November 15, 2011 — A new clinical trial is testing the efficacy of rotational atherectomy (or rotablation, a process of drilling through plaque deposits) prior to implantation of a drug-eluting...
November 15, 2011 — A clinical trial has shown a drug-eluting stent (DES) with a bioabsorbable polymer has comparable outcomes to a DES with a durable polymer. Results of the EVOLVE clinical trial...
November 14, 2011 – Boston Scientific welcomed positive outcomes from the COBRA clinical trial, which evaluated post-dilation of nitinol stents using CryoPlasty therapy with the PolarCath...
November 14, 2011 – Medrad Inc. announced that five-year data from the THUNDER trial [1] demonstrated a 59 percent relative reduction in target lesion revascularization (TLR) rates in popliteal...
November 14, 2011 – OrbusNeich announced the introduction of the Combo dual therapy stent during a breakfast symposium chaired by Martin B. Leon, M.D., professor of medicine and director of the...
November 14, 2011 — A clinical trial of patients with restenosis in drug-eluting stents (DES) in native coronary arteries found treatment with paclitaxel-coated balloon angioplasty demonstrated...
November 14, 2011 – The TWENTE clinical trial, which compared Resolute versus Xience V drug-eluting stents in a real-world population established non-inferiority between the two stents as measured...
November 14, 2011 — Everist Genomics announced plans to commercialize its CardioDefender diagnostic system. It is the first U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved and CE mark-...
November 14, 2011 – The American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) reported that the Cardiovascular and Renal Drugs Advisory Committee and the Drug Safety and Risk Management Advisory Committee of...
November 14, 2011 – ProTron Technologies announces a new approach to early detection of aneurysms in vascular systems through the patented Stethotron Cerebral Stethoscope.
November 14, 2011 — Edwards Lifesciences Corp. announced data were presented on the quality of life impact and cost effectiveness of transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) were presented at...
November 11, 2011 — Maquet Cardiovascular announced U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance and CE mark for its new Cardiosave intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP). The announcement...
November 11, 2011 – Boston Scientific reported results from the EVOLVE first human use trial demonstrating the non-inferiority of the Synergy everolimus-eluting stent system compared to the Promus...
November 11, 2011 – Biosensors International Group announced two-year results from the BioFreedom first-in-human trial, which showed similar clinical outcomes between BioFreedom, a polymer-free,...
November 11, 2011 — The 30-day results from the 8,500+ patient ADAPT-DES registry were presented at the 2011 TCT conference in San Francisco. Patients with high platelet reactivity, as measured by...
November 10, 2011 — The results of an analysis of 149 EVEREST II high surgical risk patients with significant mitral regurgitation (MR) of functional etiology were presented at Transcatheter...
November 10, 2011 — Edwards Lifesciences Corp. announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) conditionally approved the addition of a second treatment group to the PARTNER II Trial. The...
November 10, 2011 – GE Healthcare will feature several new products and solutions at the Cardiovascular Research Foundation’s 23rd annual Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) scientific...
November 9, 2011 — Currently under review by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the Resolute drug-eluting stent (DES) from Medtronic Inc. continues to demonstrate consistently positive...
November 9, 2011 – AstraZeneca announced that a combined expert committee of American College of Cardiology Foundation (ACCF), American Heart Association (AHA) and Society for Cardiovascular...
November 9, 2011 – Abiomed, a provider of heart support technologies, announced results of an economic study at the annual 2011 Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) conference. The...
November 9, 2011 — Janssen Pharmaceuticals Inc. announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Xarelto to reduce the risk of stroke and systemic embolism in patients with...
November 9, 2011 – Siemens Healthcare announced that the company has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire all issued and outstanding equity of MobileMD Inc., of Yardley, Pa., a provider...
November 9, 2011 – A group of states and vendors focused on eliminating the barriers to sharing electronic health records (EHRs) issued a set of technical specifications to standardize connections...
