October 25, 2007 - Cordis Corp. announced at TCT 2007 the U.S. and European launch of Cordis’s next generation carotid stent system, the PRECISE PRO RX Nitinol Self-Expanding Stent, designed to...
October 25, 2007 — Two carotid stenting trials examining outcomes in real-world patients demonstrated for the first time results that are comparable to guidelines established by the American Heart...
October 23, 2007 – After 12 months of the SPIRIT III trial, there were significantly fewer major adverse cardiac events (MACE) such as heart attacks, deaths from cardiac causes or repeat...
October 18, 2007 - Boston Scientific Corp. today announced it will restructure or sell several business units to reduce operating expenses by 13 percent in 2008 in a move designed to enhance short...
October 18, 2007 - Abbott announced that trial results for ABSORB, the world’s first clinical trial evaluating the safety and performance of a fully bioabsorbable drug eluting stent platform for...
October 17, 2007 — Patients with heart disease who undergo coronary angioplasty have an equivalent risk of death and heart attack as patients who undergo coronary bypass surgery, according to...
August 21, 2007 - University of Arkansas researchers have discovered a simple, inexpensive way to create a nanowire coating on the surface of biocompatible titanium that can be used to create more...
August 20, 2007 - Cardiatis, SA announced that it has completed recruitment of patients into its first European clinical trial of its 3D Multilayer Braided Stent for repairing aneurysms.
August 13, 2007 – A study published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology showed that when AngioJet thrombectomy is used to remove large thrombus before placement of a drug-eluting...
August 9, 2007 - Compared with their counterparts a decade ago, today's heart attack patients are receiving emergency angioplasty or clot-busting drugs to re-open clogged arteries at a far greater...
August 8, 2007 - A U.S. District Court judge enforced a settlement this week between Abbott Laboratories Inc. and Israeli company Medinol Ltd. to removed an entanglement for a key drug-eludting...
August 7, 2007 - The American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association have jointly released revised Guidelines for the Management of Patients with Unstable Angina (UA)/Non-ST-...
June 4, 2007 — Biodegradable magnesium stents have been developed to treat blockages in coronary arteries. The stents will degrade within four months and achieve the same results as conventional...
June 4, 2007 — Contrary to recent studies, proper use of a drug called aprotinin to reduce bleeding during heart surgery does not increase the risk of heart attack or stroke, according to a study...
June 1, 2007 — Abbott announced it has completed its application to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to seek market approval for its XIENCE V Everolimus Eluting Coronary Stent System to...
May 31, 2007 - The American Heart Association is launching a community-based program to reduce the toll of the deadliest kind of heart attack: an ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI).
May 29, 2007 — The FDA has cleared the CORDIS ENTERPRISE Vascular Reconstruction Device and Delivery System under the Humanitarian Device Exemption — it is used with embolic coils for the...
