October 2, 2017 — Cardiovascular healthcare membership organization and performance community MedAxiom announced its ...

Medtronic plc recently announced a new post-market clinical study to evaluate its CoreValve Evolut Pro valve in everyday clinical practice. Studying patients with severe symptomatic aortic stenosis at an intermediate, high or extreme risk for open-heart surgery, the FORWARD PRO Clinical Study will evaluate longer-term performance (out to five years) of the next-generation self-expanding transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) system, which was recently approved for commercial use in Europe and United States.

Toshiba Medical announced it will highlight several of its latest vascular and interventional imaging solutions at the 2017 Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA), Nov. 26-Dec. 1 in Chicago.

BioCardia Inc. recently announced 12-month results from the Phase II TRIDENT clinical trial, conducted by the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine and co-sponsored by the company. The results showed a positive safety profile for allogeneic, or donor cell-based, mesenchymal stem cells delivered with the company’s Helix transendocardial delivery system at 30 days. The study was concurrently published in Circulation Research and presented on the podium at the Heart Failure Society of America (HFSA) Annual Scientific Meeting, Sept. 16-19 in Dallas. Results were presented by Victoria Florea, M.D., of the Interdisciplinary Stem Cell Institute at the University of Miami.