Cardiovascular Clinical Studies

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

Findings underscore need to examine social factors that impact healthcare outcomes for most vulnerable

News | STEMI

New Study Finds Low-income Patients at Higher Risk of Death After Heart Attack

May 20, 2022 — Results from a retrospective analysis reveal significantly higher mortality rates for low-income ...

May 20, 2022

First study to compare safety and eficacy of clopidogrel and aspirin monotherapy beyond 12 months in high-risk PCI population

News | Cardiovascular Clinical Studies

Long-term Use of Clopidogrel Monotherapy Associated with Lower Patient Risk Compared to Aspirin Motherapy

May 20, 2022 — Results from a real-world study investigating safety and effectiveness of clopidogrel versus aspirin ...

May 20, 2022

$Multi-center study explores new treatment for heart failure patients with preserved and reduced ejection fraction$

News | Heart Failure

No-implant Interatrial Shunt Device to Treat Heart Failure Patients Reveals Promising Multi-center Clinical Data

May 20, 2022 — Results from early clinical evaluation of the Alleviant System to treat heart failure patients with ...

May 20, 2022

New Analysis Shows the Evolution of Intervention Techniques in Chronic Total Occlusion Patients

News | Chronic Total Occlusion (CTO)

International Chronic Total Occlusion Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Registry Finds Increasing Procedural Success

May 20, 2022 — A new analysis of PROGRESS-CTO (PROspective Global REgiStry for the Study of Chronic Total Occlusion ...

May 20, 2022

Three years ago a study raised concerns that paclitaxel-coated devices may cause increased mortality in peripheral artery disease patients. However, numerous studies now show there is no risk of increased mortality. The most recent study is the SAFE-PAD study presented at SCAI22.

News | Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD)

New Longterm Data of Paclitaxel Devices Continues to Show No Increased Mortality Compared to Non-drug Coated Devices

May 20, 2022 — New long-term data from the Safety Assessment of Femoropopliteal Endovascular Treatment With PAclitaxel ...

May 20, 2022

News | Structural Heart

New Late-Breaking Data Highlight Abbott Structural Heart Transcatheter Valve Therapies

May 20, 2022 — Abbott announced two late-breaking data presentations highlighting both TriClip, a first-of-its kind ...

May 20, 2022

The Medtronic Harmony transcatheter pulmonary valve (TPV) system offers a less invasive treatment option for patients with a congenital heart defect irregularity in their right ventricular outflow tract (RVOT) that requires a pulmonary valve placement to restore valve function.

News | Heart Valve Technology

First Intermediate to Long-term Study of the Harmony Transcatheter Pulmonary Valve System Validates Safety and Efficacy

May 19, 2022 — A study of 1-year outcomes in the largest cohort to date of Harmony transcatheter pulmonary valve (TPV) ...

May 19, 2022

First multi-center, randomized controlled study provides the largest long-term evidence for the treatment of heavily calcified femoropopliteal lesions

News | Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD)

Disrupt PAD III Trial Demonstrates Safety and Effectiveness of Intravascular Lithotripsy for Peripheral Artery Calcification

May 19, 2022 — One year outcomes from the Disrupt PAD III Trial comparing intravascular lithotripsy (IVL) with a drug ...

May 19, 2022

Study evaluates therapy optimization and system management of endovascular pulmonary neuromodulation in ADHF

News | Heart Failure

Cardionomic Announces First Patient Enrolled in STIM-ADHF Study

May 19, 2022 — Cardionomic, Inc., a Minneapolis medical device company, is pleased to announce initial enrollment in ...

May 19, 2022

Findings help identify patients who may not be optimally managed for recurrent stroke prevention

News | Stroke

Continuous Monitoring Detects Four Times More Atrial Fibrillation Incidence Following Stroke than Intermittent Monitoring

May 18, 2022 — Continuous monitoring with an insertable cardiac monitor (ICM) is shown to be more successful in ...

May 18, 2022

Research Presented at the American Heart Association’s Quality of Care and Outcomes Research (QCOR) Scientific Sessions Indicate Potential for VASCEPA (icosapent ethyl) to Reduce Major Adverse Cardiovascular (CV) Events and Associated Costs

News | Pharmaceuticals

Research Shows Potential to Reduce Major Cardiovascular (CV) Events

May 17, 2022 — Amarin Corporation plc announced that research on the potential population health impact and cost ...

May 17, 2022

Key members of the research collaboration: (from left) Prof Roger Foo (Programme Director, ATTRaCT, and Senior Group Leader, GIS), Dr Karin Conde-Knape (Senior Vice President, Global Drug Discovery, Novo Nordisk), Dr Rasmus Rabøl (Corporate Vice President, Global Translation, Novo Nordisk), Dr Natasha Michaelsen (Principal Scientist, Global Translation, Novo Nordisk), Prof Mark Richards (Director, Cardiovascular Research Institute, NUS, and Deputy Director, National University Heart Centre), Prof Derek Haus

News | Heart Failure

A*STAR, NHCS, NUS, and Novo Nordisk to Collaborate on Cardiovascular Disease Research

May 16, 2022 — The Agency for Science, Technology and Research’s (A*STAR) Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS) and Bioinf ...

May 16, 2022

CRF Meeting Covering Structural Heart Disease Innovations Will Take Place June 8-10

News | TVT

Late-Breaking Science Announced for TVT 2022

May 16, 2022 — The Cardiovascular Research Foundation (CRF) announced that TVT: The Structural Heart Summit will feature ...

May 16, 2022

Acutus Medical, an arrhythmia management company focused on improving the way cardiac arrhythmias are diagnosed and treated, announced successful completion of patient enrollment in the company’s AcQForce Flutter Investigational Device Exemption (IDE) clinical trial which enrolled 110 patients at 21 sites globally

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Acutus Medical Completes Enrollment in IDE Trial with its AcQBlate FORCE Sensing Ablation System

May 13, 2022 — Acutus Medical, an arrhythmia management company focused on improving the way cardiac arrhythmias are ...

May 13, 2022

Woon-Hong Yeo has developed a smarter stent. Georgia Tech Photo

News | Stents

Georgia Tech Researchers Develop Wireless Implantable Vascular Monitoring System

May 13, 2022 — Vascular diseases are public enemy number one: the leading killers worldwide, accounting for nearly a ...

May 13, 2022