Cardiovascular Clinical Studies

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

Eleven teams of scientific researchers have been selected as recipients of American Heart Association research grants to study the long-term influence of COVID-19 on cardiovascular health.

News | Coronavirus (COVID-19)

More than $10M in Research Grants Awarded to Study Long COVID Impact on CVD Health

April 18, 2022 — Eleven teams of scientific researchers have been selected as recipients of American Heart Association r ...

April 18, 2022

News | Coronavirus (COVID-19)

More Than $10M in Research Grants Awarded to Study Long COVID Impact on CVD Health

April 15, 2022 — Eleven teams of scientific researchers have been selected as recipients of American Heart Association r ...

April 15, 2022

News | Atrial Fibrillation

Zio by iRhythm Shown to Prevent Hospital Admissions, Aid in Early Detection of AF

April 12, 2022 – iRhythm Technologies, Inc., a leading digital healthcare solutions company focused on the advancement ...

April 12, 2022

Physicians prescribed significantly more guideline-directed medications for heart failure if they received a customized digital alert via an electronic health record (EHR) system when inputting medical orders shortly after seeing a patient, according to a study presented at the American College of Cardiology’s 71st Annual Scientific Session.

News | Heart Failure

Electronic Alert Improves Guideline Adherence for Heart Failure Treatment

April 8, 2022 – Physicians prescribed significantly more guideline-directed medications for heart failure if they ...

April 08, 2022

Patients taking renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system inhibitor (RAASi) medications for heart failure had significantly lower blood potassium levels when taking patiromer—a drug that helps to prevent the body from absorbing too much potassium—compared with a placebo, in a study presented at the American College of Cardiology’s 71st Annual Scientific Session.

News | Heart Failure

Patiromer Helps Patients Stay on Optimal Heart Failure Therapy

April 8, 2022 – Patients taking renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system inhibitor (RAASi) medications for heart failure had ...

April 08, 2022

Among patients undergoing non-cardiac surgery who were also on blood pressure medications, a multifaceted strategy to try to keep their blood pressure from dropping to a potentially dangerous low level immediately before, during and for up to two days after surgery made no difference in the rates of major cardiovascular events in the 30 days following surgery.

News | Hypertension

Blood Pressure Management Strategy During Surgery Has No Impact on Major Cardiovascular Complications

April 7, 2022 – Among patients undergoing non-cardiac surgery who were also on blood pressure medications, a ...

April 07, 2022

News | Cardiovascular Clinical Studies

Tricuspid Valve Repair System Shows Promising Results at One-year Follow-up

April 7, 2022 – Patients with tricuspid regurgitation, a common and debilitating form of valvular heart disease, who ...

April 07, 2022

News | Structural Heart

No Reduction in Stroke, Mini Strokes, Blood Clotting in the Brain or Changes in Cognitive Function with Edoxaban After TAVR

April 7, 2022 – Patients treated with the blood thinner edoxaban for six months after a heart valve replacement ...

April 07, 2022

News | Cardiovascular Clinical Studies

SLN360 Markedly Reduces Lipoprotein(a), an Important Cause of Heart Disease

April 7, 2022 – While there are effective therapies to reduce the risk of heart disease by lowering low-density ...

April 06, 2022

According to ARRS’ American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR), the 3-T Dixon gradient-recalled echo (GRE) sequence performed higher than the current standard of 1.5-T SSFP for unenhanced coronary MRA, which could help expand clinical adoption of the procedure.

News | Angiography

Dixon GRE Technique Outperforms Clinical Standard for Unenhanced Coronary MRA

April 6, 2022 – According to ARRS’ American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR), the 3-T Dixon gradient-recalled echo (GRE) ...

April 06, 2022

Keck Medicine of USC has launched its COVID Recovery Clinic, a multidisciplinary program led by a core team of clinicians specializing in primary care, pulmonology and physical therapy.

News | Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Keck Medicine of USC Launches COVID Recovery Clinic to Treat Patients with Long COVID-19

April 4, 2022 – Keck Medicine of USC has launched its COVID Recovery Clinic, a multidisciplinary program led by a core ...

April 04, 2022

But scientists at the Medical College of Georgia and Georgia State University also say that the chronic high-salt diet most Americans consume can turn this system against us, resulting in hyperactivity of these neurons, continuing production of this hormone vasopressin, constriction of blood vessels and increasing our risk for common cardiometabolic diseases like high blood pressure and heart disease.

News | Heart Failure

New Clues About How A High-Salt Diet Contributes to Cardiometabolic Diseases Found Deep in the Brain

April 4, 2022 – Deep in the brain a group of large neurons produce a hormone which prompts our bodies to hold onto more ...

April 04, 2022

$Impulse Dynamics, a global medical device company dedicated to improving the lives of people with heart failure (HF), today announced that the first patient has been enrolled in the quadruple-blinded sham-controlled AIM HIGHer IDE clinical study (Assessment of Implantable CCM in the Heart Failure Group with Higher Ejection Fraction) evaluating CCM therapy for patients who have left ventricular ejection fraction ranging between 40% and 60% inclusive. The study will be conducted across approximately 150 cente$