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Europe braces for harder times in medical device innovation while US FDA eases regulations
Countries in the European...
FDA issues class I recall for Spectranetics’ Bridge occlusion balloon catheter
Spectranetics has rec...
New performance and quality measures for treating heart attack patients
The American College of C...
US FDA clears Biostable’s HAART 200 bicuspid aortic valve repair annuloplasty device
BioStable Science &am...
Heart failure patient and clinician risk perceptions differ drastically
Physicians identified a m...
Medtronic to undertake global randomised clinical trial of one-month DAPT in Resolute Onyx patients
Medtronic has announc...
Marijuana use associated with three-fold risk of death from hypertension
Marijuana use is associat...
LivaNova’s Perceval sutureless valve awarded Centers for Medicare and Medicaid add-on payment
LivaNova’s Perceval s...
4C Medical receives over US$8 million financing for transcatheter mitral regurgitation treatment
4C Medical has received a...
Cardiovascular drugs behind almost a quarter of medication error-related serious medical outcomes
Every 21 seconds someone ...
Meta-Analysis compares the safety and efficacy of S-DAPT and L-DAPT at two years
Researchers have evaluate...
AMA issues unique Category III Current Procedural Terminology codes for HeartFlow FFRct
The American Medical ...
Unique 3D-printed heart valves could reduce TAVI paravalvular leakage rates
Researchers at Georgia In...
Phase III Novartis study shows canakinumab reduces cardiovascular risk in heart attack survivors
Novartis has announced to...
Nearly half of US women unaware that heart disease is their primary killer
Women and their physician...
Italian boy becomes youngest patient bridged to transplant with the SynCardia Total Artificial Heart
A 12-year-old boy at ...
UK public health groups launch “Everyday Interactions” toolkit to measure professionals’ public health impact
Public Health England (PH...
German court awards Edwards Lifesciences co-entitlement of Neovasc’s Tiara patent application
The District Court in...
First procedures using Edward Lifesciences’ Inspiris Resilia aortic valve take place
The first ever Inspir...
Pioneer Plus catheter re-entry device with intravascular ultrasound guidance relaunched
Philips has announced...
EuroPCR 2017: Micell Technologies’ MiStent non-inferior to Abbot Xience in all-comers RCT
Micell Technologies h...
Michael Buck named HeartFlow executive vice president and chief commercial officer
HeartFlow has announc...
Ultra-sensitive cardiac troponin test using Single Molecule Counting technology receives CE mark
Singulex has been granted...
First Revivent TC ventricular enhancement procedure for ischaemic cardiomyopathy performed
BioVentrix has announ...
Transendocardial delivery results in greater myocardial stem cell therapy retention
According to a study ...
Large nuclear cardiology laboratory slashes radiation dose by 60% in eight years
A large nuclear cardiolog...
US FDA designates Medtronic HVAD system controller field action as class I recall
The US Food and Drug ...
First patient enrolled in new study of abbreviated DAPT post-stent in high bleeding risk patients
Gillian Jessurun (Treant ...
Microport TARGET AC three-month sub-study results to be presented at EuroPCR
Results of the TARGET A...
Occlutech obtains CE mark for its Perimembranous ventricular septal defect occluder
Occlutech has obtained CE...
Medtronic ENDURANCE Supplemental trial of HVAD fails to meet primary endpoint
Medtronic’s ENDURANCE...
First patients enrolled in HLT’s Meridian transcatheter aortic valve feasibility study
HLT has announced that th...
Magnesium 1,000 programme reveals high deployment success for Biotronik’s Magmaris scaffold
Biotronik has release...
Cardiovascular Systems enrols first subject in ECLIPSE coronary clinical trial
Cardiovascular System...
ACC 2017: Meta-analysis supports use of RenalGuard in cardiovascular Interventional procedures
A new meta-analysis p...
Toshiba Medical’s AplioTM i900 cardiovascular ultrasound receives US FDA clearance
Cardiologists can now...
Siemens Healthineers and HeartFlow to integrate CT and FFRct Analysis technology
Siemens Healthineers ...
EBBINGHAUS trial shows non-inferiority of evolocumab for cognitive function in cardiovascular group
Amgen has announced d...
ACC 2017: Positive final results from ORION-1 phase II study of inclisiran
The Medicines Company and...
ACC 2017: TAVI Linked with bleeding in the brain and neurological impairment
Of 84 older patients ...
ACC 2017: Embol-X and CardioGard do not reduce number of brain lesions, but may affect lesion size
Two US Food and Drug Admi...
TAVI may benefit certain heart valve patients, update society guidelines say
New recommendations have ...
ACC 2017: Indigenous South American group has healthiest arteries ever studied
The Tsimane people—a ...
ACC 2017: Mary Norine Walsh assumes American College of Cardiology presidency
Mary Norine Walsh has...
ACC 2017: Wrist-worn heart rate monitors less accurate than standard chest strap
Researchers at Cleveland ...
Coffee shops and cash machines ideal locations for lifesaving automated external defibrillators
Community coffee shops an...
ACC 2017: Researchers sound alarm over Zika’s potentially harmful effects on heart
As the Zika virus con...
ACC 2017: CardioMEMS HF system effective in reducing heart failure hospitalisations and cost of care
Late-breaking clinica...
