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Quidel receives CE mark for its TriageTrue high sensitivity troponin I test

4th December 2018

Quidel has received the C...

WeHealth by Servier and MobioSense form a partnership to develop digital portable myocardial infarction detection test

29th November 2018

WeHealth by Servier, Serv...

American College of Cardiology New York Cardiovascular Symposium to bring together top cardiologists

29th November 2018

The American College of C...

Presence of left bundle branch block significantly increases risk of pacemaker implantation after TAVI

29th November 2018

Quentin Fischer (Depa...

Orsiro may be the new benchmark for comparison in drug-eluting stent trials

28th November 2018

At the 2018 Transcath...

BASILICA: A new approach for preventing coronary obstruction in TAVI

28th November 2018

Insufficient blood fl...

US FDA plan shakeup of its 510(k) clearance programme

28th November 2018

The US FDA has announ...

The resurgence of renal denervation

27th November 2018

More than ever before...

EACTS 2018: From bench to bedside: Roundtrip for cell therapy in heart disease

23rd November 2018

The study of stem cel...

Be an early adopter of AI to harness its benefits

22nd November 2018

Artificial intelligenc...

AHA 2018: Efficacy and safety of PCI with Ti-no coated bio-active stents presented

21st November 2018

The results of the me...

Pulmonary artery denervation: A novel approach to managing pulmonary hypertension

20th November 2018

According to the resu...

Frail, older patients have 50% increased risk of bleeding during hospitalisation for myocardial infarction

20th November 2018

John A Dodson (New Yo...

Launch of Sapien 3 Ultra hampered by Boston Scientific dispute

19th November 2018

The CE mark has been ...

Bay Labs and Northwestern Medicine enrol first patient in study using AI software to improve heart disease detection

16th November 2018

Bay Labs and Northwes...

HeartFlow receives national reimbursement approval in Japan

16th November 2018

The Japanese Ministry of ...

TCT 2018: Multivessel NIRS is feasible, safe and can predict future events

16th November 2018

Ron Waksman The L...

AHA 2018: Early invasive strategy without pretreatment significantly reduces recurrent ischaemic events in NSTE-ACS patients

16th November 2018

Data from the EARLY r...

AHA 2018: Pilot study paves way for future evaluation of delaying reperfusion in STEMI patients

16th November 2018

A pilot study compari...

AHA 2018: REGROUP trial

13th November 2018

In this video from the Eu...

US FDA approve new study of Medtronic’s Spyral renal denervation system

12th November 2018

The FDA have given Me...

Vivasure Medical announces launch of the PerQseal large bore closure device

12th November 2018

Vivasure Medical has ...

NeoChord announces US$25 Million Series D financing to accelerate development of two transcatheter chordal repair programmes

12th November 2018

NeoChord has announce...

AHA 2018: Study shows AliveCor phone app can effectively identify STEMI with nearly the same accuracy as a standard ECG

12th November 2018

An international stud...

First patient in Hong Kong receive treatment with coronary Orbital Atherectomy System

12th November 2018

The first patient in ...

Mark Schwartz become vice president of Clinical Affairs at BioCardia

12th November 2018

BioCardia has announced t...

TCT 2018: Sham-controlled trial indicates indirect annuloplasty reduces mitral regurgitation

5th November 2018

REDUCE-FMR indicates ...

Cordis launches Mynx Control vascular closure device in the USA

5th November 2018

Cordis, a Cardinal He...

Fantom Encore launched onto market

5th November 2018

Reva Medical announce...

First US implantations of TriCinch Coil tricuspid valve repair system performed

5th November 2018

4TECH has initiated i...

Colder air and reduced sunshine increases risk of myocardial infarction

1st November 2018

A new study indicates...

Atrial fibrillation related to PFO closure occurs early and is transient

1st November 2018

A new meta-analysis o...

New drug formulation could help people undergoing heart surgery

1st November 2018

According to a press ...

BioCardia and CellProThera to partner for clinical trial and marketing in Singapore of early stem cell therapy

1st November 2018

CellProThera and BioC...

TCT 2018: Durable tricuspid regurgitation reduction with MitraClip

29th October 2018

Data from the TriValv...

TCT 2018: Severe prosthesis-patient mismatch linked to increased mortality at one year

26th October 2018

The largest study to ...

iVascular acquires 10% of NaviGate Cardiac Structures for US$10 million

25th October 2018

The collaboration agr...

US FDA approve HeartMate 3 heart pump for advanced heart failure patients not eligible for a heart transplant

20th October 2018

The HeartMate 3 left ...

Single-use, high-definition, miniature camera unveiled at Asia Pacific MedTech Forum 2018

20th October 2018

At Asia Pacific MedTe...

First patient enrolled in STTAR study of MIA—minimally invasive annuloplasty

20th October 2018

Micro Interventional Devi...

Caristo Diagnostics launched to commercialise new coronary CT image analysis technology

20th October 2018

Caristo Diagnostics, an O...

Rivaroxaban gets FDA approval for treatment in CAD or PAD

17th October 2018

Rivaroxaban, brand na...

TMVI with Tiara valve may be safe and feasible for patients with prior aortic valve replacement

17th October 2018

A new study indicates...

Risk of death with unrecognised myocardial infarction equal to that with recognised myocardial infarction by 10 years

17th October 2018

Tushar Acharya (Natio...

FDA approve TSP Crosser transseptal access system

16th October 2018

Transseptal Solutions...

Teleflex buys vascular closure company Essential Medical

16th October 2018

Teleflex has acquired...

ADVERTORIAL: Tricuspid annular reduction using Edwards Cardioband (TM) Tricuspid Valve Reconstruction System in a patient with severe tricuspid regurgitation and large coaptation gap

16th October 2018

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US trial of Edwards’ self-expanding Centera valve begins

16th October 2018

Edwards Lifesciences ...

Only one third of patients in China receive cardiac rehabilitation

16th October 2018

Research presented at...

TCT 2018: IVUS-guided PCI reduces target vessel failure in all-comers population

5th October 2018

Jun-jie Zhang (Depart...

Heart Research UK award £250,000 to researchers developing AI test for coronary heart disease

2nd October 2018

UK-based charity Heart Re...

The US should follow Europe’s lead and change guidelines on embolic protection in saphenous vein grafting

2nd October 2018

The revised European ...

ADVERTORIAL: Unique design and features of the ACURATE neo (TM) enable safe and efficient procedures

27th September 2018

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Olaf Wendler

27th September 2018

Olaf Wendler (lead for ...

Venus Medtech to buy cerebral protection device company Keystone Heart

27th September 2018

Venus Medtech has signed ...

Megha Prasad selected as SCAI-Women in Innovations CHIP Fellowship

27th September 2018

The Society for Cardi...

TCT 2018: Orsiro continues to have lower rates of target lesion failure than Xience

27th September 2018

Two-year data from th...

TCT 2018: One-year real-world results show Portico TAVI system reduces severe aortic stenosis

27th September 2018

According to one-year res...

TCT 2018: Longest-term data to date for CoreValve study show excellent valve durability out to five years

27th September 2018

New data presented at...

TCT 2018: Use of Impella in cardiogenic shock patients associated with relative 24% increase in survival

27th September 2018

A new analysis of dat...

TCT 2018: LEADERS FREE II confirm favourable results for BioFreedom

27th September 2018

The primary endpoint ...

TCT 2018: Restore drug-coated balloon matches Resolute for small vessel lesions

27th September 2018

Data presented at the...

TCT 2018: FFRangio may provide a faster and easier approach to physiological assessment

25th September 2018

The FAST-FFR trial, w...

TCT 2018: Audience claps as COAPT shows MitraClip reduces HF hospitalisations

23rd September 2018

Delegates at the 2018...

TCT 2018: Lower rate of stent thrombosis with Resolute Onyx vs. Orsiro

23rd September 2018

Data presented yester...

Cardiovascular News Issue 51—September 2018 US edition

20th September 2018

In our latest issue, we r...

Cardiovascular News Issue 51—September 2018

20th September 2018

In our latest issue, we r...

US FDA approve study of CoreValve Evolut in low-risk patients with bicuspid valves

19th September 2018

The US FDA has approv...

First patient enrolled in CARILLON pivotal trial

19th September 2018

Cardiac Dimensions has an...

PCR LV 2018: One-year results of VIVA confirm safety and efficacy of valve-in-valve procedures with CoreValve

19th September 2018

Speaking at PCR London Va...

PCR LV 2018: Early discharge feasible for unselected TAVI patients

19th September 2018

Data from the multice...

PCR LV 2018: Favourable outcomes for next-generation Acurate neo2 TAVI system

17th September 2018

A new study evaluatin...

Onyx One Clear study starts in USA and Japan

17th September 2018

Medtronic has announc...

US FDA approves PK Papyrus stent for coronary perforations

17th September 2018

The US FDA has approv...

Two patients have been implanted with latest-generation of integrated ICE delivery system

17th September 2018

Two patients have been su...

TCT 2018: Infraredx to present results of the LRP study

17th September 2018

Results from the high...

TCT 2018: Corindus to feature the CorPath GRX system at conference

17th September 2018

Corindus Vascular Rob...

SCAI mourns past president Joseph D Babb

7th September 2018

The Society for Cardiovas...

BTG buys Novate Medical

7th September 2018

BTG has announced it has ...

Gore buys transcatheter mitral chordal repair technology

7th September 2018

Gore has acquired Pipelin...

First patients enrolled in trial of MobiusHD for drug-resistant hypertension

6th September 2018

Vascular Dynamics has...

ESC 2018: TMVI associated with “excellent outcomes” for valve-in-valve procedures

5th September 2018

New results from the ...

SIS Medical to launch three innovative balloon catheters

5th September 2018

SIS Medical is to launch ...

The number of metallic layers affects efficacy of drug-coated balloons for in-stent restenosis

5th September 2018

Hiroto Yabushita and ...

ESC 2018: More evidence that FFRCT is an effective approach for identifying patients who do not require further intervention

5th September 2018

Bjarne L Nørgaard (De...

Patients with new-onset atrial fibrillation after TAVI have highest risk of complications

5th September 2018

Amit N Vora (Duke Uni...

ESC 2018: First US FDA-approved study shows TAVI is safe for low-risk patients

31st August 2018

The LRT (Low Risk TAV...

ESC 2018: Novel imaging biomarker can predict risk of cardiac mortality

31st August 2018

Milind Desai (Cleveland C...

ESC 2018: Positive one-year results for Interatrial Shunt Device

31st August 2018

One-year follow-up data f...

ESC 2018: All-cause mortality in cardiogenic shock multivessel PCI only increased during first 30 days

31st August 2018

One-year data from the CU...

ESC 2018: Ticagrelor monotherapy approach does not challenge current DAPT approach

31st August 2018

The GLOBAL LEADERS tr...

ESC 2018: No difference in MACE between drug-coated balloons and drug-eluting stents for de novo lesions in small vessels

31st August 2018

The 12-months results of ...

