Coronary/Structural Heart

HeartFlow Announces Revolutionary Five-Year Data Demonstrating a 63 Percent Mortality Reduction with FFRCT-Guided Care in PAD Patients

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., May 08, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — In a groundbreaking development, a study published in the Journal of Vascular Surgery reveals for the first time that coronary CTA (CCTA) with fractional flow reserve (FFRCT) care significantly reduces mortality by over 60 percent at five years in patients with PAD undergoing […]

4C Medical’s AltaValve System Secures Dual FDA Breakthrough Device Designations, Expediting Patient Access to Advanced Mitral Valve Therapies

MINNEAPOLIS, May 8, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — 4C Medical Technologies, Inc. (“4C Medical”), a medical device company dedicated to advancing minimally invasive therapies for structural heart disease, has been granted Breakthrough Device designation by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)…

Thubrikar Aortic Valve Announces Clinical Success of the New Precision 2™ Delivery Catheter

COLLEGEVILLE, Pa.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Thubrikar Aortic Valve, Inc. today announced successful results in the first two patients implanted with the Optimum Transcatheter Aortic Valve (Optimum TAV™) using the new Precision 2™ Delivery Catheter. Interventional Cardiologist and TAVI-1 Study Principal Investigator, Jaroslaw Trebacz, MD, performed the procedures at the John Paul II Hospital […]

SCAI 2024: Medtronic Transcatheter Therapies Show Excellent Outcomes in the Treatment of Congenital Heart Disease and Severe Aortic Stenosis

Medtronic, the global leader in healthcare technology, today announced the release of important clinical outcomes in two leading transcatheter valve therapies. The results for these studies were presented at the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions (SCAI) 2024 Scientific Sessions in Long Beach, CA. “The data presented at SCAI 2024 reinforces […]

XyloCor Therapeutics Positive EXACT Phase 2 Data for Lead Candidate XC001 Simultaneously Presented at Society for Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions (SCAI) 2024 Scientific Sessions and Published in Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions

WAYNE, Pa.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–XyloCor Therapeutics, Inc., a clinical‑stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel gene therapies for cardiovascular disease, today presented final results from the Phase 2 portion of its Phase 1/2 clinical trial (EXACT) of its lead gene therapy candidate XC001 (encoberminogene rezmadenovec) for refractory angina at the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography […]

New Study Published in JACC: Heart Failure Reveals that Despite Significant Efforts to Improve Acute Heart Failure Treatment Over the Past 20 Years, Management Remains Unchanged

MILFORD, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Reprieve Cardiovascular, Inc. (‘Reprieve’), a development stage company focused on pioneering an intelligent approach to acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF) treatment, today highlighted the publication of TREAT-AHF study results in JACC: Heart Failure. “The data highlights the opportunities to improve care, but it will take a sustained partnership among hospital […]

Arineta Launches New Chinese Venture, Arineta (Shandong) Medical Equipment Co., Addressing Rapid Rise in Cardiovascular Disease Deaths in China

Caesarea, Israel – April 30, 2024 – Arineta, a leader in advancing cardiovascular imaging solutions through cutting-edge technology, is announcing its partnership with Shandong Yituo Medical Technology Development Co. Ltd. (SYMT), a JMC-invested company. Its new joint venture company, Arineta (Shandong) Medical Equipment Co. Ltd., is anticipating the installation of […]

BioCardia’s CardiAMP Cell Therapy Chronic Myocardial Ischemia Trial Results Show Patient Benefits in Important Outcomes

SUNNYVALE, Calif., May 01, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — BioCardia, Inc. (NASDAQ: BCDA), a developer of cellular and cell-derived therapeutics for the treatment of cardiovascular and pulmonary diseases, today announced the primary endpoint results of the open label roll-in cohort of the CardiAMP® Cell Therapy in Chronic Myocardial Ischemia Trial.

Tenax Therapeutics Announces New U.S. Patent Covering the Use of Levosimendan in Pulmonary Hypertension with Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction (PH-HFpEF)

CHAPEL HILL, N.C., April 30, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Tenax Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: TENX), a Phase 3, development-stage pharmaceutical company focused on identifying, developing and commercializing products that address cardiovascular and pulmonary diseases with high unmet medical need, announced today that the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has granted the Company a patent covering the use of TNX-103 (oral levosimendan), TNX-102 (subcutaneous levosimendan), TNX-101 (IV levosimendan), the active metabolites of levosimendan (OR1896 and OR18955) and various combinations of cardiovascular drugs with levosimendan when used to improve exercise performance in PH-HFpEF patients, entitled: “LEVOSIMENDAN FOR TREATING PULMONARY HYPERTENSION WITH HEART FAILURE WITH PRESERVED EJECTION FRACTION (PH-HFpEF).”