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New Survey Reveals 86 Percent of Benefits Leaders Recognize Need for Heart Health Strategy in 2024

MENLO PARK, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Hello Heart, the digital leader in preventive heart health, today released its inaugural Why Heart Health Matters Report, which examines the toll that cardiovascular disease (CVD) takes on employers, health plans, and the people they serve. The report surveyed 300 benefits leaders at large employers and health plans […]

HeartFlow Announces New Reimbursement Code and Increased Payment for FFRCT

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Jan. 23, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — HeartFlow, Inc., a leader in non-invasive artificial intelligence (AI) precision coronary solutions, announced FFRCT was transitioned to a Category I Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) code beginning January 1, 2024. The new code, designated by The American Medical Association (AMA), supports FFRCT […]

AngioDynamics Announces FDA 510(k) Clearance of Auryon XL Radial Access Catheter to Treat Peripheral Arterial Disease

LATHAM, N.Y.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–AngioDynamics, Inc. (NASDAQ: ANGO), a leading and transformative medical technology company focused on restoring healthy blood flow in the body’s vascular system, expanding cancer treatment options and improving patient quality of life, today announced that the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared the Auryon XL Catheter, […]

CorVista Health Announces Anjali Tiku Owens, M.D. Appointment to Medical Advisory Board

BETHESDA, Md.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–CorVista Health, Inc., a leading digital health company dedicated to improving cardiovascular disease diagnosis announces expansion of their Medical Advisory Board with the appointment of Dr. Anjali Tiku Owens. “Dr. Tiku Owens’ wealth of experience and expertise in cardiology, particularly in genetic cardiomyopathy and novel therapies, will be […]

Pi-Cardia Receives FDA Breakthrough Device Designation for ShortCut™

REHOVOT, Israel–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Pi-Cardia Ltd., a global leader in the development of non-implant, catheter-based, leaflet modification solutions for treating heart valves, announced today it received Breakthrough Device Designation from the US Food and Drug Administration for ShortCut™ – the world’s first dedicated leaflet modification device facilitating valve-in-valve Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement […]

ABBOTT ANNOUNCES FIRST GLOBAL PROCEDURES IN A CLINICAL TRIAL OF ITS VOLT™ PULSED FIELD ABLATION SYSTEM TO TREAT PATIENTS WITH ABNORMAL HEART RHYTHMS

ABBOTT PARK, Ill., Jan. 18, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Abbott (NYSE: ABT) today announced the first global procedures have been conducted using the company’s new Volt™ Pulsed Field Ablation (PFA) System to treat patients battling common abnormal heart rhythms such as atrial fibrillation (AFib). Over 30 patients were recently treated in Australia as part of […]

HeartSciences Announces Results and Adjournment of Annual Shareholder Meeting

Southlake, TX, Jan. 18, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Heart Test Laboratories, Inc. d/b/a HeartSciences (Nasdaq: HSCS; HSCSW) (“HeartSciences” or the “Company”), an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered medical technology company focused on transforming ECGs/EKGs to save lives through earlier detection of heart disease, announced today the results of the Company’s 2024 Annual […]

Nectero Medical Announces Initiation of Phase II/III Clinical Trial of the Nectero EAST® System for Treatment of Small- to Medium-Sized Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms

TEMPE, Ariz.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– #AbdominalAorticAneurysm–Nectero Medical, a clinical-stage biotechnology company pioneering novel therapies to treat aneurysmal disease and improve patients’ lives, today announced initiation of a Phase II/III clinical trial (stAAAble) to investigate the safety and efficacy of the Nectero Endovascular Aneurysm Stabilization Treatment (Nectero EAST®) System in patients with infrarenal abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs), maximum diameter 3.5 – 5.0cm. The Nectero EAST System is a single-use,