The Latest Cardiac and Vascular News
TORONTO, Nov. 20, 2019 /PRNewswire/ – Baylis Medical announced today the first Arctic Front™ Advance Cryoballoon procedures performed using the VersaCross Transseptal Solution. The VersaCross solution is the world’s first all-in-one left-heart access device featuring an atraumatic RF-tipped wire, which acts as both puncture device and exchange rail. The puncture wire features […]
BRAINTREE, Mass., Nov. 20, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Haemonetics Corporation (NYSE: HAE), a global medical technology company focused on delivering innovative hematology solutions to drive better patient outcomes, announced global commercial availability for the four-channel TEG® 6s PlateletMapping® ADP & AA assay cartridge. Intended for use with the TEG 6s Hemostasis Analyzer System, the cartridge is FDA […]
VITAL platform will provide real-world evidence related to patient experience, health outcomes and cost impact PITTSBURGH, Nov. 20, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Highmark Health announced today that through its VITAL Innovation Platform, it is testing Moving Analytics’ MOVN virtual cardiac rehabilitation solution for delivering cardiac rehab remotely to patients with heart disease. “In support of Highmark […]
SAN RAMON, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–BioVentrix, Inc., a privately-held company with a first-in-class, transcatheter-based structural heart device to treat heart failure, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted the company Breakthrough Device Designation status for its Revivent TC™ Transcatheter Ventricular Enhancement System for heart failure. Less Invasive […]
HART CADhs test addresses up to 30% of Emergency Department (ED) chest pain patients who cannot safely be ruled-in nor ruled-out for heart attack KIRKLAND, Wash.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Prevencio, Inc. today announces data confirming the high accuracy of its AI-driven, multiple-protein HART CADhs test, a biomarker clinical/proteomic panel inclusive of high sensitivity cardiac […]
VANCOUVER, Nov. 19, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — via NEWMEDIAWIRE — 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, announced that its transfemoral trans-septal (“TF/TS”) Tiara™ […]
REDUCE-IT USA results, in prespecified subgroup analyses, showed cardiovascular risk reductions across all endpoints, including 30% relative risk reduction in all-cause mortality New analysis determined icosapent ethyl (Vascepa®) is highly cost-effective in patients from the REDUCE-IT study and, as is rarely found, may result in net healthcare cost-savings to patients, payers […]
Treatment well tolerated, with encouraging signs to support pivotal trial Results presented at American Heart Association Scientific Sessions 2019 SEATTLE, Nov. 19, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Faraday Pharmaceuticals, a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of small molecules for critical care medicine, today announced top-line results from its Phase 2 trial of FDY-5301 for […]
DANVERS, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–To mark the five year anniversary of the study by Stretch, et al., on cost and outcomes trends for short-term mechanical circulatory support, Abiomed announces a comprehensive publication review of cost and comparative effectiveness of Impella in high-risk PCI and cardiogenic shock. The data, from a robust body of US and European […]
Additional FOURIER Analysis Shows Lowering LDL-C With Repatha Did Not Impair Patient-Reported Cognition THOUSAND OAKS, Calif., Nov. 16, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Amgen today announced a new analysis from the Repatha® (evolocumab) cardiovascular outcomes (FOURIER) study that evaluates the effectiveness of Repatha in patients who have suffered a recent myocardial infarction (MI). The analysis showed […]
