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CHF Solutions, Inc. Appoints World-Renowned Heart Failure Cardiologist, Maria Rosa Costanzo, M.D. to Company’s Board of Directors

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn., Sept. 04, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — CHF Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq:CHFS) today announced that Maria Rosa Costanzo, M.D. has been appointed to the Company’s Board of Directors. Dr. Costanzo is the medical director, Heart Failure Research, at Advocate Heart Institute, and the medical director for Advanced Heart Failure […]

Orchestra BioMed Receives CE Mark for BackBeat Cardiac Neuromodulation Therapy™ (CNT) for Hypertension

Late-breaking BackBeat CNT™ randomized, double-blind clinical results selected by Cardiovascular Research Foundation for presentation at TCT 2019 NEW HOPE, Pa., Sept. 04, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Orchestra BioMed™, Inc., (“Orchestra BioMed” or the “Company”), a biomedical innovation company providing high-impact solutions for large unmet needs in procedure-based medicine, announced today […]

Daiichi Sankyo Presents Positive Results of the ENTRUST-AF PCI Study of LIXIANA®▼ (edoxaban) in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation

– ENTRUST-AF PCI study achieved the primary safety endpoint of non-inferiority in bleeding for edoxaban-based dual therapy compared with VKA-based triple antithrombotic therapy (using a risk-based duration of ASA for at least one month) in AF patients following stent placement – Data contributes to growing body of evidence supporting edoxaban in combination […]

Vensana Capital Launches with Inaugural $225 Million Fund

New independent firm founded by leading medical technology venture capital investors Justin Klein & Kirk Nielsen with the support of Versant Ventures Vensana seeks to back the next generation of breakthrough innovations in medical devices, diagnostics and data science, and other medical technology sub-sectors   MINNEAPOLIS & WASHINGTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Vensana Capital today […]

Biosense Webster, Inc. Announces Catheter Ablation May Be up to 10 Times More Effective Than Standard Drug Therapy Alone at Delaying Progression of Atrial Fibrillation

PARIS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Results from The Atrial Fibrillation Progression Trial (ATTEST), were presented on August 31st at the ESC* Congress 2019 in Paris, France. ATTEST is the first randomised controlled trial to directly compare the effectiveness of ablation using radiofrequency (RF) catheters versus standard antiarrhythmic drugs (AAD) in delaying atrial fibrillation (AF) progression. The […]

Impella® SmartAssist Platform Launches at ESC, Designed to Further Improve Patient Outcomes

The new Impella CP heart pump features a fiber optic sensor, optimally positioned to measure the placement signal in the aorta, identify pump placement and enable repositioning without the use of imaging. (Graphic: Abiomed) PARIS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Abiomed (NASDAQ: ABMD) announces today that the Impella CP® with SmartAssist technology, which is designed to improve patient […]

Shockwave Receives FDA Breakthrough Device Designation for the Coronary IVL System

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Sept. 03, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Shockwave Medical, Inc., a pioneer in the development and commercialization of Intravascular Lithotripsy (IVL) to treat complex calcified cardiovascular disease, today announced that the company has received Breakthrough Device Designation from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its Shockwave […]

Quantum Genomics Announces Positive FDA Feedback on Phase III Program Design of Firibastat in Resistant Arterial Hypertension

PARIS and NEW YORK, Sept. 02, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Quantum Genomics (Euronext Growth – FR0011648971 – ALQGC), a biopharmaceutical company specializing in the development of a new drug class that directly targets the brain to treat resistant arterial hypertension and heart failure, today announced that it met a new milestone of […]

MyoKardia Presents 36-week Data from PIONEER-OLE Study of Mavacamten at the European Society of Cardiology Congress 2019

Durability of Mavacamten’s Safety and Efficacy Profile Demonstrated through Nine Months in this Study of Patients with Symptomatic, Obstructive HCM Statistically Significant Changes in Key Biomarkers Maintained, Indicative of Potential Improvements in Cardiac Function and Favorable Impact on Long-Term Disease Burden PARIS and SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Aug. 31, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) […]