ESC 2018: Higher all-cause mortality with Orsiro at five years than with Xience

31st August 2018

According to the five...

ADVERTORIAL: Rethinking the future of cardiology imaging

29th August 2018

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ESC 2018: MitraClip makes “absolutely no difference” for the prognosis of secondary mitral valve regurgitation

28th August 2018

The first randomised ...

Revising the National Coverage Determination for TAVI: The real barrier to care is not volume requirements

28th August 2018

Recently the Centers ...

ESC 2018: Greater use of PCI for high SYNTAX score patients may explain higher rate of all-cause death with FFR in FUTURE

28th August 2018

The final results of ...

Simultaneous TAVI and left atrial appendage closure is feasible

28th August 2018

Thomas S Gilhofer (Un...

ESC 2018: DAPT score “not generalisable” to a nationwide population

28th August 2018

A new study has found...

ESC 2018: Non-atherosclerotic spontaneous coronary artery dissection predominantly affects young to middle-aged women

28th August 2018

Data from the Canadia...

ESC 2018: British Heart Foundation to provide £30m for innovation in heart disease

28th August 2018

At the 2018 European ...

Cerner and Duke Clinical Research Institute collaborate on new app for calculating cardiac risk

28th August 2018

Cerner has collaborated w...

ESC 2018: Siemens Healthineers showcase Magnetom Sola Cardiovascular Edition

28th August 2018

At the 2018 European Soci...

ESC 2018: Cardioskin launched

28th August 2018

WeHealth, by Servier, has...

Bayer announces new licensed indication for use of Xarelto in patients with coronary artery disease

28th August 2018

Xarelto, co-administe...

Twenty thousand patients have now been treated with RenalGuard therapy

23rd August 2018

RenalGuard Solutions ...

More than 100,000 people now know hands-only CPR thanks to AHA programme

23rd August 2018

More than 100,000 peo...

Juan F Granada

22nd August 2018

Juan F Granada (presi...

ClearFlow awarded group purchasing agreement for the chest drainage products category with Premier

22nd August 2018

ClearFlow has been awarde...

Philips launches new cardiac ultrasound solutions with anatomical intelligence

22nd August 2018

Philips has introduced th...

Cardiovascular News Issue 50—August 2018 US edition

22nd August 2018

In this edition (Issue 50...

Cardiovascular News Issue 50—August 2018

22nd August 2018

In this edition (Issue 50...

ADVERTORIAL: Edwards’ CardiobandTM Tricuspid Valve Reconstruction System: A new option for under-treated patients

21st August 2018

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The risks and benefits of exercise after a myocardial infarction

21st August 2018

In a new position pap...

Novel Ultraseal device is a feasible option for left atrial appendage closure

21st August 2018

A feasibility study o...

Three-quarters of patients have sustained results at very long-term follow-up after percutaneous balloon mitral valve valvuloplasty

21st August 2018

Rafael A Meneguz-More...

$“No option” for revascularisation in refractory angina does not mean never$

“No option” for revascularisation in refractory angina does not mean never

21st August 2018

Data from OPTIMIST (O...

FDA sends letter warning about mortality and risks with the Syncardia TAH-t Companion 2 Driver

21st August 2018

The US FDA has sent a...

Enrolment in FAST-FFR trial completed early

21st August 2018

CathWorks has announc...

Chronic kidney disease should not be a barrier to TAVI

10th August 2018

The first study to co...

Re-evaluate use of anticoagulation in patients with atrial flutter

10th August 2018

A new study, publishe...

“Communication is key” when managing patients who seek discharge against medical advice

8th August 2018

Chun Shing Kwok (Keel...

Increased rate of acute myocardial infarction during pregnancy linked to increase in older mothers

8th August 2018

A new study published in ...

Female acute myocardial infarction patients experience worse outcomes when treated by male physicians

8th August 2018

Brad N Greenwood (Car...

“Tricuspidisation” could be a potential approach to performing TAVI in certain patients with bicuspid valves

8th August 2018

At present, a bicuspi...

Patient enrolment in US early feasibility study of Everdur TAVI device initiated

8th August 2018

JenaValve has announc...

PRECLUDE study of Caisson TMVI system concludes

8th August 2018

LivaNova has announced th...

Safety and efficacy results of REDUCE study published in International Journal of Cardiology

8th August 2018

The manuscript “Safet...

Boston Scientific closes acquisition of Claret Medical

3rd August 2018

Boston Scientific has ann...

New research links even low levels of air pollution with serious changes in the heart

3rd August 2018

Researchers have found th...

VisONE system for heart failure implanted for first time

2nd August 2018

VisCardia has announc...

CE mark and US FDA approval for RadialSeal introducer kit

2nd August 2018

Integer Holdings has ...

Infraredx launches Makoto intravascular imaging system and Dualpro IVUS+NIRS catheter in Japan

2nd August 2018

Infraredx has announc...

US FDA approval for SynchroMed II implantable system for treating pulmonary arterial hypertension

2nd August 2018

Medtronic has received US...

Bayer receives positive CHMP opinion for rivaroxaban for patients with coronary artery disease

2nd August 2018

The Committee for Medicin...

Invasive strategy provides better outcomes for very elderly patients with NSTEACS

27th July 2018

A study in EuroInterv...

Marital status may influence risk of cardiovascular outcomes after myocardial infarction

27th July 2018

Chun Wai Wong (Cardio...

On the fence result for initial CMS vote about TAVI volume requirements

27th July 2018

A Medicare Evidence D...

Abbott launches trial of its Tendyne transcatheter mitral valve implantation device

26th July 2018

Abbott has initiated ...

Siemens Healthineers transforms care delivery with innovative new tests for faster diagnosis of myocardial infarction

26th July 2018

Siemens Healthineers ...

Benefit of epinephrine in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest countered by its neurologic effects

26th July 2018

Data from PARAMEDIC2 ...

Nitroglycerin may be a safe, effective, and economic approach of reducing risk of radial arterial occlusion

26th July 2018

Yequn Chen (Departmen...

“Remote PCI” successfully performed 100 miles away from the cath lab

24th July 2018

Corindus Vascular Rob...

Advance CS coronary sinus infusion catheter used for the first time

24th July 2018

Cook Regentec has announc...

Boston Scientific to buy cerebral protection system company

20th July 2018

Boston Scientific has sig...

Reva’s Fantom scaffold is now being distributed in Italy

19th July 2018

Reva is expanding com...

“Wait-and-see” is not an option with the new device regulations

19th July 2018

The new EU Medical De...

Cardiovascular Systems signs international distribution agreement with OrbusNeich

19th July 2018

Cardiovascular System...

Societies launch joint report on TAVI

19th July 2018

The 2018 American Associa...

Creavo launches largest US study of its kind

19th July 2018

A new cardiac diagnos...

US FDA clearance for TEECAD system for aiding transoesophageal echocardiography

16th July 2018

Visura Technologies h...

MedShr: A physician-designed online platform for case discussion

16th July 2018

MedShr, which now has...

Leaflex Performer: A non-implant based treatment for aortic stenosis

16th July 2018

Given sufficient time...

MitraClip in moderate surgical risk patients

Next-generation of MitraClip approved for use in the USA

13th July 2018

Abbott has received a...

Consider the transaortic approach when faced with difficult iliofemoral anatomy

12th July 2018

The first propensity-...

Malnourished patients have a three-fold risk of mortality after aortic valve replacement

12th July 2018

New data from the FRA...

Funding for Neptune left ventricular assist device

12th July 2018

A press release repor...

CPT code for CathWorks’ 3D FFRangio wire free system

12th July 2018

CathWorks has receive...

Otsuka Medical Devices, Otsuak Holdings, and ReCor Medical to merge

12th July 2018

Otsuka Holdings, Otsu...

New way to regenerate hearts after myocardial infarction identified

12th July 2018

Researchers funded by...

ADVERTORIAL: Edwards Cardioband™ Mitral Valve Reconstruction System—Reliably addressing annular dilatation

12th July 2018

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The “absolute priority” is to develop onco-cardiology guidelines to help clinicians

12th July 2018

In a “Call to action”...

TVT 2018: New-generation TAVI devices perform well in patients with large annuli

12th July 2018

A new study indicates...

HeartWare HVAD system receives US FDA approval

12th July 2018

Medtronic has received ...

First-in-human implant of BeGrow stent performed in 24-day old baby

10th July 2018

A 24-day old infant has...

Cardiac Myosin-binding Protein C: Improving chest pain triage by using a novel marker of myocardial injury

9th July 2018

The diagnosis of acut...

Leaflet thrombosis is not a predictor of stroke or all-cause mortality in the medium term

9th July 2018

The largest study to ...

Corwave announces issuance of US Patent Covering its implantable left ventricular assist device leveraging the wave membrane technology

9th July 2018

CorWave has announced tha...

Cardiac hybrid imaging is an effective tool for predicting myocardial infarction

9th July 2018

According to a study publ...

FDA approves RADIANCE-II study of Paradise ultrasound denervation system

5th July 2018

The RADIANCE-II study...

Endotronix joins AHA’s Center for Health Technology & Innovation to broaden the use of guideline-based care for heart failure patients

29th June 2018

Endotronix has announced ...

Lexington Biosciences concludes initial HeartSentry clinical study

29th June 2018

Lexington Biosciences has...

PERT Consortium and BTG form strategic partnership

28th June 2018

BTG has announced a s...

Largest insurer in USA now covers HeartFlow Analysis

28th June 2018

HeartFlow has announc...

AorTech sign development agreement with Vascular Flow Technologies

28th June 2018

AorTech, a biomaterials a...

ACC’s ACTION registry to become Chest Pain—MI Registry

27th June 2018

The American College ...

TVT 2018: Tiara TMVI device featured in live case

27th June 2018

Neovasc announced tha...

Novel “smart stent” can tell physicians when restenosis is occurring

27th June 2018

Kenichi Takahata (Uni...

Third-generation drug-eluting stents and beyond: Where were we, where are we, and where we are heading

27th June 2018

Second-generation dru...

Carotid disease is not a risk factor for stroke or death in TAVI patients

27th June 2018

A new study, publishe...

ADVERTORIAL: ACURATE neo: A “very safe” TAVI system providing “extremely good results in almost all patients”

26th June 2018

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TVT 2018: Positive results for Manta large bore closure device

26th June 2018

Results from the SAFE...

One in five UK doctors say under staffing has affected patient safety

26th June 2018

The annual census of ...

Implantation of JenaValve successful in initial patients enrolled in CE mark study

22nd June 2018

JenaValve Technology ...

Bisexual men have more risk factors for cardiovascular disease

21st June 2018

According to a study ...

Physicians are more willing to tolerate uncertainty about coronary artery disease testing if risk of malpractice is less

21st June 2018

Steven Farmer (Center...

Advantage of guided de-escalation of dual antiplatelet therapy seen in younger patients

21st June 2018

A pre-specified analy...

First patient enrolled in phase II of REFLECT study of TriGuard 3

20th June 2018

Keystone Heart announ...

Ron Waksman

19th June 2018

Ron Waksman (MedStar ...

