News | Antiplatelet and Anticoagulation Therapies

March 23, 2017 — In patients at elevated risk for a recurrence of potentially life- threatening blood clots, a low dose ...

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microbleeds, brain bleeds caused by TAVR
Feature | Heart Valve Technology

March 22, 2017 — A quarter of the patients in a single-center study of 84 patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve ...

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News | Pharmaceuticals

In a clinical program that was terminated early, the experimental PCSK9 inhibitor bococizumab, when given on top of effective statin therapy, had widely varying effects on LDL cholesterol levels and had no benefit on cardiovascular events among those with LDL lower than 100 mg/dL. However, in patients at high cardiovascular risk who had baseline LDL of greater than 100 mg/dL, bococizumab significantly reduced the risk of cardiovascular events by 21 percent compared with placebo, according to research presented at the American College of Cardiology’s 66th Annual Scientific Session, March 17-19 in Washington, D.C.

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closed loop stimulation, DDD-CLS, ACC17, SPAIN trial
Feature | Pacemakers

March 22, 2017 — Patients with recurrent fainting episodes (syncope) who received a pacemaker delivering a pacing ...

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Cardiogard embolic protection system for surgical valve reaplacement
Feature | Embolic Protection Devices

March 22, 2017 — Two U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-cleared embolic protection systems designed to remove ...

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Technology | Left Atrial Appendage (LAA) Occluders

Aegis Medical Innovations Inc. announced that it has received Investigational Device Exemption approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to initiate a clinical trial in the U.S. for its Sierra Ligation System medical device. Aegis developed the Sierra technology in partnership with the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn. Sierra could, with additional clinical research, prove to prevent stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF), according to the company.

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ACC.17 late breaking trial presentations, ACC late-breakers,  American College of Cardiology late breaking studies
Feature | ACC

Here is a list of the American College of Cardiology (ACC) 2017 annual meeting late-breaking clinical trials presented ...

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Medtronic Corevalve Evolut Pro, TAVR system
Feature | Heart Valve Technology

March 22, 2017 – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and granted market clearance to the Medtronic CoreValve ...

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News | Computed Tomography (CT)

March 21, 2017 — Toshiba Medical demonstrated its Forward projected model-based Iterative Reconstruction SoluTion (FIRST ...

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News | Advanced Visualization

March 21, 2017 — EchoPixel recently announced progress in the clinical adoption of its True 3D virtual reality software ...

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Videos | Hemodynamic Support Devices

This video, provided by Abiomed, demonstrates the Impella percutaneous ventricular assist devices (pVAD). It offers ...

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Feature | Heart Valve Technology

March 21, 2017 — About 12 percent of patients undergoing aortic valve replacement developed non-symptomatic blood clots ...

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News | Cardiac Diagnostics

March 21, 2017 — A blood test for a protein called high-sensitivity troponin T, which is released into the bloodstream ...

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Feature | Stents Bioresorbable | Dave Fornell

March 21, 2017 — In the late-breaking ABSORB III Trial two year results presented at the American College of Cardiology ...

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Technology | Guidewires

March 20, 2017 — Teleflex Inc. recently announced 510(k) clearance by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and U ...

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