ACC 2017: More hospitalisations & deaths for US heart failure patients in winter
Patients with heart failu...
MR Solutions introduces 9.4T preclinical MRI imaging solution to cardiovascular sector
MR Solutions’ new 9.4 tes...
Clinical trial rules should protect patients and results not operational details, says ESC
Rules governing the condu...
UK Patents Court makes initial decision on Edwards Sapien 3 and Boston Scientific’s patents
The Patents Court in ...
Second successful annuloplasty performed using Micro Interventional Devices minimally invasive technology
The second clinical case ...
First patient treated with CardiAmp cell therapy for ischaemic heart failure in Phase III trial
Johns Hopkins Medicine, B...
Elsevier announces the launch of Case: Cardiovascular Imaging Case Reports
Elsevier and the American...
Physical activity may be more important than BMI for cardiovascular disease risk
The benefits of physical ...
Martha Goldberg Aronson joins Cardiovascular Systems board of directors
Cardiovascular Systems (C...
Researchers urge physicians to discuss herbal medication use with heart disease patients
Physicians should be well...
Following dietary recommendations leads to modest heart health improvements
Following current die...
European Society of Cardiology publishes special collection on eHealth revolution
How are smartphones a...
Cardiovascular Systems Micro Crown sustains high freedom from major adverse events at one year
Cardiovascular Systems (C...
Intensive blood pressure control could prevent 100,000 deaths each year
Researchers have projecte...
Medtronic launches Impact education and development programme in Europe, Middle East & Africa
Medtronic has announced t...
NICE recommends HeartFlow FFRct Analysis to aid the determination of stable chest pain cause
The UK’s National Institu...
US FDA grants Fast Track designation to Angionetics’ Generx coronary heart disease gene therapy
The US Food and Drug Admi...
New guidelines released to improve stroke reporting following cardiac procedures
In response to a grow...
Northwestern Memorial Hospital ranked best in USA for heart attack, stroke and heart failure survival
Northwestern Memorial Hos...
Clínica Universidad de Navarra implants Spain’s first SynCardia Total Artificial Heart
A medical team from C...
The Medicines Company announces positive 180-day results for PCSK9 inhibitor
The Medicines Company has...
Medinol reports positive clinical results for Elunir elastomer-coated drug-eluting stent
Twelve-month clinical res...
ACC releases new appropriate use criteria for coronary revascularisation
The American College of C...
Women fare better than men one year after transcatheter aortic valve implantation
Women with significan...
New ACC/AHA report outlines 10 measures for the prevention of sudden cardiac death
A new report from the Ame...
Micro Interventional Devices has first-in-human success with MIA technology
Micro Interventional Devi...
Terumo signs to acquire St Jude Medical and Abbott’s vascular closure business
Terumo has reached an agr...
Medtronic first to receive CE mark for less-invasive HVAD implant procedure
Medtronic’s HVAD syst...
Toshiba receives US FDA clearances for new CT reconstruction tech and Vantage MR software
Toshiba Medical’s For...
Complete sanitation of robotic surgical instruments virtually impossible
It is virtually impossibl...
US FDA issues Class I recall for 8040 Leonhard Lang multifunction defibrillation electrodes
The Leonhard Lang def...
Philips collaborates with World Heart Federation, launches health behaviours website
Royal Philips has announc...
Opsens receives 510(k) clearance for the OptoMonitor II providing extended indication
Opsens has announced ...
Young women with premature acute coronary syndrome now do as well as men
It has become commonly ac...
Visceral abdominal fat associated with newly-identified heart disease risk factors
Increasing stomach fa...
Sapien 3 now approved for intermediate-risk patients in Europe as well as in the USA
Following last month’...
Berlin Heals announces closure of second round funding for cardiac microcurrent system
Berlin Heals has closed a...
Risk factors for congenital heart defects may lie both inside and outside the heart
In new research published...
Medtronic ranks on Dow Jones Sustainability North America Index for ninth consecutive year
Medtronic has been re...
St Jude Medical launches trial of Amplatzer Amulet left atrial appendage occluder
The St Jude Medical A...
Women 50% more likely than men to be given incorrect diagnosis following heart attack
Women have a 50% higher c...
ESC 2016: Low socioeconomic status associated with higher risk of second heart attack or stroke
Low socioeconomic sta...
ESC launches paper on tackling cardiac toxicity of anticancer therapies
The European Society of C...
Philips launches Intellispace Cardiovascular image and information management system
Royal Philips has launche...
Mediterranean diet linked to lower mortality in patients with a history of cardiovascular disease
The Mediterranean die...
ESC and EACTS launch first collaborative atrial fibrillation guidelines
The first European Societ...
Renal denervation devices are alternatives to drug therapy, Technavio reports
Analysts from Technavio h...
Small study finds positive results for Neovasc’s Reducer system treatment for refractory angina
Positive results of a sin...
St Jude Medical HeartMate 3 wins CARDIOSTIM-EHRA EUROPACE 2016 Innovation Award
St Jude Medical has r...
A quarter of an hour of exercise per day may reduce risk of death in older adults
A study, which was presen...
DAPT and DES in coronary artery disease: Is it time to revisit the guidelines?
At a roundtable organised...
“Orsiro is a great example of some of the latest developments in DES technology”
Cardiovascular News inter...