$US FDA approve EchoMD AutoEF software for calculating left ventricular ejection fraction$

US FDA approve EchoMD AutoEF software for calculating left ventricular ejection fraction

19th June 2018

Bay Labs has received...

$Caladrius receives FDA regenerative medicine advanced therapy designation for its CD34+ Cell therapy for refractory angina$

Caladrius receives FDA regenerative medicine advanced therapy designation for its CD34+ Cell therapy for refractory angina

19th June 2018

Caladrius has revealed th...

EuroPCR 2018: Study indicates “almost perfect agreement” between CT angiography and conventional angiography for revascularisation decisions

19th June 2018

A new study, SYNTAX I...

EuroPCR 2018: Both immediate and delayed approaches seem to work for transient STEMI patients

14th June 2018

A new study indicates...

Combination of high-sensitive C-reactive protein with logistic EuroSCORE improves risk stratification in TAVI patients

14th June 2018

According to Anja Stu...

EuroPCR 2018: Will SPYRAL-ON change my practice?

13th June 2018

In this PCR video, David ...

Consider patients’ risk of ischaemic stroke when choosing antiplatelet therapies after PCI

13th June 2018

New data from ADAPT-D...

EuroPCR 2018: Low incidence of cardiovascular mortality with Centera self-expanding valve at one year

12th June 2018

Hermann Reichenspurne...

Corindus receives Japanese PMDA approval for its CorPath GRX system

11th June 2018

Corindus Vascular Rob...

EuroPCR 2018: No significant difference in bioprosthetic valve dysfunction between surgical and TAVI devices at six years

11th June 2018

The NOTION trial (Nor...

Europe braces for harder times in medical device innovation while US FDA eases regulations

8th June 2018

Countries in the European...

EuroPCR 2018: Real-world data confirm trial outcomes for Sapien 3

8th June 2018

Thirty-day data prese...

Cardiology societies come together to provide key advice for dealing with ionising radiation

8th June 2018

The American College ...

EuroPCR 2018: FFR-guided PCI reduces spontaneous myocardial infarction

8th June 2018

Five-year data from F...

Looks do matter—patients claim what doctors wear is important

7th June 2018

According to a study ...

Cardiovascular News Issue 49—May 2018 US edition

6th June 2018

For our May 2018 edition ...

Cardiovascular News Issue 49—May 2018

6th June 2018

For our May 2018 edition ...

BCS 2018: Novel blood test for myocardial infarction could be used in portable device

6th June 2018

Data presented at the Bri...

Biomerics acquires FutureMatrix Interventional

6th June 2018

Biomerics has bought Futu...

US FDA classifies HeartWare HVAD power issues as a Class I recall

6th June 2018

The US FDA has classi...

EuroPCR 2018: New ORBITA analysis finds iFR/FFR values do not predict impact of PCI on exercise time

1st June 2018

New data from the ORB...

ADVERTORIAL: Sentinel Cerebral Protection System provides reassurance to both physicians and patients

31st May 2018

Compared with first-g...

EuroPCR 2018: Data confirms long-term safety and efficacy of Angiolite drug-eluting stent

31st May 2018

At EuroPCR (22 May–25...

EuroPCR 2018: PiCSO therapy reduces infarct size in acute myocardial infarction patients

31st May 2018

The clinical results ...

The European Commission authorise use of evolocumab to reduce risk of myocardial infarction in patients with established cardiovascular disease

31st May 2018

The European Commissi...

EuroPCR 2018: Interim nine-month results for Magnitude presented

31st May 2018

Amaranth Medical provided...

Positive clinical results from eCOBRA study

31st May 2018

CeloNova BioSciences ...

EuroPCR 2018: One- to two-year landmark analysis shows significantly lower target lesion failure with Orsiro vs. Resolute Integrity

31st May 2018

Two-year outcome data...

EuroPCR 2018: Strong early vessel healing with Resolute Onyx in one-month DAPT study

31st May 2018

Investigators unveile...

EuroPCR 2018: DIAB8 randomised study to compare Cre8 Evo with everolimus-eluting stents in diabetic patients

31st May 2018

Alvimedica unveiled the d...

ADVERTORIAL: Taking control of LDL-C when statin therapy is not enough

25th May 2018

This content is for distr...

Xience Sierra approved for use in USA

23rd May 2018

Abbott has announced ...

EuroPCR 2018: Further evidence for safety and efficacy of Magmaris bioresorbable scaffold

23rd May 2018

Data presented during...

EuroPCR 2018: Positive data for renal denervation reignites interest in field

23rd May 2018

After two studies ind...

EuroPCR 2018: Two studies provide support for HeartFlow Analysis

23rd May 2018

New data from the PACIFIC...

Intravascular Lithotripsy for coronary artery disease launched in Europe

22nd May 2018

Intravascular Lithotripsy...

“Excellent valvular function” with NaviGate’s GATE tricuspid valved stent at one year

22nd May 2018

A press release reports t...

Enrolment of US early feasibility study of AccuCinch system for left ventricular repair expanded

18th May 2018

Ancora Heart has anno...

EuroPCR 2018: Boston Scientific outlines its key presentations

18th May 2018

Boston Scientific Cor...

First patient treated in first-in-man study of ChordArt mitral valve repair system

18th May 2018

CoreMedic has announced t...

Use of Resolute Onyx to be explored for the treatment of bifurcation lesions

18th May 2018

Medtronic has announc...

EuroPCR 2018: First-in-human study of Leaflex Performer for aortic stenosis initiated

18th May 2018

Pi-Cardia has recently st...

Signal that left radial access reduces the risk of PCI-related stroke

18th May 2018

A new study shows tha...

CoreValve shows “favourable performance” at long-term follow-up

18th May 2018

Erik W Holy (Heart Ce...

Cardiac Dimensions appoints Matthew Stark as vice president of Clinical and Regulatory Affairs

11th May 2018

Cardiac Dimensions has ap...

Japan’s Ministry of Health Labour and Welfare grants national reimbursement for Xience Sierra

8th May 2018

Abbott has announced that...

Only 16% of patients participate in a formal exercise programme after cardiac hospitalisation

8th May 2018

According to a study ...

Cardioband becomes first-ever transcatheter tricuspid system to receive the CE mark

1st May 2018

Edwards Lifesciences ...

SCAI 2018: David A Cox becomes Society’s new president

30th April 2018

David A Cox, (Brookwood B...

SCAI 2018: 3D model could be used to predict paravalvular leak after TAVI

30th April 2018

A new study presented...

Ticagrelor may be an effective tool for suppressing platelet reactivity after TAVI

30th April 2018

Speaking at the 2018 ...

Non-emergent, uncomplicated target lesion revascularisation significantly increases mortality

30th April 2018

Patients who require ...

TMVI in inoperable patients is feasible but mortality high at one year

30th April 2018

One-year outcome data...

Terumo receives CE mark for Ultimaster Tansei drug-eluting stent

25th April 2018

Terumo has received t...

Take care from start to finish: Avoiding radial artery occlusion

18th April 2018

Root cause analysis of ra...

TAVI is increasingly seen as the preferred approach for aortic valve replacement in CABG patients

18th April 2018

A review of the trend...

From the heart of the Andes to the hearts of children

18th April 2018

Roberto Canessa is on...

Study to explore shortest-ever duration of triple therapy after PCI

18th April 2018

The COBRA REDUCE tria...

Intravascular lithotripsy: A novel technology for treating calcified coronary stenoses

18th April 2018

Intravascular lithotr...

Boston Scientific successfully opposes Edwards Lifesciences Corporation’s European patent EP 2,399,550 (550)

18th April 2018

According to a press ...

CE mark for HeartStitch’s transapical access and closure device

18th April 2018

A press release reports t...

Medtronic appoints Laura Mauri as vice president, Global Clinical Research & Analytics

18th April 2018

Medtronic has announced t...

Women are still less likely to receive high-intensity statin therapy after myocardial infarction

18th April 2018

New data show that, a...

Location of tricuspid regurgitation predicts procedural success of percutaneous edge-to-edge repair

13th April 2018

Supporting the result...

A third of patients do not disclose their use of complementary therapy to physicians

13th April 2018

A new study indicates...

GUIDE-HF trial to evaluate whether CardioMEMS can improve survival and quality of life for people with NYHA Class II–IV heart failure

13th April 2018

Abbott has initiated ...

Abiomed receives FDA approval for Impella CP with SmartAssist and Optical Sensor

13th April 2018

Abiomed has received ...

US FDA approves Cardioform septal occluder for PFO closure to prevent recurrent ischaemic stroke

13th April 2018

Following the results...

New trial of Symplicity Spyral approved

13th April 2018

Medtronic has announc...

Study of next-generation JenaValve device completes enrolment

13th April 2018

A press release repor...

CIT 2018: BIOFLOW-VI confirms non-inferiority of Orsiro to Xience

29th March 2018

Nine and 12-month dat...

Enrolment complete in CT imaging substudy of leaflet mobility with Sapien 3 in low-risk patients

29th March 2018

Edwards Lifesciences ...

First two patients enrolled in early feasibility study of second-generation Colibri valve

29th March 2018

Colibri Heart Valve h...

UK Court of Appeal dismisses Edwards Lifesciences’ appeal against Sapien 3 infringement ruling

29th March 2018

Acurate neo Bosto...

Rome hospital to participate in European DuraGraft registry

29th March 2018

The European Hospital in ...

Justin Davies

29th March 2018

Justin Davies (Imperi...

More non-cardiac death explains higher rate of post-PCI mortality in females

29th March 2018

According to a new st...

Evidence of substance abuse found in 10% of young myocardial infarction patients

29th March 2018

Data from the YOUNG-M...

Determining valve durability in the era of TAVI

16th March 2018

Transcatheter aortic ...

ACC 2018: Short-term DAPT after PCI in acute coronary syndrome patients is not safe

16th March 2018

Data from the SMART-D...

ACC 2018: Morphologic characteristics may determine benefit of percutaneous PFO closure

16th March 2018

A new study—presented at ...

ADVERTORIAL: “All patients” should receive cerebral protection when undergoing TAVI procedures

16th March 2018

Data indicate that patien...

Enrolment complete in BIOSTEMI study

16th March 2018

Biotronik has announc...

ACC 2018: Using iFR over FFR saves US$896 per patient per year

16th March 2018

Economic data from the DE...

ACC 2018: Five-year data for CoreValve show strong haemodynamic performance

16th March 2018

New data from the Cor...

FDA approves the world’s smallest mechanical heart valve

16th March 2018

The US FDA has approv...

ACC 2018: Four-step protocol improves outcomes in STEMI patients and eliminates gender disparities

16th March 2018

Umesh Khot (Cleveland Cli...

ACC 2018: Alirocumab reduces cardiovascular events in high-risk patients

16th March 2018

The ODYSSEY OUTCOMES tria...

ACC 2018: C Michael Valentine become new president of the American College of Cardiology

16th March 2018

C Michael Valentine i...

