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TCT 2017: BIOTRONIK Symposium Highlights Differing Roles of Drug-Eluting Stents and Magnesium Scaffolds in Clinical Practice

Denver, United States / Buelach, Switzerland, 31.10.2017 (PresseBox) – Data presented at the BIOTRONIK-sponsored symposium on the Orsiro1 drug-eluting stent (DES) demonstrate why Orsiro is gaining prominence in the crowded DES market. In addition, clinical and preclinical data presented about Magmaris2 reinforce the case that the magnesium-based resorbable technology does not share the same risk of […]

OrbusNeich’s COMBO Dual Therapy Stent Demonstrates Non-Inferiority vs the Market Leading XIENCE™ Everolimus Eluting Stent

DENVER, October 30, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — New results from the HARMONEE Japan/US Registration Trial, reported by OrbusNeich today in the First Report Investigations session at the 29th annual Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) scientific symposium, demonstrate that the COMBO(TM) Dual Therapy Stent (DTS) compares favorably to the market leading option for treating patients […]

Abbott Shows off Landmark XIENCE Stent Data

DENVER, Oct. 30, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Abbott (NYSE: ABT) today announced that patients who underwent minimally-invasive implantation with a XIENCE coronary stent for left-main coronary artery disease had the same long-lasting health outcomes at three years but felt better more quickly than patients who underwent open-heart surgery. The data were presented during […]

Transradial Interventions can Cause Permanent Vascular Damage, Study Shows

Studies over the past two decades have shown that transradial access for PTCA interventions to have an advantage over transfemoral. Specifically, that access-site and bleeding complications are nearly eliminated. This was an important advantage because although there have been advances in interventional techniques, antithrombotic therapy, and closure devices, bleeding complications […]

Analytics 4 Life to Present New Clinical Data on Novel Cardiac Imaging Technology Using Machine-Learned Algorithms at the Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) 2017 Scientific Symposium

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. and TORONTO, Oct. 30, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Analytics 4 Life, a digital health company applying the power of artificial intelligence to develop solutions that improve existing care pathways, today announced it will be presenting new clinical data on the Company’s ongoing Coronary Artery Disease Learning and Algorithm Development (CADLAD) study at […]

Mercator MedSystems Announces Completion of Enrollment in the LIMBO-ATX Trial

EMERYVILLE, Calif., Oct. 30, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Mercator MedSystems, Inc., a medical technology company specializing in localized delivery of drug therapies for deep in the body, announced completion of enrollment today in the company’s LIMBO-ATX (Lower-Limb Adventitial Infusion of Dexamethasone via Bullfrog to Reduce Occurrence of Restenosis after Atherectomy-Based Revascularization) clinical […]

Corindus to Feature CorPath GRX System at the Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics 2017 Conference

WALTHAM, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Corindus Vascular Robotics (NYSE American:CVRS), a leading developer of precision vascular robotics, announced today that it will be participating in the Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) 2017 Conference to be held October 29 – November 2 in Denver, CO. Robotic-assisted percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) will be featured throughout the conference, […]

Vascular Dynamics Interim Data on MobiusHD Presented at TCT Conference Shows Significant Reductions in Ambulatory Systolic Blood Pressure At Six Months

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Oct. 30, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Vascular Dynamics, a privately held medical device company developing novel solutions for the treatment of hypertension, will present updated interim results of the company’s first-in-human trial of its MobiusHD® implant today at the TCT conference in Denver. The data showed an average reduction […]

ReCor Medical Announces 1000th Enrollment and 150th Randomization in RADIANCE-HTN Hypertension Study

PALO ALTO, Calif., Oct. 30, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — ReCor Medical announced progress milestones in the study of its Paradise® Renal Denervation System as a potential treatment for hypertension, including the 1000th consented and the 150th randomized subjects in the RADIANCE-HTN study, and publication of a study design review in the American Heart […]

Abbott Introduces Next Generation of Most Widely Used Heart Stent for People With Coronary Artery Disease in Europe

ABBOTT PARK, Ill., Oct. 30, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Abbott today announced it received CE Mark for XIENCE Sierra, the newest generation of the company’s gold-standard XIENCE everolimus-eluting coronary stent system. CE Mark allows sale of the device in the European Union and other countries that recognize CE Mark. Advances in this generation […]