The Latest Cardiac and Vascular News
AtriCure, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATRC), a leading innovator in surgical treatments for atrial fibrillation (Afib) and left atrial appendage management, today announced it has partnered with Baheal Pharmaceutical Group in China to distribute AtriCure’s surgical ablation devices. This new multi-year agreement establishes Baheal as the exclusive distributor for AtriCure, and replaces the […]
DUBLIN – June 1, 2018 – The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has classified Medtronic plc’s (NYSE: MDT) recent voluntary urgent field action related to the HeartWare(TM) HVAD(TM) System unexpected power source switching as a Class I recall. Class I recalls describe situations where there is reasonable risk of […]
AMSTERDAM and VAIL, Colo., June 1, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA), a global leader in health technology, today announced that it will be providing Philips HeartStart Onsite automated external defibrillators (AEDs) to Vail and Beaver Creek Mountains to create a cardiac arrest response system in collaboration with Starting Hearts and medic assist. To celebrate this, a launch event […]
WASHINGTON, May 21, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — An article published in Experimental Biology and Medicine (Volume 243, Issue 8, May, 2018) identifies a new approach for treating cardiac arrythmias (http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1535370218769420). The study, led by Dr. Congxin Huang, in the Cardiovascular Research Institute at Wuhan University in China, reports that treatment with a β-receptor antagonist abolishes cardiac arrythmias in […]
VANCOUVER, May 17, 2018 /PRNewswire/ – Correvio Pharma Corp. (NASDAQ: CRME / TSX: COM), formerly Cardiome Pharma Corp., today announced that its partner Eddingpharm has enrolled the first patient in a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, Phase 3 clinical study evaluating Brinavess® versus placebo in patients with recent onset atrial fibrillation (AF). Approximately 240 patients are expected […]
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., May 16, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — CareTaker Medical, LLC, an innovator in Continuous Non-Invasive Blood Pressure and wireless Vital Signs monitoring today announced completion of a $3.4M investment round led by IrishAngels, KOFA Healthcare and Jaffray Woodriff (executed by his family office, Felton Group, LLC), with participation from both new and existing individual investors. Proceeds will accelerate the […]
OAKLAND, Calif., May 16, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Among people with intermittently recurring atrial fibrillation who are not taking anti-blood-clotting medications, those whose hearts were in abnormal rhythms longer were three times more likely to have strokes or other types of blood clots than those who had abnormal heart rhythms for less time, […]
DUBLIN – May 15, 2018 – Medtronic plc (NYSE: MDT) announced study results showing its exclusive AdaptivCRT(TM) algorithm is associated with improved patient survival. The data were recently presented at Heart Rhythm 2018, the Heart Rhythm Society’s 39th Annual Scientific Sessions in Boston. In a real-world, prospective registry of 1,835 patients, use […]
ORANGEBURG, New York, May 10, 2018 /PRNewswire/ —Impulse Dynamics(USA), Inc. announced results from its FIX-HF-5C randomized, Controlled Trial of Cardiac Contractility Modulation in Heart Failure. The study results were presented by Prof. William Abraham, MD, Professor of Internal Medicine and Director, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, The Ohio State University Wexner […]
SANTA CRUZ, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Murj, Inc., a digital healthcare company dedicated to helping clinicians streamline and improve care for patients with implantable cardiac devices, today announced that the company has closed an $8.5 million Series B financing led by Longitude Capital, with participation from True Ventures and other existing investors. Murj […]