Sapphire II PRO becomes US’s first and only 1mm coronary balloon

2nd March 2018

Cardiovascular System...

HeartFlow enters into licensing agreement with Cedars-Sinai for AutoPlaque technology

2nd March 2018

HeartFlow has entered int...

Cardiogenic shock patients would benefit the most from reducing contact-to-balloon time

2nd March 2018

Data from the FITT-ST...

“Favourable” in-hospital outcomes for younger patients undergoing TAVI

2nd March 2018

Registry data for you...

Myocardial infarction patients may benefit from having anxiety

28th February 2018

Karl-Heinz Ladwig (Te...

CE mark for 2.5mm Fantom Encore bioresorbable scaffold

27th February 2018

According to a press ...

New “Corrie” app may reduce readmissions after myocardial infarction

27th February 2018

According to a study pres...

Following FDA approval, Resolute Onyx 2mm becomes smallest stent on US market

26th February 2018

Designed specifically...

Cardiovascular News Issue 48—March 2018 US edition

21st February 2018

In this edition of Cardio...

Cardiovascular News Issue 48—March 2018

21st February 2018

In this edition of Cardio...

FDA releases final rule on acceptance of data from clinical investigations for medical devices

20th February 2018

The Food and Drug Adm...

Edwards’ self-expanding Centera TAVI valve now on European market

16th February 2018

Edwards Lifesciences has ...

Short-term DAPT is feasible for patients undergoing percutaneous LAA closure

15th February 2018

Felix Weise (Cardioan...

New-onset atrial fibrillation after CABG significantly increases the risk of death and stroke in left main patients

15th February 2018

New data from the EXC...

Fifty US centres are now using Claret Medical’s Sentinel cerebral protection system

15th February 2018

Since it received FDA...

Abiomed receives expanded FDA approve for high-risk PCI procedures

15th February 2018

Abiomed has received ...

First patient enrolled in trial reviewing 28-day DAPT with Xience

15th February 2018

The first patient has...

LivaNova to buy TandemLife

15th February 2018

LivaNova has entered into...

Patient enrolment at UK sites of European DuraGraft registry initiated

15th February 2018

Somahlution has announced...

American College of Cardiology expand programme to lower readmission rates after myocardial infarction

8th February 2018

According to an Ameri...

$Ticagrelor significantly reduces the risk of MACE in myocardial infraction patients with multivessel disease$

Ticagrelor significantly reduces the risk of MACE in myocardial infraction patients with multivessel disease

7th February 2018

A new subanalysis of ...

BioVentrix now has 2018 NUB Reimbursement Status 1 in Germany for its Revivent TC system

7th February 2018

BioVentrix has announ...

ISET 2018: OPTALYSE PE trial reinforces safety and efficacy of EKOS therapy

6th February 2018

BTG reported that the OPT...

Stress response may be reason for link between traffic noise and cardiovascular disease

6th February 2018

Thomas Munzel (Department...

Siemens Healthineers and Circle Cardiovascular Imaging announce joint development plan for MRI application products

6th February 2018

At the 2018 Joint EuroCMR...

More than 185 million patients now have access to HeartFlow FFRct

2nd February 2018

HeartFlow has reveale...

Depression significantly increases mortality after aortic valve replacement

31st January 2018

Data from the FRALITY...

Laboratory-confirmed influenza significantly increases the risk of acute myocardial infarction

31st January 2018

Jeffrey C Kwong (Inst...

Key interventional cardiologists come together to form medical advisory board for robotics company

30th January 2018

Robocath—a company th...

US FDA grants BioCardia IDE approval for the CardiAMP chronic myocardial ischaemia trial

30th January 2018

BioCardia has announced t...

First patient enrolled in Tryton post-approval study

25th January 2018

According to a press ...

Corindus Vascular Robotic to co-sponsor courses on transradial coronary interventions

25th January 2018

Corindus Vascular Rob...

Telemark microcatheter receives US FDA approval

25th January 2018

Surmodics has received US...

Patients who have an in-hospital cardiac arrest at the weekend continue to have worse outcomes

25th January 2018

Uchenna R Ofoma (Geis...

Boston Scientific enters into an acquisition option agreement with Millipede

24th January 2018

Boston Scientific has...

Japanese Ministry of Health approve Biotronik’s Orsiro drug-eluting stent

22nd January 2018

According to a Biotro...

ESC 2018: Society calls for abstract submissions for its next congress

19th January 2018

The European Society of C...

Prediabetes significantly increases risk of events after PCI

19th January 2018

An all-comers study o...

Next-day discharge appears safe for TAVI patients without in-hospital complications

19th January 2018

Patients who undergo ...

Nearly 25% of chronic ischaemic heart disease patients dead or hospitalised in six months

17th January 2018

Nearly a q...

First US commercial implants of Elunir drug-eluting stent performed

16th January 2018

Cordis and Medinol ha...

Mayo Clinic using robot-assisted PCI for preclinical study on “telestenting”

12th January 2018

Corindus Vascular Rob...

First patient enrolled in OPTIMIZE study of Svelte drug-eluting stent integrated delivery system and rapid exchange platforms

12th January 2018

The Christ Hospital, Lind...

Second myocardial infarction twice as likely to occur non-culprit artery than in culprit artery

12th January 2018

The results of PRECLU...

First-in-human implantation of the Cordella pulmonary artery pressure sensor performed

9th January 2018

Endotronix has announ...

Acarix announces start of multicentre trial for handheld CADScor system

9th January 2018

Acarix started the in...

Sixty-day follow-up for the MANTA US pivotal trial completed

9th January 2018

Essential Medical has...

Team-centred approach is best way of determining need for PFO closure

8th January 2018

A meta-analysis, publ...

Miracor Medical raises €25M to support clinical and prepare commercial activities

5th January 2018

Miracor Medical Syste...

Recommendations for the use of embolic protection devices during saphenous vein graft intervention may need revising

5th January 2018

A meta-analysis—publi...

Modifying procedural technique during TAVI may lower radiation exposure to patients

5th January 2018

Andrew Goldsweig (Div...

Promising results for RenalGuard in heart failure patients

3rd January 2018

According to a press ...

London’s Science Museum honours 50 years of heart transplants

15th December 2017

The Science Museum (L...

Health Care Service Corporation deem that FFRCT may be a “medically necessary” procedure for guiding coronary interventions

15th December 2017

HeartFlow has announc...

Janssen seeks approval for rivaroxaban to be used to reduce cardiac events

13th December 2017

Janssen has submitted...

Apple and Stanford Medicine launch app-based arrhythmia study

11th December 2017

Apple has launched the Ap...

M Lewis Kinard appointed as executive vice president, general counsel and assistant corporate secretary of the AHA

11th December 2017

The American Heart As...

Philips acquires cloud-based population health management solution provider VitalHealth

11th December 2017

Philips has acquired Vita...

Edwards Lifesciences acquires Harpoon Medical

Harpoon Medical acquired by Edwards

8th December 2017

Edwards Lifesciences Corp...

ICI 2017: Novel transcatheter mitral valve wins Best Technology Parade Presentation

7th December 2017

4C Medical Technologies h...

Acute iFR evaluation may be a valid approach for ruling out non-culprit lesions in STEMI patients

7th December 2017

The iSTEMI study, pub...

Pollution may derail benefits of walking in older adults

6th December 2017

Fan Chung (National H...

Global survey indicates that patients with type 2 diabetes underestimate their risk of cardiovascular disease

6th December 2017

According to the inte...

“Vast majority” of young myocardial infarction patients do not meet criteria for statin therapy prior to event

5th December 2017

Avinainder Singh (Bri...

STEMI patients at highest risk are less likely to receive optimal medical therapy

5th December 2017

Data from the regiona...

EpicHeart soft-robotic heart assist device wins innovation award

5th December 2017

CorInnova has been aw...

TCT 2017: The HREVS study provides supportive evidence for the hybrid revascularisation approach

5th December 2017

The HREVS (Hybrid cor...

TCT 2017: FAME 2 provides support for PCI in stable disease after ORBITA

5th December 2017

Following ORBITA, whi...

Evolocumab becomes first PCSK9 inhibitor to be approved for use in the USA to prevent myocardial infarction

4th December 2017

The US FDA has approv...

TCT 2017: Advances in device technology needed to improve outcomes with Absorb

1st December 2017

Data from the ABSORB ...

Artificial intelligence is being explored as a new tool for diagnosing coronary artery disease

1st December 2017

We are witnessing a new e...

Report calls for US to prioritise health resources towards diagnosing and diseases like cardiovascular disease

1st December 2017

A report—modified from US...

Elunir drug-eluting stent approved for use in the USA

30th November 2017

Cordis and Medinol ha...

Inhaled Xenon plus hypothermia may reduce myocardial injury after an out-of-hospital-cardiac arrest

29th November 2017

NeuroproteXeon has announ...

China’s first human implantation of a retrievable TAVI device successfully completed

29th November 2017

The first human impla...

“We really believe that the transradial approach is a better way to do cardiac catheterisations”

29th November 2017

The Society for Cardi...

Interventional cardiology in the Twitterverse

29th November 2017

The past few years ha...

Boston Scientific pushes back plans for commercialisation of Lotus Edge TAVI device

29th November 2017

Boston Scientific has...

US patients have had more preventive care for cardiovascular disease under the Affordable Care Act

27th November 2017

Joseph Ladapo (David Geff...

TCT 2017: TMVI in mitral ring is a reasonable alternative for high-risk patients

27th November 2017

Data from the MITRAL ...

TCT 2017: Vivek Reddy on the final outcomes of PREVAIL and PROTECT-AF

23rd November 2017

Boston Scientific has...

Francesco Maisano

22nd November 2017

Francesco Maisano (Un...

AHA 2017: Widely used approach for preventing renal complications after angiography does not provide benefit

22nd November 2017

Data from PRESERVE (P...

AHA 2017: Novel transcatheter therapy for heart failure shows promise in sham-controlled trial

22nd November 2017

Primary results from ...

Creavo wins two awards for its cardiac imaging device

16th November 2017

Creavo Medi...

A bold new study could alter the orbit of elective PCI

16th November 2017

The ORBITA (Objective...

AHA 2017: Nutty eating habits may lower the risk of cardiovascular disease

15th November 2017

A study published in the ...

AHA 2017: First patients enrolled in trial of IASD system for heart failure

15th November 2017

Corvia Medical has enroll...

Precommercialisation of Serpentis drug-eluting stent announced

15th November 2017

Stentys has announced the...

New study shows significant clinical workflow and staff experience benefits of Azurion image-guided therapy platform

14th November 2017

Philips has announced...

AHA 2017: Fun in the bedroom is unlikely to cause a sudden cardiac arrest

13th November 2017

Data published, as a ...

Neovasc receive approval to initiate COSIRA-II IDE clinical trial

9th November 2017

Neovasc has received appr...

TCT 2017: Sham-controlled trial raises doubts about benefit of angiography-guided PCI for stable angina

8th November 2017

ORBITA (Objective ran...

