Cardiovascular Clinical Studies

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

Findings from a Scientific Online Poster presented during the 2023 ARRS Annual Meeting at the Hawaiian Convention Center suggest there is institutional variability in both projection order and image acquisition timing for contrast-enhanced mammography (CEM) protocol

News | Stent Grafts

10-Year Data from the Medtronic ENGAGE OUS Registry First and Only Prospective, Industry Sponsored Global EVAR Registry to Demonstrate a Decade of Durable Outcomes in Real-world Setting

April 26, 2023 — Medtronic today announced its Endurant abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) stent graft system continues to ...

April 26, 2023

Researchers use a new, speckle-based, noninvasive technique to visualize microvasculature in donor hearts and detect abnormal blood flow

News | Cardiac Imaging

Laser Speckle Imaging can Identify Hearts Suitable for Transplantation

April 26, 2023 — In the majority of cases, graft failure after heart transplantation is attributable to abnormalities ...

April 26, 2023

Black and socioeconomically disadvantaged patients with a common vascular disease have more severe symptoms before bypass surgery and are at greater risk for amputation and other complications after the procedure

News | Cardiovascular Surgery

Black and Socioeconomically Disadvantaged Patients with Vascular Disease have Worse Symptoms, Bypass Outcomes

April 21, 2023 — A Michigan Medicine study finds that Black and socioeconomically disadvantaged patients with a common ...

April 21, 2023

Researchers use cellular reprogramming to make damaged organ almost good as new

News | Heart Failure

A Second Chance for a Healthy Heart

April 21, 2023 — A recent study using mice has revealed a way to turn back the clock after heart attack. The researchers ...

April 21, 2023

A new study finds hospitals in the American Heart Association’s Get With The Guidelines - Heart Failure program exhibit no disparities in heart failure care between Black and white patients

News | Heart Failure

Study Finds Equitable Heart Failure Care, but Challenges Remain

April 21, 2023 — Black adults with heart failure (HF) are more likely to die than white adults with the same condition.[ ...

April 21, 2023

Acutus Medical, Inc., an arrhythmia management company focused on improving the way cardiac arrhythmias are diagnosed and treated, announced results from the RECOVER AF study.

News | Atrial Fibrillation

RECOVER AF Study Reports 91% of First Redo Patients Achieved Freedom from AF at One Year After AcQMap-guided Ablation Therapy

April 20, 2023 — Acutus Medical, Inc., an arrhythmia management company focused on improving the way cardiac arrhythmias ...

April 20, 2023

First graphene-based cardiac implant senses irregularities, then stimulates the heart

News | Cardiovascular Clinical Studies

Graphene ‘Tattoo’ Treats Cardiac Arrhythmia with Light

April 20, 2023 — Researchers led by Northwestern University and the University of Texas at Austin (UT) have developed ...

April 20, 2023

News | AHA

Research on Cardiovascular Health and Longevity Focuses on AHA Life’s Essential 8 (LE8) Components

April 18, 2023 — Researchers who studied the impact of adherence to key health metrics on longevity have published ...

April 18, 2023

FAU invention designed to treat ischemic stroke, protect brain tissue from injury and minimize size of brain infarct

News | Pharmaceuticals

‘Carb’ Treatment for Stroke Receives New U.S. Patent

April 14, 2023 — A new twist on a drug used to treat alcohol use disorder could double up as a treatment for stroke, the ...

April 14, 2023

Deaths from cardiovascular disease are elevated on polluted days and for two days afterwards, according to research presented at ESC Preventive Cardiology 2023

News | Heart Failure

Air Pollution Linked with Elevated Risk of Fatal Heart Attacks and Strokes

April 14, 2023 — Deaths from cardiovascular disease are elevated on polluted days and for two days afterwards, according ...

April 14, 2023

Findings from a clinical trial on treating hypertension, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), highlight the potential of personalized medicine in cardiovascular care, and in the future, could improve treatment adherence, patient outcomes, and the cost-effectiveness of blood pressure-lowering medication.

News | Hypertension

Study on Blood Pressure Treatment Sheds Light on Value of Personalized Medicine in Cardiovascular Care

April 12, 2023 — Results from the Precision Hypertension Care Study (PHYSIC) showed that personalized blood pressure ...

April 12, 2023

Working with researchers from America’s top institutions, Dr. Peter Kowey is senior author of a study assessing treatment for a condition linked to high stroke risk

News | Atrial Fibrillation

Ablation is Safe and Effective in Treating Atrial Fibrillation, Research Guided by Main Line Health Expert Shows

April 6, 2023 — Atrial fibrillation (AFib) not only causes shortness of breath and palpitations but puts patients at ...

April 06, 2023

Published in Nature, new research from the Smidt Heart Institute shows whether artificial intelligence or sonographers provide most accurate heart evaluations

News | Cardiovascular Clinical Studies

Study published in Heart strengthens diagnostic value of Acarix CADScor System

April 5, 2023 — Acarix, a leader in acoustic and AI-based cardiac diagnostics, announced the release of a new study ...

April 05, 2023

TUM team develops first heart organoid containing cardiac muscle cells and outer layer of the heart wall

News | Artificial Heart

A Mini-Heart in a Petri Dish

April 4, 2023 — A team at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has induced stem cells to emulate the development of ...

April 04, 2023

Results demonstrate significant reductions in LDL-C, hsCRP and cardiovascular risk in patients who are unable to maximize or tolerate a statin

News | Pharmaceuticals

Landmark CLEAR Outcomes Study Demonstrates NEXLETOL (bempedoic acid) Tablet is the Only LDL-C Lowering Therapy Since Statins to Reduce Hard Ischemic Events in a Broad Population

April 3, 2023 — Esperion announced the full results from the landmark Cholesterol Lowering via Bempedoic acid, an ACL ...

April 03, 2023