Leaky Tricuspid Heart Valves

– New data presented at TCT 2019 on Abbott’s TriClip device from the TRILUMINATE Feasibility Study met both the primary safety and performance endpoints – Abbott’s TriClip tricuspid valve repair system design is based on the company’s market-leading MitraClip™ technology SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 28, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Abbott (NYSE: ABT) today announced new […]

Neovasc’s Tiara™ for Treatment of Mitral Regurgitation and Neovasc Reducer™ for Treatment of Refractory Angina Featured in Multiple Presentations at TCT 2019 Conference

VANCOUVER, Sept. 30, 2019 /PRNewswire/ – Neovasc, Inc. (“Neovasc” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ, TSX: NVCN), a leader in the development of minimally invasive transcatheter mitral valve replacement technologies and in the development of minimally invasive devices for the treatment of refractory angina, today announced that its Tiara™ (“Tiara”) transcatheter mitral valve replacement […]

Edwards SAPIEN 3 TAVR Demonstrates Significant Health Status Improvements for Low-Risk Patients

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 29, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Edwards Lifesciences Corporation (NYSE: EW), the global leader in patient-focused innovations for structural heart disease and critical care monitoring, today announced new data demonstrating early and sustained health status advantages for severe aortic stenosis (AS) patients at low surgical risk treated with the Edwards SAPIEN 3 valve. […]