TCT 2017: Study challenges recommendations on the management of cardiogenic shock

8th November 2017

Advice on percutaneou...

MitraClip becomes first approved device for transcatheter mitral valve repair in Japan

8th November 2017

Abbott has announced ...

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services finalise a new technology ambulatory payment classification for HeartFlow

8th November 2017

HeartFlow has announc...

TCT 2017: Elixir reveals new drug-eluting stent

8th November 2017

Elixir Medical unveil...

TCT 2017: Pooled analysis of Magmaris studies continue to show no instances of scaffold thrombosis at 12 months

8th November 2017

Data presented during...

TCT 2017: Next-generation FFR system launched

8th November 2017

Acist has announced the g...

TCT 2017: No advantage with extending dual antiplatelet therapy beyond six months in STEMI patients

7th November 2017

The primary results f...

Edwards PCR London Valves TNT symposium summary: reviewing the impact from 2017 ESC/EACTS Guidelines for the Management of Valvular Heart Disease

3rd November 2017

In this video, hear how k...

TCT 2017: Fantom bioresorbable scaffold continues to show positive outcomes at two years

2nd November 2017

The Fantom bioresorba...

TCT 2017: Two studies support feasibility of transcatheter mitral valve implantation

2nd November 2017

Early experiences wit...

TCT 2017: No role for bare metal stents to reduce duration of dual antiplatelet therapy in older patients

1st November 2017

Olivier Varenne (Hôpi...

TCT 2017: TAVI “should be the preferred strategy” for patients at intermediate-risk

31st October 2017

David Cohen (Saint Lu...

TCT 2017: New data for CoreValve Evolut further support its use in intermediate-risk patients

31st October 2017

New clinical research, ...

TCT 2017: Combo dual-therapy stent is non-inferior to Xience at one year

31st October 2017

New results from the HA...

Xience Sierra is now on European market

30th October 2017

The CE mark has been ...

TCT 2017: Data for novel cardiac imaging technology unveiled

30th October 2017

New data from the ongoing...

Cardiovascular News Issue 47 – November 2017 US edition

30th October 2017

Highlights: SPYRAL H...

Cardiovascular News Issue 47 – November 2017

30th October 2017

Highlights: SPYRAL H...

TCT 2017: AI-driven cardiac ultrasound company to give two presentations

27th October 2017

Bay Labs, a medical techn...

First year after a myocardial infarction poses more risks for women

27th October 2017

A team at the Technical U...

US FDA 510(k) clearance for its Nova Cross Extreme and Nova Cross BTK Micro catheter for support of guidewire access to discrete regions of the coronary and peripheral vasculature

27th October 2017

Nitiloop has received FDA...

Cobra PzF nano-coated stent now being studied with 14-day DAPT in patients at high risk of bleeding

27th October 2017

The US FDA has approved t...

Heart valve replacement surgery may not be a morning procedure

27th October 2017

David Montaigne (Univ...

Controlling blood pressure may help to prevent mitral regurgitation

26th October 2017

A new study indicates...

Non beta-blocker therapies are infrequently used in patients experiencing angina after PCI

25th October 2017

Data from the TRANSLA...

Combing intravascular ultrasound with multispectral fluorescence lifetime imaging may provide comprehensive insights into lesion formation

25th October 2017

In Scientific Reports...

TCT 2017: Boston Scientific reveals presentations at conference

24th October 2017

Boston Scientific has...

Claret Medical closes on series C financing of US$14.5m

23rd October 2017

Claret Medical has an...

First patient implanted with Intrepid TMVI device in APOLLO trial

23rd October 2017

The first patient in ...

Second successful implant of minimally invasive annuloplasty system announced

23rd October 2017

Micro Interventional has ...

Boston Scientific advert

20th October 2017

Everolimus-Eluting Pl...

Myocardial infarction survivors more likely to use “emotion-focused” strategies to cope with stress

20th October 2017

Data presented at the...

“Neurocardiologists” could treat acute ischaemic stroke patients when a neurointerventionalist is not available

18th October 2017

Thomas Haldis (Sanfor...

Fantom bioresorbable scaffold implanted for first time in Switzerland

18th October 2017

Reva Medical has anno...

TCT 2017: Elixir Medical to reveal “a game-changing metallic drug-eluting stent platform”

18th October 2017

Elixir Medical has reveal...

Cardiology societies come together to provide new assessment options for subspecialities

17th October 2017

The American College ...

Coronary angiography after TAVI with a self-expanding valve is challenging but feasible

17th October 2017

A new study indicates...

Creavo Medical Technologies receives US FDA 510(k) approval for Vitalscan

17th October 2017

The US FDA has grante...

Relatively few chronic kidney disease patients require dialysis after TAVI

17th October 2017

James W Hansen (Lahey...

US doctors urged to take action on gun violence

17th October 2017

Garen Wintemute (Viol...

PCRLV 2017: New ESC guidelines for valvular heart disease represent a new era in TAVI

13th October 2017

Bernard Prendergast (Depa...

First patient enrolled in Frontier IV clinical trial of PerQseal large arteriotomy closure technology

13th October 2017

Vivasure Medical has ...

TCT 2017: Alec Vahanian to receive the Master Clinical Operator award

13th October 2017

The Geoffrey O. Hartzler ...

Study demonstrates feasibility and safety of RenalGuard of reducing risk of acute kidney injury in CABG patients

13th October 2017

A first-in-man, feasi...

CADScor system shown at the German Heart Days meeting

13th October 2017

Acarix AB has present...

Analysis of LAA closure devices reveals post-approval spike in safety events

13th October 2017

A retrospec...

Pamela B Morris to be next American College of Cardiology scientific session vice chair

11th October 2017

Pamela B Morris has b...

Enrolment in BIOVITESSE trial of polymer-free coronary stent initiated

11th October 2017

Biotronik has announced t...

Data for NobleStitch EL suture based closure system presented at CSI UCSF Congress

11th October 2017

At CSI UCSF Congress, Ach...

Thomas F Lüscher becomes director of education, research and development at Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Foundation Trust

11th October 2017

Thomas Lüscher has be...

EACTS 2017: Vascular Graft Solutions to hold symposium on venous external support

6th October 2017

Vascular Graft Soluti...

No significant differences in post TAVI outcomes between African Americans and Caucasians

5th October 2017

Fahad Alqahtani (Divi...

First patient enrolled in US arm of ALIVE pivotal clinical trial

5th October 2017

BioVentrix has announ...

Essential Medical completes enrolment in US IDE trial of Manta

5th October 2017

Essential Medical has ann...

First procedure performed in Rox Medical’s CONTROL HTN-2 clinical trial

5th October 2017

The first patient was tre...

Missing out on breakfast may increase risk of atherosclerosis

5th October 2017

A study published in ...

Sirolimus-coated balloon “may represent a new approach to treating in-stent restenosis”

5th October 2017

Stefan Verheye (Antwerp C...

Delayed diagnosis affects women’s treatment for heart disease

29th September 2017

Factors such as delayed d...

BioCardia phase III CardiAMP trial passes interim safety analysis

29th September 2017

The independent Data ...

Medtronic HeartWare HVAD approved for destination therapy

29th September 2017

The US Food and Drug ...

Enrolment completed in US pivotal clinical study of Cardioform ASD Occluder

29th September 2017

Gore has completed en...

PCR LV 2017: Refining implantation technique and device iterations may improve pacemaker rate seen with Lotus

28th September 2017

New data from REPRISE...

Bioresorbable valves: Insights into a potential game-changing technology

27th September 2017

The burden of cardiovascu...

From SYMPLICITY HTN-1 to SPYRAL HTN-OFF MED: The story of renal denervation

27th September 2017

It is now almost a de...

US FDA accepts PMA application for TherOx’ SSO2

27th September 2017

The US Food and Drug Admi...

US FDA approves coronary indication for ReFlow’s Wingman

27th September 2017

ReFlow Medical has receiv...

FDA issues class I recall for Spectranetics’ Bridge occlusion balloon catheter

26th September 2017

Spectranetics has rec...

Philippe Généreux appointed chief medical officer of Saranas

26th September 2017

Saranas has announced the...

New performance and quality measures for treating heart attack patients

26th September 2017

The American College of C...

Optiflow arterial cannulae family launched onto the USA

26th September 2017

LivaNova has received...

iVascular’s drug-eluting stent and drug-eluting balloon now available for sale in India

25th September 2017

iVascular SLU has receive...

American College of Cardiology says that reforms to US healthcare come at “expense of bipartisan negotiations”

21st September 2017

The president of the ...

FORWARD PRO clinical study to evaluate longer term performance of CoreValve Evolut Pro

21st September 2017

A new post-market cli...

FDA grants Abiomed pre-market approval for is Impella RP for right heart failure

21st September 2017

Abiomed has received ...

Direct stenting with drug-eluting stents may be associated with better outcomes

21st September 2017

Marco A Magalhaes (De...

Three studies support efficacy of PFO closure for reducing risk of recurrent stroke

21st September 2017

The results of CLOSE,...

Cancer history influences treatment of myocardial infarction

21st September 2017

Dragana Radovanovic (...

Creavo’s Vitalscan “rule out” technology on show at EUSEM

20th September 2017

A new scanning device...

Re-interventions common in long-term Fontan procedure survivors

20th September 2017

Among patients who un...

Average age and income of US cardiologists on the rise

20th September 2017

According to a new survey...

PCR LV 2017: The optimal modalities for imaging for mitral and tricuspid valve interventions

19th September 2017

As the field of struc...

CardiAMP Heart Failure trial to further evaluate use of regenerative therapy in heart failure patients

19th September 2017

BioCardia has revealed th...

Carag completes CE marking for its breakthrough Carag bioresorbable septal occluder

19th September 2017

Carag has announced t...

FDA grants 510(k) clearance to Fysicon’s QMAPP haemodynamic monitoring system

19th September 2017

Fysicon has announced...

All-comers data indicate stroke-free survival is improved with Sentinel embolic protection device

15th September 2017

Jochen Wöhrle (Depart...

Caucasians have a higher incidence of an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest but risk of death is higher in African Americans.

15th September 2017

There is a lack of su...

New meta-analysis finds RenalGuard reduces all-cause mortality in patients undergoing cardiac interventions

15th September 2017

Anand Prasad (Departm...

Edwards Lifesciences’ Alterra adaptive prestent device used for first time to treat a malformed pulmonary valve

14th September 2017

Evan Zahn (Guerin Family ...

ESC 2017: Further decreasing mortality after STEMI will be difficult

14th September 2017

According to results ...

ADVERT: Edwards SAPIEN 3 Transcatheter Heart Valve

13th September 2017

Patients. Our mission...

TCT 2017: Cardiovascular Research Foundation announces late-breaking trials and first-report investigations

13th September 2017

The Cardiovascular Re...

Neovasc provides Tiara clinical update

13th September 2017

Neovasc has provided ...

First patient enrolled in PRECISION GRX registry

13th September 2017

Corindus Vascular Rob...

