Cardiovascular Clinical Studies

This channel includes news and new technology innovations from cardiovascular clinical trials. These clinical studies include all cardiac subspecialties.

The Gore VBX FORWARD Clinical Study aims to compare the VBX Stent Graft primary patency to bare metal stenting to evaluate superiority in treating complex iliac occlusive disease

News | Stents

Gore Initiates Study to Compare the Gore Viabahn VBX Balloon Expandable Endoprosthesis to Bare Metal Stents

June 13, 2023 — W. L. Gore & Associates (Gore) announced the initiation of the Gore VBX FORWARD Clinical Study (NCT05811 ...

June 13, 2023

In combination with BIOTRONIK Home Monitoring the DX ICD system is an effective and convenient way to detect AHRE and monitor atrial fibrillation events and burden

News | Remote Monitoring

REACT DX Registry Highlights Relevance of Atrial High-Rate Episode Remote Monitoring in ICD Patients

June 13, 2023 — A recent study highlights that implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) patients with new-onset ...

June 13, 2023

HeartBEiT is much more precise at highlighting areas of interest, in this case for diagnosing heart attacks (myocardial infarction).

News | ECG

Mount Sinai Researchers Use New Deep Learning Approach to Enable Analysis of Electrocardiograms as Language

June 9, 2023 — Mount Sinai researchers have developed an innovative artificial intelligence (AI) model for electrocardio ...

June 09, 2023

News | Cardiovascular Clinical Studies

FDA Announces Additional Steps to Modernize Clinical Trials to Diversify Trial Types and Data Sources

June 7, 2023 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced the availability of a draft guidance with ...

June 07, 2023

INPEFA reduced the risk of total occurrence of cardiovascular death, hospitalization for heart failure, and urgent heart failure visits by 33% compared to placebo in the SOLOIST-WHF study

News | Pharmaceuticals

Lexicon Announces FDA Approval of INPEFA (Sotagliflozin) for Treatment of Heart Failure

June 5, 2023 — Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved I ...

June 05, 2023

Long-Awaited Data Published in JAMA Confirms Minimally Invasive Procedure for Degenerative Mitral Regurgitation Is Successful in Nearly 90% of Patients

News | Structural Heart

Study: Transcatheter Mitral Valve Repair Safe, Successful

June 5, 2023 — Long-awaited outcomes data of transcatheter edge-to-edge procedures to repair patients’ leaky mitral ...

June 05, 2023

Drs. Jerome Rotter & Matt Budoff study shows that in middle-aged to older adults the coronary artery calcium score improved CHD risk discrimination

News | Heart Failure

Lundquist Institute Investigators Co-author Paper in JAMA on Coronary Heart Disease (CHD) Risk Prediction

June 2, 2023 — The Lundquist Institute (TLI) announced today that Jerome Rotter, MD, and Matthew Budoff, MD, two of TLI ...

June 02, 2023

XenoSim project will establish the new field of ‘computational cardiac xenotransplantation’ and establish pioneering computational techniques with significant implications for a range of scientific disciplines

News | Heart Failure

University College Dublin Researcher Receives ERC Funding to Unlock Insights Into Pig-to-human Heart Transplants

June 2, 2023 — Dr. Philip Cardiff, Associate Professor at University College Dublin's School of Mechanical and Materials ...

June 02, 2023

University of Cincinnati stroke researchers present at international conference

News | Stroke

Study Finds Distinct Patterns of Pre-existing Brain Health Characteristics in Stroke Patients

June 2, 2023 — University of Cincinnatiresearchers presented abstracts at the European Stroke Organization Conference(ES ...

June 02, 2023

International consortium led by Amsterdam UMC has now delivered an improved verson of the innovative pacemaker

News | Pacemakers

Leadless Pacemakers Soon Available for All Patients

June 1, 2023 — Every year more than one million people receive a pacemaker. Until now, leadless versions were only ...

June 01, 2023

Analysis of TWILIGHT trial shines light on Effect of Therapies following percutaneous coronary intervention

News | SCAI

Ticogrelor Monotherapy Post PCI Associated with Similar Rates of Revascularization as Duel Antiplatelet Therapy

June 1, 2023 — New insights from the TWILIGHT trial showed that ticagrelor monotherapy after three months of ticagrelor ...

June 01, 2023

Here's a look at what viewers found most interesting during the month of May on DIcardiology.com

Feature | Cardiovascular Business | By Melinda Taschetta-Millane

Top 10: A Look at What Caught Your Eye in May

It's been a fruitful month for DIcardiology.com! Here's a look at what DAIC viewers found to be most interesting during ...

June 01, 2023

There are currently no FDA approved treatments for PH-HFpEF, a condition affecting more than 1,600,000 North Americans, with estimates indicating a prevalence of more than 2,000,000 patients by 2030

News | Pharmaceuticals

Tenax Therapeutics Achieves Major Milestone as USPTO Grants Notice of Allowance for U.S. Patent Application Covering Use of Oral Levosimendan (TNX-103) in PH-HFpEF

May 31, 2023 — Tenax Therapeutics, Inc., a specialty pharmaceutical company focused on identifying, developing and ...

May 31, 2023

Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is one of the most prevalent herpesviruses worldwide.

News | Coronavirus (COVID-19)

People Coinfected with SARS-CoV-2 and Cytomegalovirus are at Increased Risk of Developing Cardiovascular Disease

May 31, 2023 — Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is one of the most prevalent herpesviruses worldwide. Depending on the geographical ...

May 31, 2023

Thirona’s AI-Based LungQAVX Reveals New Potential for Treatment of Vascular Diseases

News | Artificial Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence Could Enable Life-Saving Early Diagnosis and Advance the Treatment of Pulmonary Hypertension

May 30, 2023 — Thirona, a global company specialized in advanced analysis of thoracic CT images with artificial ...

May 30, 2023