November 9, 2011 – PETNET Solutions Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Siemens Medical Solutions USA Inc., has entered into a nationwide commercial agreement with Eli Lilly and Company that grants...
Medtronic today announced it received CE (Conformité Européenne) mark for the CoreValve System to be delivered using direct aortic access. The Medtronic CoreValve System is now the only...
November 8, 2011 — Biosensors International Group Ltd. announced final results of the AXXESS PLUS trial, which demonstrated the long-term efficacy and safety of the Axxess stent for patients with...
November 8, 2011 – Abiomed, a provider of heart support technologies, announced results of an economic study at the annual 2011 Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) conference. The...
November 8, 2011 – Boston Scientific reports clinical endpoint data from its PLATINUM Long Lesion trial, demonstrating excellent outcomes for the Promus Element everolimus-eluting platinum...
November 7, 2011 — The American College of Cardiology Foundation (ACCF), American Heart Association (AHA), and Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI) released a revised...
November 7, 2011 — This year’s annual meeting of the European Association of Echocardiography (EAE), a registered branch of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC), is changing its name to “...
November 7, 2011 — The Million Hearts initiative has announced new partners and commitments, including tools to reach cardiology professionals and consumers to prevent heart attacks and strokes....
November 7, 2011 – Abbott announced the company's schedule of key data presentations at the 23rd annual Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) scientific symposium, to be held Nov. 7 – 11...
November 7, 2011 – Arterial Remodeling Technologies (ART) reported that in vivo data strongly suggest that its second-generation bioresorbable stent promotes...
November 4, 2011 – PhysioSonics announced that it received a $2.5 million grant from the Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Center (TATRC). TATRC is an organization within the...
November 4, 2011—Miracor Medical Systems GmbH announced that data will be reported during next week’s Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) 2011 scientific meeting in San Francisco. The...
November 4, 2011 – W. L. Gore & Associates announced that Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton, United Kingdom, is the first medical center in the United Kingdom to enroll a patient in the...
November 4, 2011 - Cardiology departments have hosted a variety of software solutions in the past to meet varying demands. A new report from KLAS reveals the cardiology IT market is moving toward...
November 4, 2011 — Medtronic Inc. announced approval by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of the Assurant Cobalt Iliac Balloon-Expandable Stent System.
November 4, 2011 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a stent graft system for patients with small arteries; it will give them the option of less invasive surgery to repair...
November 3, 2011 – Medtronic announced the first implant in a clinical trial in Japan that will evaluate the safety and effectiveness of the Medtronic CoreValve System...
November 3, 2011 – Lantheus Medical Imaging announced important changes to the U.S. product label for Definity Vial for (perflutren lipid microsphere) Injectable Suspension. The contrast agent is...
November 3, 2011 – New study indicates strong diagnostic ability of treadmill exercise stress testing to uncover Long QT syndrome (LQTS) in patients. Here, investigators from the Mayo Clinic...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today approved the first transcatheter aortic heart valve in the United States - the Sapien THV. Experts say the approval will open a new chapter in how...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted market clearance for the Xience Prime everolimus-eluting coronary stent system for the treatment of coronary artery disease. The stent uses the...
November 1, 2011 – CardioComm Solutions, a provider of hardware and software solutions for cardiovascular health management, announced the extension of their current OEM agreement with GE...
November 1, 2011 – Claret Medical Inc. said its Montage System has received CE mark approval as the world's first complete system of filtration to protect both carotid arteries simultaneously. The...
November 1, 2011 – Boston Scientific released the schedule of its major events and product-related clinical research for the Cardiovascular Research Foundation's (CRF) 23rd annual Transcatheter...
November 1, 2011 – Volcano Corp., a developer and manufacturer of intravascular diagnosis and therapy guidance tools, said revenues for the third quarter of 2011 increased 18 percent versus the...
November 1, 2011 – Boston Scientific introduced its CardioTeach iPad app, an industry-first, free educational resource to help healthcare professionals better educate patients and caregivers about...