New literature review highlights that Perceval sutureless aortic valve is safe

12th September 2017

Corey Adams (Health S...

Court of Dusseldorf grants Alvimedica an injunction against A B Handels GmBH

11th September 2017

Alvimedica has announ...

ESC 2017: Post-TAVI clinical leaflet thrombosis is “infrequently reported” but is a serious adverse event

11th September 2017

Of 5,691 adverse even...

ESC 2017: More evidence that supplemental oxygen in normoxic patients with suspected myocardial infarction does not provide benefit

11th September 2017

Data from DET02X-AMI ...

“Low commercial sales” prompt Abbott to pull the plug on selling Absorb

8th September 2017

Abbott has announced ...

Minimally invasive annuloplasty has been used to successfully perform bicuspidisation of a tricuspid valve

8th September 2017

Micro Interventional Devi...

ESC 2017: Alternative strategies needed for treating stenotic lesions in saphenous vein grafts

7th September 2017

The recent DIVA (Drug...

ESC 2017: CABG is the “preferred strategy” for multivessel revascularisation in patients with type 1 diabetes

7th September 2017

Data from a nationwide ob...

Good care means ensuring patients are thoroughly informed

5th September 2017

In 2010, Harlan M Kru...

ProtEmbo cerebral protection system used for first time

5th September 2017

The ProtEmbo cerebral...

American societies come together to publish appropriate use criteria for valvular heart disease

5th September 2017

The American College of C...

Cardiovascular News Issue 46 – September 2017 US edition

4th September 2017

To mark angioplasty’s rub...

Cardiovascular News Issue 46 – September 2017

4th September 2017

To mark angioplasty's rub...

C Michael Gibson

4th September 2017

C Michael Gibson (Car...

The ATI score: A new tool to triage novel treatments in patients with myocardial infarction

4th September 2017

Mechanical reperfusio...

The need to determine the relevance of stent malapposition

4th September 2017

Despite a constant ev...

Ruby anniversary: 1977 – A remarkable year for kings and queens

4th September 2017

History was made on 16 Se...

ESC 2017: Young cardiologists discuss highlights of congress

4th September 2017

In this video from the Eu...

Abbott’s Full MagLev HeartMate 3 LVAD receives FDA approval

4th September 2017

The FDA has approved ...

ESC 2017: MobiusHD implant shown to reduce resistant hypertension

4th September 2017

The European results ...

A 52mm tricuspid valve successfully implanted into a transplanted heart

4th September 2017

The Gate catheter-guided ...

ESC 2017: Rivaroxaban significantly lowers risk of stroke, cardiovascular death, and myocardial infarction in patients with coronary artery disease

4th September 2017

The COMPASS study, wh...

Global agreement between Philips and HeartFlow announced

4th September 2017

Philips and HeartFlow...

ESC 2017: Subanalysis of PEGASUS shows ticagrelor reduces cardiovascular death by 29% in patients with prior myocardial infarction

4th September 2017

A new subanalysis fro...

US trial to evaluate safety and efficacy of Amplatzer for patent ductus arteriosus

4th September 2017

Abbott has initiated ...

Several barriers need to be overcome to make “telestenting” feasible

1st September 2017

A robotic system for ...

ESC 2017: Hexacath’s titanium-nitride-oxide coated stent matches Boston Scientific’s Synergy for acute coronary syndrome

1st September 2017

During a late-breakin...

ESC 2017: Best-practice PCI outperforms conventional PCI in patients with de novo three-vessel disease

1st September 2017

The SYNTAX II study h...

ESC 2017: SPYRAL HTN-OFF MED provides “proof of principle” that renal denervation works

1st September 2017

Results from SPYRAL H...

ESC 2017: Significantly lower event rates with Orsiro than with Xience

1st September 2017

Results fro...

ESC 2017: Case builds for dropping aspirin from triple therapy in atrial fibrillation patients post PCI

1st September 2017

The RE-DUAL PCI trial...

ADVERT: Patients have to trust that if I were in their shoes, I wouldn’t do anything differently.

22nd August 2017

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US FDA clears Biostable’s HAART 200 bicuspid aortic valve repair annuloplasty device

21st August 2017

BioStable Science &am...

“Singheart” offers step towards heart regeneration

21st August 2017

New research has disc...

Heart failure patient and clinician risk perceptions differ drastically

21st August 2017

Physicians identified a m...

Medtronic to undertake global randomised clinical trial of one-month DAPT in Resolute Onyx patients

16th August 2017

Medtronic has announc...

HeartFlow FFRct Analysis receives four Blue Cross Shield endorsements

11th August 2017

Four Blue Cross Shiel...

Marijuana use associated with three-fold risk of death from hypertension

11th August 2017

Marijuana use is associat...

LivaNova’s Perceval sutureless valve awarded Centers for Medicare and Medicaid add-on payment

11th August 2017

LivaNova’s Perceval s...

Social inequality may impact adult cardiovascular risk before birth

11th August 2017

Children from socially an...

Novel mitral regurgitation therapy featured in Innovation Summit at Cardiovascular Innovations

3rd August 2017

4C Medical Technologies h...

Medtronic’s Avalus pericardial valve receives CE mark and FDA approval

3rd August 2017

Medtronic has announc...

SHS invests in heart valve-repair start-up CoreMedic

3rd August 2017

SHS Gesellschaft für Bete...

Pneumonia or sepsis increases risk of cardiovascular disease in first year by six fold

2nd August 2017

Scott Montgomery (Öre...

Absorb prompts Boston Scientific to rethink its bioresorbable scaffold programme

2nd August 2017

According to the US n...

Keystone Heart accelerate trials for third-generation of its TriGuard device

2nd August 2017

Keystone Heart has an...

CE mark for CoreValve Evolut Pro

31st July 2017

Medtronic has receive...

Merit Medical partners with world-renown interventional cardiologist to deliver transradial course

31st July 2017

Merit Medical will partne...

2 Heart Research UK funds UCL research to improve baby congenital heart disease diagnosis

28th July 2017

National charity, Hea...

Ruby anniversary: The key revolutions of the past 40 years

26th July 2017

Advances in materials...

New study to evaluate safety of three-month DAPT with Xience in high bleeding risk patients

26th July 2017

A new study, XIENCE S...

American College of Cardiology says it opposes US healthcare reform

26th July 2017

The American College ...

Roxwood Medical announces agreement with Abbott for distribution of products in USA

26th July 2017

Roxwood Medical has e...

French doctors revise emergency plans to better deal with terrorism

25th July 2017

In a Viewpoint publis...

New PET-CT scan improves detection of sarcoidosis secondary to cardiac

25th July 2017

Using a new imaging techn...

Millipede 50mm annuloplasty ring used in first cases

25th July 2017

Millipede has announc...

European Medicines Agency issues positive opinion for rivaroxaban

25th July 2017

The Committee for Medicin...

4C Medical receives over US$8 million financing for transcatheter mitral regurgitation treatment

24th July 2017

4C Medical has received a...

Black people do not have a higher rate of mortality one year after PCI

21st July 2017

Taisei Kobayashi (Cor...

Orodispersible tablets of ticagrelor now available in the UK

20th July 2017

AstraZeneca has announced...

Health Canada approves a high-dose bolus regimen of tirofiban

20th July 2017

Cardiome Pharma has a...

Philips adds to list of recent acquisitions by buying TomTec

20th July 2017

Philips has signed an agr...

Some plant-based diets associated with higher risk of heart disease

18th July 2017

Plant-based diets are rec...

Study finds that initiatives to improve medication adherence after myocardial infarction do not work

14th July 2017

Kevin G Volpp (Center...

EuroPCR 2017: A “golden era” for valve disease therapies

14th July 2017

At this year’s EuroPC...

Embolic protection device company raises US$5million in series B financing for advanced device development and initiation of US clinical activities

12th July 2017

Innovative Cardiovasc...

First myocardial infarction more likely to be fatal in black people

11th July 2017

Monika Safford (John J Ku...

Cardiovascular drugs behind almost a quarter of medication error-related serious medical outcomes

11th July 2017

Every 21 seconds someone ...

Meta-Analysis compares the safety and efficacy of S-DAPT and L-DAPT at two years

11th July 2017

Researchers have evaluate...

GE Healthcare and HeartFlow announce global collaboration

11th July 2017

GE Healthcare and Hea...

Sildenafil-coated stent may help prevent blood clots and restenosis

11th July 2017

A stent coated with s...

Radical changes required to ensure US women receive optimal healthcare

11th July 2017

Radical changes to our he...

CoreValve Evolut can be used to treat intermediate-risk patients in the USA

10th July 2017

Medtronic has announc...

Essential Frailty Toolset may be best assessment of frailty for aortic stenosis patients

7th July 2017

Jonathan Afilalo (Div...

Medtronic releases Resolute Onyx drug-eluting stent in Japan

7th July 2017

Medtronic will releas...

AMA issues unique Category III Current Procedural Terminology codes for HeartFlow FFRct

6th July 2017

The American Medical ...

FDA approve “first-in-class” resilient surgical valve

5th July 2017

Edwards Lifesciences ...

First German order for Acarix’ CADScore system

5th July 2017

A private cardiology ...

Unique 3D-printed heart valves could reduce TAVI paravalvular leakage rates

5th July 2017

Researchers at Georgia In...

Shingles associated with stroke and heart attack

3rd July 2017

Contracting shingles,...

NHS hospital failed to comply with UK law when it gave data to Google DeepMind

3rd July 2017

The UK’s Information ...

CSI 2017: Global postmarket surveillance study to explore use of LAmbre LAA closure system

3rd July 2017

LifeTech, at the 2017 Con...

Europace 2017: Breast implants may lead to false heart attack diagnosis

3rd July 2017

Breast implants may d...

Obamacare health insurance expansion linked to fewer cardiac arrests

3rd July 2017

A sudden catastrophic los...

Further data to support use of new-generation drug-eluting stents in women

3rd July 2017

A new study from the Wome...

Nearly one in 10 US TAVI procedures is off label but results seem acceptable

3rd July 2017

Ravi S Hira (Section ...

Simple but effective animation shows difference between a MI and a cardiac arrest

30th June 2017

The British Heart Foundat...

New hybrid operating room at Getinge Experience Center in Germany

30th June 2017

Getinge has announced the...

Haemodynamic support with Impella 2.5 heart pump significantly improves survival when initiated prior to PCI

30th June 2017

A study pub...

First European patient enrolled in study of percutaneous tricuspid repair system

29th June 2017

Mitralign has announced t...

Philips to acquire Spectranetics “to accelerate expansion” in its image-guided therapy devices

28th June 2017

Philips and Spectranetics...

EuroPCR 2017: Study provides “first step” towards showing long-term durability of TAVI devices

28th June 2017

New data presented, b...

Patients benefit from participating in clinical trials

27th June 2017

With our population r...

Childhood asthma may lead to thickening of left ventricle in adulthood

26th June 2017

Young adults with a histo...

Teleflex’s Vascular Solutions issues recall of Venture catheters

26th June 2017

A worldwide recall of Ven...

