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CMS Makes Progress but Continues to Limit Life-Saving Access for Heart Valve Disease Patients

WASHINGTON, March 27, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Alliance for Aging Research, Association of Black Cardiologists, Heart Valve Voice US, and Mended Hearts issued a joint statement today in response to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ proposed decision to cover Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement for the treatment of symptomatic aortic valve stenosis through […]

Fujifilm Presents Full Solutions for Medical Image Generation, Management, Storage, and Analysis at SAGES 2019

VALHALLA, N.Y., March 28, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — (Booth #629) – Fujifilm will be premiering its innovative solutions for medical image generation, management, storage, and analysis, during the Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons 2019 Annual Meeting (SAGES 2019) from April 3-6, 2019 at the Baltimore Convention Center in Baltimore, Maryland. Featured at the event will be FUJIFILM New Development, U.S.A., […]

Resverlogix Announces Ninth Positive Data Safety Monitoring Board Recommendation for Phase 3 Study of Apabetalone

CALGARY, Alberta, March 27, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Resverlogix Corp. (“Resverlogix” or the “Company”) (TSX:RVX) today announces the independent Data and Safety Monitoring Board (DSMB) has completed a ninth planned safety review for the Company’s Phase 3, BETonMACE trial for high-risk cardiovascular disease patients and recommended the study continue without modification. The […]

Memorandum of Understanding for Confirmatory Trial to Support Marketing Approval of Revascor for Reduction of Gastrointestinal Bleeding in LVAD Patients

NEW YORK and MELBOURNE, Australia, March 26, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Mesoblast Limited (Nasdaq:MESO; ASX:MSB), global leader in cellular medicines for inflammatory diseases, today announced that the International Center for Health Outcomes and Innovation Research (InCHOIR) at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and Mesoblast have entered into […]

Newly Published Article Demonstrates Ultrafiltration with CHF Solutions’ Aquadex FlexFlow® System Reduces Hospital Costs by Lowering 90-Day Re-admissions and Durations of Stay in Heart Failure Patients

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn., March 26, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — CHF Solutions (Nasdaq: CHFS), today announced the publication of “Ultrafiltration vs. Diuretics for Treatment of Fluid Overload in Patients with Heart Failure:  A  Hospital Cost Analysis” in the Journal of Medical Economics showing that the use of ultrafiltration therapy with the company’s Aquadex […]

MyoKardia Announces Proposed Public Offering of Common Stock

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., March 25, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — MyoKardia, Inc. (Nasdaq:MYOK), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company pioneering a precision medicine approach for the treatment of serious cardiovascular diseases, today announced that it has commenced a proposed underwritten public offering to sell $200,000,000 in shares of its common stock. MyoKardia expects […]

D.A. Wallach Joins BioSig Technologies Advisory Board

Santa Monica, CA, March 26, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — BioSig Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: BSGM), a medical device company developing a proprietary biomedical signal processing platform designed to address an unmet technology need for the $4.6 billion electrophysiology (EP) marketplace, today announced that David-Andrew (D.A.) Wallach, a Los Angeles-based investor, recording artist and songwriter, […]

Bardy Diagnostics™ Selected as Winner of The Impact Pediatric Health Competition At SXSW 2019

SEATTLE, March 26, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Bardy Diagnostics, Inc., (“BardyDx”), a leading provider of ambulatory cardiac monitoring technologies and custom data solutions, including the Carnation Ambulatory Monitor (“CAM™”), the industry’s first P-wave centric™ ambulatory cardiac patch monitor and arrhythmia detection device, announced it has been selected as one of four winners of the Impact […]

Foundational Publication Validates Acutus AcQMap System’s Breakthrough Non-Contact Technology

CARLSBAD, Calif., March 25, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Acutus Medical today announced the publication of “High Resolution Non-Contact Charge Density Mapping of Endocardial Activation” in JCI Insight. This foundational manuscript indicates that charge mapping enables unmatched visualization of the conduction patterns and localized non-pulmonary vein (PV) therapeutic targets in patients with atrial arrhythmias, such as atrial […]