November 1, 2011 – The Angiographic and Imaging Core Laboratories of the Clinical Trials Center (CTC) at the Cardiovascular Research Foundation (CRF) in New York have formed a collaborative...
November 1, 2011 – Corindus Vascular Robotics said leading experts in interventional cardiology will speak about their clinical experience using the CorPath 200 System at a symposium co-sponsored...
October 31, 2011 –Lantheus Medical announced it has been awarded a three-year supplier contract with Premier Purchasing Partners, the group purchasing unit of the Premier healthcare alliance, for...
October 31, 2011 – GE Healthcare's announced in Milan, Italy, that the Lombardia Ministry of Health (MoH) purchased 135 units of GE Healthcare's pocket-sized, ultrasound medical imaging device...
October 31, 2011 – NordicNeuroLab (NNL), a developer of products for functional neuroimaging, announced the launch of its magnetic resonance (MR)-compatible liquid crystal display (LCD)...
October 31, 2011 – To ensure MR imaging is as efficient and safe as possible, Toshiba America Medical Systems has unveiled enhancements to its Vantage Titan MR (magnetic resonance) product line,...
October 31, 2011 — On Oct. 18, 2011, the TICH-BIOTRONIC Pacemaker Wireless Monitoring Services Centre was co-founded in China’s Tianjin Economic-Technological Development Area (TEDA) by TEDA...
October 31, 2011 — American College of Cardiology (ACC) President David Holmes, M.D., FACC, commended a congressional panel that met recently to discuss the physician payment system. The briefing...
October 31, 2011 — A panel presentation at the American College of Surgeons' annual clinical congress detailed how the contemporary practice of vascular surgery has evolved during the Iraq and...
October 26, 2011 –Lantheus Medical Imaging announced it has been awarded three-year supplier contracts with Premier Purchasing Partners, the group purchasing unit of the Premier healthcare...
October 26, 2011 – Older men whose bodies produce higher levels of testosterone may be protected against heart attacks and strokes, new medical research suggests.
October 26, 2011 – St. Jude Medical announced it has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance for its Ilumien system, the first integrated diagnostic technology that combines...
October 26, 2011 — Medtronic Inc. announced the start of SYMPLICITY HTN-3, the company’s United States clinical trial of the Symplicity Renal Denervation System for treatment-resistant...
In a closely watched move viewed as a big step toward a paradigm shift in how heart valves are repaired in the United States, a U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advisory panel voted late...
October 25, 2011 — Stentys S.A. announced the publication of the results of the APPOSITION I clinical study in the September issue of the medical journal EuroIntervention.
October 24, 2011 – The European Association of Echocardiography (EAE) has announced that it is working together with the American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) to issue joint recommendations...
October 24, 2011 — NeoStem Inc. and Amorcyte Inc announced the closing of their previously publicized merger transaction following approval by the shareholders of both companies on Oct. 14, 2011....
October 24, 2011 — New study results reveal several underlying causes of non-ischemic sudden cardiac death (SCD) — those not related to coronary artery disease (CAD) — including alcohol, obesity...
October 24, 2011 — BioCrossroads’ Indiana Seed Fund has announced its twelfth investment, committing $300,000 to medical device start-up Zorion Medical. Zorion is developing a...
October 24, 2011, — A new study demonstrates that angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors taken in the first trimester of pregnancy pose no greater risk of birth defects than any other type...
October 24, 2011 – As a result of the long-standing relationship between Philips Healthcare and ScImage Inc., the two companies are pleased to announce a newly developed integration option between...
October 24, 2011 – The American College of Cardiology (ACC) announced it is expanding its outpatient PINNACLE Registry with a new platform focusing on atrial fibrillation (AF), including the next...
October 21, 2011 – St. Jude Medical announced the launch of the C7-XR optical coherence tomography (OCT) intravascular imaging system with the C7 Dragonfly Imaging Catheter in India. OCT is a next...
