The Latest Cardiac and Vascular News
MARLBOROUGH, Mass., Oct. 23, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Boston Scientific (NYSE: BSX) today announced key data that will be presented at the 29th Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT), the annual scientific symposium of the Cardiovascular Research Foundation, in Denver, on October 29 – November 2. WATCHMAN™ Left Atrial Appendage Closure (LAAC) Device data will be featured in a […]
BROOKLYN PARK, Minn., Oct. 24, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — 4C Medical Technologies, Inc. (4C Medical), a developer of minimally invasive technologies for structural heart disease, today announced that its medical device for mitral regurgitation (MR) will be highlighted in the Shark Tank Innovation Competition at the Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) meeting held October 29-November 2, […]
NEWTOWN, Pa., Oct. 23, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Micro Interventional Devices, Inc. announced today the second successful implantation of its MIA (Minimally Invasive Annuloplasty) technology. The patient was enrolled in the first arm of the STTAR (Study of Transcatheter Tricuspid Annular Repair) clinical trial studying the safety and efficacy of MID’s MIA device […]
DUBLIN – October 23, 2017 – Medtronic (NYSE:MDT) today announced the first patient implant in the APOLLO Trial – the pivotal trial designed to evaluate the Intrepid(TM) TMVR system following receipt of an investigational device exemption (IDE) from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). As the first-ever pivotal trial for transcatheter […]
WALTHAM, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Corindus Vascular Robotics (NYSE American: CVRS), a leading developer of precision vascular robotics, announced today that it will incorporate the HeartFlow® FFRct Analysis in a case series of robotic-assisted percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) procedures with the CorPath® GRX System to evaluate the feasibility and utility of clinical decision support. “We are […]
SANTA ROSA, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Claret Medical, developer of the Sentinel® Cerebral Protection System, the first FDA-cleared cerebral protection device for transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR), today announced that it has closed on a Series C financing of $14.5 million led by Lightstone Ventures, with participation from existing investors Easton Capital, HealthCor Partners, […]
DANVERS, Mass., Oct. 19, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Abiomed Inc. (NASDAQ:ABMD), a leading provider of breakthrough heart support and recovery technologies, announces that there are more than 30 presentations potentially featuring the Impella® line of heart pumps scheduled during the 29th Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) conference, the annual scientific symposium of […]
MONMOUTH JUNCTION, N.J., Oct. 19, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — CytoSorbents Corporation (NASDAQ: CTSO), a critical care immunotherapy leader using CytoSorb® blood purification to treat deadly inflammation in critically-ill and cardiac surgery patients around the world, highlights the largest endocarditis valve replacement study using CytoSorb published to date entitled, “Hemoadsorption treatment of patients with acute infective endocarditis during […]
HOLLYWOOD, Fla.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Dassault Systèmes (Paris:DSY) (Euronext Paris: #13065, DSY.PA) today outlined, at the 3DEXPERIENCE Forum North America, multiple milestones in its Living Heart Project aimed to drive the creation and use of simulated 3D personalized hearts in the treatment, diagnosis and prevention of heart diseases. As the scientific and medical community seeks faster and more targeted […]
By Ken Dropiewski, Prime-Core Executive Search (ken@prime-core.com) According to MedAxiom’s annual Cardiovascular Provider Compensation & Production survey 45 percent of all cardiologists in America are aged 56 or older and 20 percent over 61. So, with an aging population of cardiology practitioners we must ask, “how is this is being addressed?” Two […]
