The Latest Cardiac and Vascular News
KFAR-SABA, Israel–(BUSINESS WIRE)–CathWorks announced the approval of a new CPT code 0523T for non-invasive, 3D FFRangio™ enabled interpretation of possible atherosclerotic stenosis during coronary angiography interventions. The code issuance is a major step forward in helping physicians objectively and cost-effectively determine if PCI (percutaneous coronary intervention) is indicated and revascularization […]
ABBOTT PARK, Ill., July 12, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Abbott (NYSE: ABT) today announced it received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for a next-generation version of its leading MitraClip® heart valve repair device used to repair a leaky mitral valve without open-heart surgery. The transcatheter clip-based therapy, now on a third generation […]
IRVINE, Calif., July 11, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Hancock Jaffe Laboratories, Inc. (Nasdaq:HJLI) (Nasdaq:HJLIW), a company specializing in bioprosthetic medical devices to establish improved standards of care for treating cardiac and vascular diseases, today announced that it has initiated an analysis of its bioprosthetic heart valve in order to determine […]
FRANKFURT, Germany, July 9, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Prof. Dr. Achille Gaspardone, Director of Cardiology at Hospital of Sant’ Eugenio (Rome, Italy), and Prof. Dr. Horst Sievert MD, Director and Founder of Cardio Vascular Center (Frankfurt Germany), presented a LIVE PFO Closure to attendees of the Transcatheter Valve Therapies (TVT) Congress in Chicago, IL. The case was transmitted via […]
CLEARWATER, Fla., July 2, 2018 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — On June 28, doctors at Morton Plant Hospital became the first in Florida to treat a patient in the APOLLO Transcatheter Mitral Valve Replacement (TMVR) Pivotal Trial. TMVR is a minimally invasive potential alternative to conventional open-heart mitral-valve surgery for patients with severe mitral valve regurgitation. Mitral valve regurgitation […]
VANCOUVER, July 2, 2018 /PRNewswire/ – Neovasc Inc. (“Neovasc” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ, TZX: NVCN), a leader in the development of minimally invasive transcatheter mitral valve replacement technologies, today announced that its Tiara™ (“Tiara”), a transcatheter treatment of mitral valve disease, and the Neovasc Reducer™ (“Reducer”), a CE-Marked medical devices used for […]
INGELHEIM, Germany & INDIANAPOLIS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Boehringer Ingelheim and Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE:LLY) announced today that the European Medicines Agency (EMA) Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) has issued a positive opinion to update the labels of Jardiance® (empagliflozin), Synjardy® (empagliflozin and metformin) and Glyxambi® (empagliflozin and linagliptin) to include additional important […]
Santa Monica, CA, June 29, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — BioSig Technologies, Inc. (OTCQB: BSGM), a medical technology company developing a proprietary biomedical signal processing platform designed to address an unmet technology need for the $4.6 billion electrophysiology (EP) marketplace, today announced that it will be presenting at the Q2 2018 Emerging Medical […]
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., June, 29, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard and Bayer are launching the Precision Cardiology Laboratory (PCL), a new endeavor that will pursue scientific insights aimed at developing new therapies for heart failure. According to the American Heart Association, more than 900,000 people are diagnosed with heart failure every […]
BEDMINSTER, N.J., and DUBLIN, Ireland, June 28, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Amarin Corporation plc (NASDAQ:AMRN), a biopharmaceutical company focused on the commercialization and development of therapeutics to improve cardiovascular health, today announced that the last patient study visit has occurred in its potential landmark cardiovascular outcomes study, REDUCE-IT™. The company also reiterated […]
