January 11, 2021 — Medtronic has received a new expanded indication from Health Canada for its Evolut Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI) system. Medtronic's TAVI platform is currently the only system licensed for both bicuspid aortic valves (intermediate or greater risk), as well as all surgical risk categories in Canada.

January 8, 2020 — A new study published this week in HeartRhythm, the journal of the Heart Rhythm Society (HRS), found evidence that Apple's new iPhone 12 might cause implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) to become inoperable if placed are near the implanted de


January 8, 2021 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is alerting healthcare providers that it is monitoring the potential impact of COVID (SARS-CoV-2) viral mutations, including the emerging variant from the United Kingdom and its potential to produce false negative results on FDA authorized SARS-CoV-2 molecular tests.

Despite the alert issued today, the FDA believes the risk that these mutations will impact overall testing accuracy is low.


January 8, 2021 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted 510(k) clearance for the Inari Medical Inc. FlowTriever system for the treatment of clot in transit (CIT) in the right atrium.

FlowTriever is the first thrombectomy system not requiring a cardiopulmonary bypass circuit to be FDA cleared for blood clots in the right atrium. 

January 8, 2020 – RSIP Vision has launched a new artificial intelligence (AI) ultrasound module that enables fast and accurate point-of-care heart evaluations. This includes onsite diagnostic from the parasternal long axis (PLAX) view. This new vendor-neutral technology will be available to third-party ultrasound manufacturers and medical devices vendors.

January 6, 2020 — A new Weill Cornell Medicine found the risk of dying seven years after coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery was significantly lower in men receiving multiple bypass grafts rather than single grafts. The study also looked at CABG in women and there was no apparent difference between single or multiple vessel bypass procedures, but overall women had a higher mortality rate. The study published online Dec.

January 6, 2021 — Smoking traditional cigarettes in addition to using e-cigarettes results in harmful health effects similar to smoking cigarettes exclusively, according to new research published today in the American Heart Association (AHA) flagship journal Circulation.[1]

January 6, 2021 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted the designation of breakthrough device to P+F Products + Features GmbH TricValve Transcatheter Bicval Valves System.  

January 6, 2021 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared Ultromics' EchoGo Pro, an artificial intelligence (AI) powered, outcomes-driven, decision support tool to automatically identify coronary artery disease (CAD) in echocardiograms. 

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