Phase III Novartis study shows canakinumab reduces cardiovascular risk in heart attack survivors

26th June 2017

Novartis has announced to...

EuroPCR 2017: No risk factor identified for early stroke events in SURTAVI trial

23rd June 2017

A review of...

Nearly half of US women unaware that heart disease is their primary killer

23rd June 2017

Women and their physician...

Negative late lumen loss at 24 months for TriReme Chocolate Heart

22nd June 2017

TriReme Medical, a su...

Study confirms that volume matters for achieving lower in-hospital mortality after TAVI

22nd June 2017

A study, published in...

Italian boy becomes youngest patient bridged to transplant with the SynCardia Total Artificial Heart

22nd June 2017

A 12-year-old boy at ...

EuroPCR 2017: Switching to clopidogrel after one month reduces bleeding without increasing ischaemic events

21st June 2017

Data from the TOPIC (...

UK public health groups launch “Everyday Interactions” toolkit to measure professionals’ public health impact

21st June 2017

Public Health England (PH...

US FDA grants clearance to FlowGlide technology from ClearFlow

21st June 2017

The United States Food &a...

Bicuspid aortic stenosis: TAVI’s next challenge

21st June 2017

Most of the initial r...

Improving processes and outcome performance measures may be more be relevant than “arbitrary” PCI operator volume recommendations

20th June 2017

Alexander C Fanaroff ...

EuroPCR 2017: Greater risks with standard approach of dual antiplatelet therapy after TAVI

19th June 2017

The ARTE study, which...

German court awards Edwards Lifesciences co-entitlement of Neovasc’s Tiara patent application

19th June 2017

The District Court in...

TVT 2017: Presentation showcases safety of Tempo temporary pacing lead

19th June 2017

BioTrace Medical anno...

Non-invasive approach could be used to improve valve opening functioning of biosprosthetic valves

19th June 2017

Emmanuel Messas (Hôpi...

Venus Medtech buys InterValve

19th June 2017

Venus Medtech has purchas...

US centres of TAVI excellence start to use newly approved Sentinel device

19th June 2017

Claret Medical has an...

ESC calls for sex-specific drug dosages of cardiovascular medication

15th June 2017

Sex-specific cardiova...

Risk of bleeding with aspirin in patients older than 75 is higher than thought

14th June 2017

Peter Rothwell (Unive...

EuroPCR 2017: Safety of deferring stenting in acute coronary syndrome patients is OK but could improve

14th June 2017

A pooled patient-leve...

EuroPCR 2017: PCI outperforms medical management for treatment of chronic total occlusions

9th June 2017

According to a study ...

Survival benefit of early intervention in non-STEMI patients is independent of other factors

9th June 2017

Sameer Arora (Divisio...

Dose-tracking system reduces radiation exposure to patients during PCI

9th June 2017

A new study suggests ...

HLT’s TAVI system implanted in first US patients

7th June 2017

The first patients in an ...

OrbusNeich announces FDA clearance and launch of coronary dilatation catheters

7th June 2017

OrbusNeich has announced ...

Ruby anniversary: Peculiarities about the world’s first PCI

7th June 2017

On 16 September 1977,...

TVT 2017: “I predict a very exciting and bright future” for transcatheter valve therapies

6th June 2017

This year marks the 1...

Sapien 3 receives expanded FDA indication for valve-in-valve procedures

6th June 2017

Edwards Lifesciences ...

Sentinel becomes first cerebral protection device to receive FDA approval

5th June 2017

Claret Medical has re...

First procedures using Edward Lifesciences’ Inspiris Resilia aortic valve take place

5th June 2017

The first ever Inspir...

Pioneer Plus catheter re-entry device with intravascular ultrasound guidance relaunched

5th June 2017

Philips has announced...

EuroPCR 2017: Micell Technologies’ MiStent non-inferior to Abbot Xience in all-comers RCT

2nd June 2017

Micell Technologies h...

Michael Buck named HeartFlow executive vice president and chief commercial officer

2nd June 2017

HeartFlow has announc...

Ultra-sensitive cardiac troponin test using Single Molecule Counting technology receives CE mark

2nd June 2017

Singulex has been granted...

EuroPCR 2017: Interventional management of acute heart failure—which device, when and how?

1st June 2017

In this PCR video, filmed...

Award-wining system could be used to inform future surgeons about procedural details

31st May 2017

David Wald (Barts Hea...

US FDA clears Stroke2prevent’s A-View balloon catheter

30th May 2017

The US Food and Drug Admi...

Statins associated with improved heart structure and function

30th May 2017

Statins are associated wi...

Halting methamphetamine abuse can reverse related heart damage

30th May 2017

Quitting methamphetam...

Diesel pollution linked to structural and functional heart damage

30th May 2017

Diesel pollution is linke...

First Revivent TC ventricular enhancement procedure for ischaemic cardiomyopathy performed

30th May 2017

BioVentrix has announ...

Transendocardial delivery results in greater myocardial stem cell therapy retention

26th May 2017

According to a study ...

EuroPCR 2017: Study finds no association between implantation technique and risk of scaffold thrombosis

26th May 2017

A study—AIDA (Amsterd...

Vinayak Bapat

25th May 2017

Vinayak—“Vinnie”—Bapat ...

Cardiovascular News Issue 45 – May 2017 US edition

25th May 2017

The top story this issue ...

Cardiovascular News Issue 45 – May 2017

25th May 2017

The top story this issue ...

EuroPCR 2017: Head-to-head study validates consistent performance of FFR microcatheter

22nd May 2017

ACIST Medical Systems...

EuroPCR 2017: No stent thrombosis with Resolute Onyx drug-eluting stent 2mm

22nd May 2017

Data for the Resolut...

EuroPCR 2017: Excellent early outcomes for Edwards Lifesciences’ self-expanding valve

22nd May 2017

According to late-bre...

EuroPCR 2017: Low risk of scaffold thrombosis with Magmaris

22nd May 2017

Data presented at Eur...

Positive results for Gore’s PFO closure device

22nd May 2017

Gore has announced positi...

EuroPCR 2017: Lotus TAVI device has superior efficacy to CoreValve at one year

19th May 2017

Data from the REPRISE III...

EuroPCR 2017: Teleflex introduce new Arrow AC3 Optimus intra-aortic balloon pump

19th May 2017

Teleflex showcased its co...

No difference in rate of adverse cardiovascular events when comparing anticoagulants

19th May 2017

In patients undergoing tr...

EuroPCR 2017: ABSORB China and ABSORB show both comparable safety and efficacy to Xience at three years.

19th May 2017

Data presented from A...

SCAI 2017: New data from PLATINUM Diversity study provide further insight into under-served populations

19th May 2017

New analyses from the...

Boston Scientific closes Symetis acquisition

17th May 2017

Boston Scientific Cor...

EuroPCR 2017: Excellent clinical outcomes for Medtronic’s CoreValve and Evolut systems in routine practice

16th May 2017

New positive data on ...

Abiomed introduces third generation Impella CP heart pumps at SCAI 2017

11th May 2017

Abiomed has announced...

Boston Scientific to present REPRISE III and EWOLUTION data at EuroPCR

10th May 2017

Boston Scientific has...

NaviGate Cardiac Structures reports first heterotopic transcatheter Gate tricuspid valved stent successful implantation

9th May 2017

NaviGate Cardiac Structur...

Large nuclear cardiology laboratory slashes radiation dose by 60% in eight years

9th May 2017

A large nuclear cardiolog...

The need to determine the relevance of stent malapposition

9th May 2017

Despite a constant ev...

The role of nurses in ensuring a patient-focused TAVI service

9th May 2017

Preadmission clinics ...

Reduced baseline left ventricular function may explain female survival benefit after TAVI

9th May 2017

A new study indicates...

GE Healthcare receives FDA indication approval for Visipaque injection for use with coronary CT angiography

9th May 2017

GE Healthcare announc...

LivaNova acquires Caisson Interventional

5th May 2017

LivaNova has announced it...

Risk-adjusted 30-day readmission rates are not associated with in-hospital quality of care

5th May 2017

Ambarish Pandey (Divi...

Daiichi Sankyo initiates ENVISAGE-TAVI AF study to investigate once-daily edoxaban in atrial fibrillation undergoing TAVI

5th May 2017

The ENVISAGE-TAVI AF ...

Teleflex receives FDA 510(k) Clearance for its Arrow AC3 Optimus intra-aortic balloon pump

5th May 2017

Teleflex has announce...

Patient enrolled in STEMI DTU feasibility study

5th May 2017

Abiomed announced today t...

Multicentre study demonstrates 3D Echo image analysis with Philips’ HeartModelA.I. is accurate and reproducible

5th May 2017

Philips has announced the...

New data reaffirms value of Perceval for aortic valve replacement in aortic stenosis patients

5th May 2017

LivaNova has announce...

FDA approves Medtronic’s Resolute Onyx drug-eluting stent

2nd May 2017

The FDA has approved ...

Non-O blood groups associated with higher risk of heart attack

2nd May 2017

Having a non-O blood grou...

US FDA designates Medtronic HVAD system controller field action as class I recall

20th April 2017

The US Food and Drug ...

Meta-analysis supports transaortic approach in TAVI

13th April 2017

A meta-analysis of si...

High HbA1c levels after coronary intervention may predict risk of adverse events

13th April 2017

A new study indicates tha...

Absorb GTS to be restricted to registry use only in Europe

11th April 2017

Abbott Vascular has w...

First patient enrolled in new study of abbreviated DAPT post-stent in high bleeding risk patients

7th April 2017

Gillian Jessurun (Treant ...

Cordis granted CE mark for Railway sheathless access system

7th April 2017

Cordis has received t...

LATERAL study offers positive overall results for Medtronic HVAD

7th April 2017

Preliminary results f...

Microport TARGET AC three-month sub-study results to be presented at EuroPCR

6th April 2017

Results of the TARGET A...

Occlutech obtains CE mark for its Perimembranous ventricular septal defect occluder

6th April 2017

Occlutech has obtained CE...

Medtronic ENDURANCE Supplemental trial of HVAD fails to meet primary endpoint

6th April 2017

Medtronic’s ENDURANCE...

First patients enrolled in HLT’s Meridian transcatheter aortic valve feasibility study

5th April 2017

HLT has announced that th...

CE mark granted to NVT for Allegra transcatheter aortic valve

4th April 2017

NVT has received the ...

Reva receives CE mark for Fantom drug-eluting scaffold

4th April 2017

Reva has been granted...

Insomnia associated with increased risk of heart attack and stroke

31st March 2017

Insomnia is associated wi...

Armetheon to merge with Espero Pharmaceuticals

31st March 2017

Espero Pharmaceuticals an...

Boston Scientific agrees to acquire Symetis

30th March 2017

Boston Scientific Corpora...

SynCardia to honour eight total artificial heart hospitals during ISHLT

30th March 2017

This year’s...

Magnesium 1,000 programme reveals high deployment success for Biotronik’s Magmaris scaffold

30th March 2017

Biotronik has release...

