Coronary/Structural Heart

Bay Labs and Northwestern Enroll First Patient in Study Using AI to Improve Heart Disease Detection

Clinical Trial Evaluates if AI Helps Certified Medical Assistants Perform Echocardiograms and Detect Heart Disease in Primary Care Settings SAN FRANCISCO – November 13, 2018 – Bay Labs, a medical technology company at the forefront of applying artificial intelligence (AI) to cardiovascular imaging, andNorthwestern Medicine, which includes the #7 nationally […]

Aran Biomedical Pioneers Breakthrough Medical Textiles Valve Covering Technology; ValvTEX™

GALWAY, Ireland, Nov. 13, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Aran Biomedical, a trusted partner in design, development and manufacture of implantable medical devices, today announced its new medical textile valve covering solution; ValvTEX™, for Mitral, Aortic and Tricuspid heart valves. The ValvTEX™ technology platform was created to reduce the delivery profile of transcatheter heart valves that require […]

Positive 12-Month Data on BioCardia’s Investigational CardiAMP Cell Therapy System for Heart Failure Presented at American Heart Association Scientific Sessions 2018

CHICAGO & SAN CARLOS, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–BioCardia®, Inc. [OTC: BCDA], a leader in the development of comprehensive solutions for cardiovascular regenerative therapies, today announced positive 12 month data for the roll-in cohort of its pivotal CardiAMP™ Heart Failure Trial studying the investigational CardiAMP Cell Therapy System in adult patients experiencing heart failure following a […]

Cardurion Pharmaceuticals Presents Preclinical Data for CRD-733 at the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions and Announces Initiation of Phase 1b Study in Patients with Heart Failure

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Cardurion Pharmaceuticals, a biotechnology company focused on the development of novel, next-generation therapeutics for the treatment of cardiovascular diseases, today announced preclinical results from its study of CRD-733, the company’s novel Phosphodiesterase-9 enzyme (PDE-9) inhibitor, in a poster presentation at the American Heart Association (AHA) Scientific Sessions in […]

New Prevencio Study Using AI Demonstrates Novel Blood Test Accurately Predicts Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) Risk

KIRKLAND, Wash.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Prevencio, Inc. today announces data demonstrating high accuracy for its multiple-protein HART AKITM test. Researchers believe these important findings, presented November 10 at the 2018 American Heart Association (AHA) Scientific Sessions in Chicago, will lead to more accurate prediction of AKI risk. This could alter patient management and reduce […]

Shifa Biomedical Corporation Presents Preclinical Data on P-21, a Novel Orally Active PSCK9 Antagonist, at the American Heart Association (AHA) Meeting, Scientific Sessions 2018

CHICAGO, Nov. 12, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Shifa Biomedical Corporation (Shifa), a drug discovery biopharmaceutical company focused on developing novel agents to treat cardiovascular disease and hypercholesteremia, today announced exciting preclinical data involving the company’s pre-clinical candidate, P-21, which interferes with the interaction between PCSK9 and the LDL receptor (LDLR). […]

MyoKardia Presents Preclinical Evidence of Mavacamten’s Novel Effect on Diastolic Compliance at the 2018 American Heart Association Scientific Sessions

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Nov. 12, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — MyoKardia, Inc. (Nasdaq: MYOK), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company pioneering precision medicine for the treatment of cardiovascular diseases, presented preclinical data at the American Heart Association (AHA) Scientific Sessions 2018 that demonstrated that targeting the heart’s motor protein, myosin, improved ventricular […]

FDA Safety Study of Unloading the Left Ventricle for 30 Minutes Prior to Reperfusion in Heart Attack Patients is Safe and Feasible

CHICAGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Abiomed (NASDAQ: ABMD) announces the results of the FDA STEMI Door-to-Unloading safety and feasibility randomized controlled trial, which show unloading the left ventricle with Impella CP® for 30 minutes prior to reperfusion in patients presenting with anterior ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) without cardiogenic shock is safe and feasible, when compared to Impella […]

Vivasure Medical Announces Launch of the PerQseal® Large-Bore Closure Device

GALWAY, Ireland–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Vivasure Medical®, a company pioneering novel fully absorbable technology for percutaneous vessel closure, today announced the European launch of the PerQseal® closure device for large-bore transcatheter procedures. Novel transcatheter endovascular procedures, including transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR), thoracic endovascular aneurysm repair (TEVAR), and endovascular abdominal aneurysm repair (EVAR), require […]

CHF Solutions to Release Educational Webinar Highlighting Use of Aquadex FlexFlow® System in Post-Cardiovascular Surgery Featuring Noted Cardiovascular Surgeon, Daniel Beckles, MD, PhD

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn., Nov. 08, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — CHF Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq: CHFS), today announced that it will release an educational webinar featuring the clinical use of the Aquadex FlexFlow system following cardiovascular surgery in patients who have failed diuretic therapy.  The webinar will be viewable on the company’s […]