The Latest Cardiac and Vascular News
MUNICH, Aug. 27, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson today announced the results of the Phase 3 MARINER and COMMANDER HF (heart failure) studies, which were presented this week at the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Congress 2018 and simultaneously published in The New England Journal of Medicine. In both studies, there was no […]
KIRKLAND, Wash., Aug. 27, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Prevencio, Inc. today announces data demonstrating its HART PAD™test accurately diagnoses peripheral artery disease (PAD) in diabetes mellitus (DM) patients, a patient population in which PAD prevalence has traditionally been difficult to assess. Researchers believe these important findings, presented August 25 at the 2018 European Society of Cardiology […]
MUNICH–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Late-breaking data published and presented today confirm that the non-invasive HeartFlow®FFRct Analysis enables physicians to effectively differentiate patients in need of coronary stenting or bypass surgery from those who can be managed with medications alone. The ADVANCE Registry was published in the European Heart Journal (EHJ) and the Aarhus University Hospital […]
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. (Gore) today announced the first implant in conjunction with the Gore ARISE Study of the GORE® Ascending Stent Graft, an investigational device and the only endovascular stent graft specifically designed to treat Type A dissections of the ascending aorta. The successful procedure took place […]
MUNICH, Aug. 27, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Corvia Medical, Inc., a privately-held company with a first-in-class structural heart device to treat heart failure, today announced one-year follow-up data from the REDUCE LAP-HF I clinical study of its Interatrial Shunt Device (IASD®). The IASD is the world’s first transcatheter device for heart failure with preserved […]
LAKE OSWEGO, Ore., Aug. 27, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — BIOTRONIK today announced that the company is now the exclusive US distributor for InfoBionic’s MoMe Kardia external cardiac diagnostic monitor. The device benefits patients suspected of experiencing cardiac arrhythmias. Patients experiencing cardiac arrhythmias face an increased risk of personal injury from falls, motor vehicle accidents, stroke […]
KANSAS CITY, Mo., Aug. 23, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Cerner, a global leader in health care technology, collaborated with Duke Clinical Research Institute to develop an atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) Risk Calculator app, designed as a tool to increase communication between the person and their doctor about ways to live […]
CLEVELAND, Aug. 24, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Sotera Medical Corp., a medical device company developing a novel device for use in cardiac procedures to treat atrial fibrillation, has added an investor to its seed funding round with an investment from Valley Growth Ventures (VGV). “It’s exciting to have VGV as a partner. Their team […]
KIRKLAND, Wash.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–You love the outdoors – but your heart might not. If you enjoy skiing, hiking and other sports experienced at high altitudes, you might be well advised to spend your first day at altitude taking it easy. In older men, especially those unaccustomed to intense physical exertion and […]
RVINE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Endologix, Inc. (Nasdaq:ELGX) (“Endologix” or the “Company”), a developer and marketer of innovative treatments for aortic disorders, today announced that it will host a meeting for financial analysts and investment professionals at 4:15 p.m. ET on Tuesday, October 2, 2018, at The London Hotel NYC, 151 W. 54th […]
