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Patty Vila Joins the Amavita Foundation Board, Bringing Two Decades of Strategic Media Expertise to Amplify Heart and Vascular Health Initiatives

MIAMI, Jan. 21, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — The Amavita Foundation, a leading organization dedicated to advancing cardiovascular health and supporting patients facing chronic limb-threatening ischemia (CLTI), is pleased to announce the appointment of Patty Vila to its Board of Directors. A…

Cytokinetics Announces Start of AMBER-HFpEF, a Phase 2 Clinical Trial of CK-586 in Patients With Symptomatic Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Jan. 21, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) —  Cytokinetics, Incorporated (Nasdaq: CYTK) today announced that AMBER-HFpEF (Assessment of CK-586 in a Multi-Center, Blinded Evaluation of Safety and Tolerability Results in HFpEF) is open to enrollment. AMBER-HFpEF is a Phase 2 randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind, multi-center, dose-finding clinical trial of CK-4021586 (CK-586) in patients with symptomatic heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) with left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) ≥60%. CK-586 is a cardiac myosin inhibitor in development for the potential treatment of a subgroup of with symptomatic HFpEF patients with hypercontractility and ventricular hypertrophy.

Medtronic drives continued momentum with new data and case presentations for Affera™ Mapping and Ablation System and PulseSelect™ at AF Symposium

JANUARY 17, 2025 – Medtronic, a global leader in healthcare technology, today announced new data and case presentations for the company’s pulsed field ablation (PFA) technologies, Affera™ Mapping and Ablation System with Sphere-9™ Catheter and PulseSelect™, to be presented at the AF Symposium in Boston, MA. “We are encouraged by the […]