Coronary/Structural Heart

Will iFR and OCT be the New Gold Standard for Pre-Intervention Analysis?

By Ken Dropiewski A new technique may soon bring even more precision to interventional cardiology. Patients with known coronary lesions are being urged to undergo two additional tests before intervention. These diagnostic tools are Instant Wave-free ratio (iFR) and Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT), and they help cardiologist make important decisions […]

OrbusNeich Announces FDA Clearance, Launch of Coronary Dilatation Catheters

HONG KONG, June 6, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Announcement marks company‘s official entry into the US market OrbusNeich, a global company specializing in the provision of life-changing vascular solutions, has announced the launch of its world-renowned Sapphire PTCA balloon dilatation catheters following their recent 510k clearance by the FDA: the Sapphire™ […]

Edwards SAPIEN 3 Valve Receives FDA Approval For Aortic, Mitral Valve-In-Valve Procedures

IRVINE, Calif., June 5, 2017 — Edwards Lifesciences Corporation (NYSE: EW), the global leader in patient-focused innovations for structural heart disease and critical care monitoring, today announced it has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for aortic and mitral valve-in-valve procedures using the Edwards SAPIEN 3 transcatheter heart valve. […]

Aziyo Continues Building New Breed of Regenerative Medicine Company

SILVER SPRING, Md.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Aziyo Biologics, Inc. a fully integrated regenerative medicine company, today announced it has completed an asset purchase agreement with CorMatrix� Cardiovascular, Inc. for the purchase of all CorMatrix  commercial assets and related intellectual property. With the acquisition, Aziyo will: Add 5 commercially marketed products Double topline revenue Add […]

Somahlution Announces Patient Enrollment In Duragraft CABG European Registry

JUPITER, Fla., Jan. 4, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Somahlution, a global biotechnology company developing products to reduce the burden of ischemia reperfusion injury in tissue grafting, organ transplant and other surgical indications, today announced enrollment of the first subject in their DuraGraft CABG European Registry. The registry will evaluate the company’s flagship […]

BioCardia Release: Study Shows Helix Transendocardial Delivery System Enables Greater Myocardial Retention Of Stem Cell Therapy

SAN CARLOS, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–BioCardia®, Inc. (OTC:BCDA) today announced publication of a study in the International Heart Journal.1 According to the study, delivery of stem cell therapy to the heart using the Helix™transendocardial delivery system results in superior cell delivery than either percutaneous intra-coronary infusion or direct injection in an open […]

Heartit And Siemens Healthineers (SI) Agree To Jointly Sell The Precession CMR Workflow Solution

DURHAM, N.C., May 23, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Heart Imaging Technologies, LLC (HeartIT) and Siemens Healthineers have agreed to cooperatively sell the latest version of HeartIT’s Precession cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) workflow solution. Precession is the first browser-based CMR solution to combine medical image viewing, analysis, and reporting into one comprehensive, cloud-based […]