The Latest Cardiac and Vascular News
IRVINE, Calif., Aug. 16, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Edwards Lifesciences Corporation (NYSE: EW), the global leader in patient-focused innovations for structural heart disease and critical care monitoring, today announced U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval to expand use of the Edwards SAPIEN 3 and SAPIEN 3 Ultra transcatheter heart valve systems to the treatment […]
Pre-Application Letters of Intent are Due September 13 for the 2019-2020 Funding Cycle SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Aug. 15, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — MyoKardia, Inc. today announced the launch of the 2nd Annual MyoSeeds™ Research Grants Program, an initiative to support original, independent research in the biology and underlying mechanisms of cardiomyopathies […]
Company initiates the VENUS-HF study in patients with Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) ST. PAUL, Minn., Aug. 15, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — preCARDIA, Inc., a medical device company developing innovative technologies for the treatment of acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF), has enrolled the first patient in the VENUS-HF Early Feasibility Study at Tufts Medical […]
CAESAREA, Israel, Aug. 15, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — V-Wave Ltd., a privately held medical device company developing novel implantable interatrial shunt devices, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has just granted the company a Breakthrough Device Designation for its interatrial shunt for Heart Failure (HF). V-Wave’s minimally invasive, implanted interatrial […]
– Funding supports preclinical development through IND submission for its BAG3 gene therapy, the first gene replacement product for genetic forms of dilated cardiomyopathy – Company announces leadership team and board of directors with leading scientists, physicians and experienced venture investors in cardiovascular and gene therapy fields August 14, 2019 10:11 AM […]
Study will evaluate a percutaneous therapy designed to improve left ventricular function for patients with systolic heart failure SANTA CLARA, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Ancora Heart, Inc., a company developing a novel therapy to address heart failure, today announced the first patient was enrolled in the CorCinch EU study, a European multi-center clinical […]
SAN CARLOS, Calif., Aug. 08, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — BioCardia®, Inc. [OTC: BCDA], a leader in the development of comprehensive solutions for cardiovascular regenerative therapies, today announced that the European Patent Office has issued the Company Patent No: 3063172 for “Methods of Measuring Potential for Therapeutic Potency and Defining Dosages for Autologous […]
NORTHBROOK, Ill., Aug. 5, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — The Children’s Heart Foundation, the nation’s leading organization dedicated to funding congenital heart research, has announced a new partnership to advance the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of congenital heart defects. The foundation has committed $1.5 million in funding over the next five years to the University of Michigan Congenital Heart […]
Malmö August 5, 2019 CADScor®System – Significantly more effective than current practice Acarix AB (publ) (ACARIX: FN Stockholm) today announced the publication of a meta-analysis including 2245 patients showing Acarix’s leading CADScor®System is more than three times as effective as current practice, implying clinical and economic advantages. “Strong clinical evidence […]
BETHLEHEM, Pa., Aug. 01, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — B. Braun Interventional Systems Inc. (BIS) announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Breakthrough Device Designation for the SeQuent Please ReX drug-coated PTCA balloon catheter for the treatment of coronary in-stent restenosis (ISR). SeQuent Please ReX is […]
