The Latest Cardiac and Vascular News
By Ken Dropiewski One of the pernicious effects of cardiovascular disease is that it creates scar tissue on the heart, which in turn disrupts normal pumping of a person’s blood, a phenomenon that can lead to heart failure due to cardiovascular disease. However, according to News Medical Net, a researcher […]
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 […]
By Ken Dropiewski It turns out; our mothers may have been onto something when they said, “you are going to give me a heart attack.” Data from the Interheart study is supportive of the theory that you can significantly increase the risk of a cardiac event like AMI, simply by […]
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 […]
Study met its primary endpoint with PFO closure in conjunction with antiplatelet therapy, reducing recurrent stroke by > 75% over antiplatelet therapy alone Share: Twitter Linked In Source W. L. Gore Press Release FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (May 16, 2017) – W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. (Gore) announces positive results from its […]
PARIS, May 17, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Edwards Lifesciences Corporation (NYSE: EW), the global leader in patient-focused innovations for structural heart disease and critical care monitoring, today announced late-breaking data at EuroPCR 2017 demonstrating excellent clinical outcomes for transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) patients treated with the Edwards CENTERA valve. These new […]
PARIS & EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–ACIST Medical Systems Inc., a Bracco Group Company, today announced results from the ACIST-FFR Study (Assessment of Catheter-based Interrogation and Standard Techniques for Fractional Flow Reserve measurement) demonstrating the consistent and correlative performance of the Navvus® MicroCatheter compared to standard pressure wire systems. ACIST-FFR is […]
WAYNE, Pa.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–May 15, 2017– Teleflex Incorporated (NYSE: TFX), a leading global provider of medical technologies for critical care, urology and surgery, will showcase its complex PCI product portfolio recently acquired from the purchase of Vascular Solutions and the new Arrow® AC3 Optimus™ Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump (IABP) at the EuroPCR […]
PARIS, May 17, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Edwards Lifesciences Corporation (NYSE: EW), the global leader in patient-focused innovations for structural heart disease and critical care monitoring, today announced late-breaking data at EuroPCR 2017 demonstrating excellent clinical outcomes for transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) patients treated with the Edwards CENTERA valve. These new […]
PARIS & EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–ACIST Medical Systems Inc., a Bracco Group Company, today announced results from the ACIST-FFR Study (Assessment of Catheter-based Interrogation and Standard Techniques for Fractional Flow Reserve measurement) demonstrating the consistent and correlative performance of the Navvus® MicroCatheter compared to standard pressure wire systems. ACIST-FFR is […]
