The Latest Cardiac and Vascular News
IRVINE, Calif., Sept. 26, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Edwards Lifesciences Corporation (NYSE :EW ), the global leader in patient-focused innovations for structural heart disease and critical care monitoring, announced at a 60th anniversary educational event that the Every Heartbeat Matters initiative has exceeded the goal to impact the global burden of heart valve disease […]
WASHINGTON, Sept. 26, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Six companies presenting innovative medical devices that address significant unmet needs in pediatric healthcare were awarded a total of $150,000 in grants yesterday in Philadelphia, Penn. at the Sixth Annual Pediatric Device Innovation Symposium organized by the Sheikh Zayed Institute for Pediatric Surgical Innovation at Children’s National Health System. The “Make Your Medical Device […]
SAN DIEGO, Sept. 25, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Abbott (NYSE: ABT) today announced one-year results from a real-world, international, multicenter, 941-patient study of the company’s Portico™ transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) system in patients with symptomatic, severe aortic stenosis – a life-threatening narrowing of the heart’s aortic valve. At one year, implantation with […]
LOS ANGELES–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Catasys, Inc. (NASDAQ: CATS) (“Catasys” or the “Company”), a leading AI and technology-enabled healthcare company, today announced that it has expanded its OnTrak-A solution into Florida and Georgia with one of the nation’s leading health plans. This follows OnTrak-A’s expansion into Iowa and Nebraska earlier this month. Eligible […]
KFAR-SABA, Israel–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The journal Circulation published results from the CathWorks FFRangio™ FAST-FFR clinical trial in an article titled Accuracy of Fractional Flow Reserve Derived From Coronary Angiography. The publication and trial results were announced today at the 2018 TCT (Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics) annual meeting in San Diego, California. The FAST-FFR trial demonstrated that the […]
NEW YORK and MELBOURNE, Australia, Sept. 25, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Mesoblast Limited (ASX:MSB, Nasdaq:MESO) today announced that Mesoblast’s proprietary allogeneic mesenchymal precursor cell (MPC) heart failure product candidate MPC-150-IM for use in children with hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS) was featured at the First Cardiac Regenerative Symposium for Congenital Heart Disease […]
SAN DIEGO, Sept. 25, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Orchestra BioMed, Inc. (“Orchestra BioMed” or the “Company”), a biomedical innovation company developing transformational therapeutic devices targeting major medical conditions, presented positive 2-year clinical results from its multicenter clinical trial for BackBeat® Cardiac Neuromodulation Therapy (CNT) at the Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) 2018 in San […]
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Sept. 25, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Based on its recent analysis of the North American heart-on-a-chip market, Frost & Sullivan recognizes TARA Biosystems with the 2018 North American Technology Innovation Award for its trailblazing Biowire™ II heart-on-a-chip platform. This solution produces mature, engineered, human cardiac tissues and demonstrates promise as a valuable […]
BURLINGTON, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Infraredx, Inc., a pioneer in intravascular imaging for mapping coronary artery disease, presented late-breaking clinical trial results for its landmark Lipid-Rich Plaque (LRP) Study today at the 30th Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT), the annual scientific symposium of the Cardiovascular Research Foundation. Cardiovascular disease remains the number one cause […]
HANGZHOU, China, CAESAREA, Israel, TAMPA, Florida — September 25, 2018— Venus Medtech (Hangzhou) Inc., the preeminent Chinese transcatheter heart valve company, today announced it has signed an agreement to acquire Keystone Heart Ltd., a privately-held medical device company and makers of TriGUARD 3™. The acquisition gives Venus Medtech international rights to […]
