The Latest Cardiac and Vascular News
ABBOTT PARK, Ill., March 14, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Abbott (NYSE: ABT) today announced it received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for a new, expanded indication to its leading MitraClip™ device used to repair a leaky mitral valve without open-heart surgery. Supported by the results of the landmark COAPT™ Trial, […]
ABBOTT PARK, Ill., March 6, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Key medical devices across Abbott’s (NYSE: ABT) cardiovascular portfolio will be highlighted in five late-breaking clinical trials at the American College of Cardiology’s 68th Annual Scientific Session (ACC 2019) from March 16 – 18 in New Orleans. The late-breaking studies showcase the depth and breadth of the company’s cardiovascular portfolio, providing new data […]
ABBOTT PARK, Ill., Jan. 23, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Abbott today announced financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended Dec. 31, 2018, and issued financial outlook for 2019. Full-year 2018 worldwide sales of $30.6 billion increased 11.6 percent on a reported basis and 7.3 percent on an organic* basis. Reported diluted EPS from […]
ABBOTT PARK, Ill., Jan. 21, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Abbott (NYSE: ABT) today announced U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of the TactiCath™ Contact Force Ablation Catheter, Sensor Enabled™, a new ablation catheter designed to help physicians accurately and effectively treat atrial fibrillation (AFib). The approval further expands Abbott’s portfolio of cardiac ablation tools that integrate […]
ABBOTT PARK, Ill., Jan. 16, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Abbott (NYSE: ABT) announced today that it has exercised its option to purchase Cephea Valve Technologies, Inc., a privately held medical device company developing a less-invasive heart valve replacement technology for people with mitral valve disease. Financial terms were not disclosed. Abbott provided capital and secured an […]
ABBOTT PARK, Ill., Jan. 14, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Abbott (NYSE: ABT) today announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the Amplatzer Piccolo™ Occluder, the world’s first medical device that can be implanted in the tiniest babies (weighing as little as two pounds) using a minimally invasive procedure to treat patent ductus arteriosus, or […]
ABBOTT PARK, Ill., Oct. 19, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Abbott (NYSE: ABT) announced today that the HeartMate 3™ Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD) has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval as a destination therapy for people living with advanced heart failure. With the approval, physicians can now offer the HeartMate 3 system to patients not […]
ABBOTT PARK, Ill., Oct. 17, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — For someone experiencing cardiac symptoms in the emergency room, every minute matters as physicians determine whether someone is having a heart attack. New data, published online in JAMA Cardiology, found a new blood test under development that is done right at the patient’s side in as […]
ABBOTT PARK, Ill., Oct. 15, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Abbott (NYSE: ABT) announced today that Robert B. Ford has been named president and chief operating officer, effective immediately. Mr. Ford, a 22-year Abbott veteran, was most recently executive vice president of Medical Devices, Abbott’s largest business. In addition to his current responsibilities for Medical Devices, Mr. Ford, 45, […]
SAN DIEGO, Sept. 25, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Abbott (NYSE: ABT) today announced one-year results from a real-world, international, multicenter, 941-patient study of the company’s Portico™ transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) system in patients with symptomatic, severe aortic stenosis – a life-threatening narrowing of the heart’s aortic valve. At one year, implantation with […]