Cardiovascular Systems enrols first subject in ECLIPSE coronary clinical trial

30th March 2017

Cardiovascular System...

iVascular Capturer 7F granted CE mark

29th March 2017

iVascular has obtaine...

TAVI pacemaker issue is “an engineering problem that will be solved”

28th March 2017

The SURTAVI trial ind...

Fantom II trial to include more complex cases

27th March 2017

REVA Medical has anno...

ACC 2017: Dual anti-thrombotic approach has similar risk of bleeding to dual antiplatelet therapy

27th March 2017

The GEMINI-ACS study,...

Viagra may reduce cardiovascular outcomes after a first myocardial infarction

27th March 2017

Daniel P Andersson (D...

The use of bioresorbable scaffold in clinical practice

24th March 2017

At JIM 2017 (9-11 Februar...

Atherectomy is an important tool for optimising results of PCI in calcified lesions

23rd March 2017

Evan Shlofmitz (North...

First US commercial case performed using Tryton Side branch stent

23rd March 2017

Tryton Medical has an...

ACC 2017: Meta-analysis supports use of RenalGuard in cardiovascular Interventional procedures

23rd March 2017

A new meta-analysis p...

ACC 2017: FDA approves launch of CoreValve Evolut Pro

22nd March 2017

The FDA has approved ...

Toshiba Medical’s AplioTM i900 cardiovascular ultrasound receives US FDA clearance

21st March 2017

Cardiologists can now...

Siemens Healthineers and HeartFlow to integrate CT and FFRct Analysis technology

21st March 2017

Siemens Healthineers ...

EBBINGHAUS trial shows non-inferiority of evolocumab for cognitive function in cardiovascular group

21st March 2017

Amgen has announced d...

RaySafe unveils new real-time dosimeter

21st March 2017

Unfors RaySafe has intr...

ACC 2017: Positive final results from ORION-1 phase II study of inclisiran

21st March 2017

The Medicines Company and...

ACC 2017: TAVI Linked with bleeding in the brain and neurological impairment

21st March 2017

Of 84 older patients ...

BIOFLOW-IV confirms non-inferiority of Biotronik’s Orsiro in Japan

21st March 2017

The 12-month results ...

ACC 2017: Embol-X and CardioGard do not reduce number of brain lesions, but may affect lesion size

21st March 2017

Two US Food and Drug Admi...

TAVI may benefit certain heart valve patients, update society guidelines say

21st March 2017

New recommendations have ...

ACC 2017: “iFR may be the new standard” of physiological assessment of coronary lesions

21st March 2017

Writing in The New En...

ACC 2017: Indigenous South American group has healthiest arteries ever studied

21st March 2017

The Tsimane people—a ...

ACC 2017: Acarix trial finds 97% negative predictive value for CADScor system coronary artery disease test

21st March 2017

Acarix has announce...

ACC 2017: Mary Norine Walsh assumes American College of Cardiology presidency

21st March 2017

Mary Norine Walsh has...

ACC 2017: Wrist-worn heart rate monitors less accurate than standard chest strap

21st March 2017

Researchers at Cleveland ...

Coffee shops and cash machines ideal locations for lifesaving automated external defibrillators

21st March 2017

Community coffee shops an...

ACC 2017: Researchers sound alarm over Zika’s potentially harmful effects on heart

21st March 2017

As the Zika virus con...

ACC 2017: CardioMEMS HF system effective in reducing heart failure hospitalisations and cost of care

21st March 2017

Late-breaking clinica...

ACC 2017: More hospitalisations & deaths for US heart failure patients in winter

21st March 2017

Patients with heart failu...

ACC 2017: PCSK9 inhibitor evolocumab significantly reduces the risk of cardiovascular events

21st March 2017

Data for a new drug t...

ACC 2017: Two-year rate of target lesion failure significantly higher with Absorb

21st March 2017

Two-year data from th...

ACC 2017: No significant differences in two-year morality between bicuspid and tricuspid aortic stenosis patients undergoing TAVI

20th March 2017

Sung-Han Yoon (Cedars...

ACC 2017: CoreValve non-inferior to surgery in intermediate-risk patients

17th March 2017

Results from the SURT...

“Excellent early patency rates” for VEST device

16th March 2017

Vascular Graft Soluti...

New “smART” kit for radial access launched

16th March 2017

Centurion Medical Pr...

Innovative Cardiovascular Solutions announces successful first use of its Emblok embolic protection system

16th March 2017

Innovative ...

Five-fold increase in mortality in acute cardiac patients with delirium

16th March 2017

A study published in ...

Early hospital discharge after TAVI less likely in women

16th March 2017

A study, published in...

“Simple five-item risk score” could be used to predict bleeding risk associated with dual antiplatelet therapy

15th March 2017

Francesco Costa (Swis...

Brian Brogie names as new vice president of manufacturing and facilities at SynCardia

15th March 2017

SynCardia, manufactur...

Melody pulmonary heart valve receives FDA approval for valve-in-valve use

15th March 2017

Following FDA approva...

New research indicates “harmless” painkillers are associated with an increased risk of cardiac arrest

15th March 2017

According to a study ...

Study indicates that Impella heart pump reduces acute kidney injury during high-risk PCI

15th March 2017

A new study published...

American College of Cardiology update appropriate use criteria for performing coronary revascularisation in patients with stable disease

15th March 2017

The American College ...

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13th March 2017

Everolimus-Eluting Pl...

MR Solutions introduces 9.4T preclinical MRI imaging solution to cardiovascular sector

8th March 2017

MR Solutions’ new 9.4 tes...

Clinical trial rules should protect patients and results not operational details, says ESC

8th March 2017

Rules governing the condu...

UK Patents Court makes initial decision on Edwards Sapien 3 and Boston Scientific’s patents

7th March 2017

The Patents Court in ...

Illumina study completes enrolment

7th March 2017

Alvimedica’s Illumina stu...

FDA grants approval to Tryton for side-branch stent

7th March 2017

The US Food and Drug ...

Screening for heart disease may lead to prevention, better treatments

7th March 2017

According to a review pub...

Daiichi Sankyo begins ENTRUST-AF PCI study of once-daily edoxaban

6th March 2017

The first patient has bee...

US FDA grants 510(k) clearance to Teleflex for TrapLiner catheter

3rd March 2017

Teleflex incorporated has...

Second successful annuloplasty performed using Micro Interventional Devices minimally invasive technology

3rd March 2017

The second clinical case ...

LivaNova to delist from London Stock Exchange

3rd March 2017

LivaNova has applied for ...

First patient treated with CardiAmp cell therapy for ischaemic heart failure in Phase III trial

3rd March 2017

Johns Hopkins Medicine, B...

Few heart attack survivors get recommended physical activity

3rd March 2017

Only 16% of heart attack ...

Elsevier announces the launch of Case: Cardiovascular Imaging Case Reports

3rd March 2017

Elsevier and the American...

Physical activity may be more important than BMI for cardiovascular disease risk

3rd March 2017

The benefits of physical ...

Corindus Vascular Robotics announces private placement for US$45 million

3rd March 2017

Corindus Vascular Rob...

Martha Goldberg Aronson joins Cardiovascular Systems board of directors

2nd March 2017

Cardiovascular Systems (C...

Researchers urge physicians to discuss herbal medication use with heart disease patients

2nd March 2017

Physicians should be well...

Following dietary recommendations leads to modest heart health improvements

2nd March 2017

Following current die...

Increased physical activity, lower BMI may lower heart failure risk

2nd March 2017

While lifestyle patterns,...

European Society of Cardiology publishes special collection on eHealth revolution

2nd March 2017

How are smartphones a...

RenalGuard significantly reduces risk of contrast-induced acute kidney injury in high-risk patients undergoing interventional procedures

2nd March 2017

A new meta-analysis, ...

Cobra PzF stent approved for commercial use in the USA

2nd March 2017

The FDA has approved ...

Valve replacement may better than vavluloplasty for aortic stenosis patients with end-stage renal disease

2nd March 2017

A new study published...

Contemporary Issues in Complete Revascularisation

28th February 2017

This educationa...

“No-touch” CABG reduces postoperative stroke and short-term mortality

28th February 2017

A network meta-analys...

BTG’s EKOS control unit 4.0 receives FDA 510(K) clearance

28th February 2017

FDA 510(k) clearance has ...

FDA advisory panel recommend de novo approval of Sentinel cerebral protection system

28th February 2017

In an open public hea...

Philips launch next-generation, image-guided therapy platform to enhance patient care and optimise lab productivity

28th February 2017

Philips has announced...

Transradial PCI reduces costs

28th February 2017

A new study published in ...

Locking mechanism problems prompt Boston Scientific to recall all ranges of its Louts TAVI device

24th February 2017

According to Reuters,...

Teleflex completes acquisition of Vascular Solutions

21st February 2017

Teleflex Incorporated has...

Cardiovascular Systems Micro Crown sustains high freedom from major adverse events at one year

21st February 2017

Cardiovascular Systems (C...

PCI does not confer mortality benefit for diabetic patients with chronic total occlusions

16th February 2017

Ki Hong Choi (Divisio...

First patient enrolled in the US LEADERS FREE II trial of BioFreedom

15th February 2017

Biosensors has announ...

FDA approves Biotronik’s Pro-Kinetic Energy bare metal stent

15th February 2017

Biotronik’s Pro-Kinet...

Physicians may be overlooking patients’ desire to avoid dual antiplatelet therapy drawbacks

15th February 2017

A study, published in...

Intensive blood pressure control could prevent 100,000 deaths each year

14th February 2017

Researchers have projecte...

SentreHEART Lariat and Eclipse receive reimbursement renewal in Germany

14th February 2017

The German Institute ...

Symetis acquires Middle Peak Medical

14th February 2017

Symetis, a medical techno...

Medtronic launches Impact education and development programme in Europe, Middle East & Africa

14th February 2017

Medtronic has announced t...

Cardiovascular News Issue 44 – February 2017 US edition

14th February 2017

In Issue 44 (February 201...

Cardiovascular News Issue 44 – February 2017

14th February 2017

In Issue 44 (February 201...

NICE recommends HeartFlow FFRct Analysis to aid the determination of stable chest pain cause

14th February 2017

The UK’s National Institu...

Plethysmography test predicts risk for cardiovascular disease

14th February 2017

A new test that predicts ...

Rebecca Hahn

14th February 2017

Rebecca Hahn (Center ...

Chinese air pollution linked to respiratory and cardiovascular deaths

14th February 2017

In the largest epidemiolo...

Medtronic releases DxTerity diagnostic catheters and transradial approach tool

14th February 2017

Medtronic h...

First commercial procedures performed with Corindus CorPath GRX system

14th February 2017

The first commercial proc...

US FDA agrees to 1000-patient pivotal trial of Armetheon’s tecarfarin

9th February 2017

Armetheon has reached agr...

COMPASS study of rivaroxaban to end early for efficacy

9th February 2017

The phase three COMPASS t...

Cancer drug promotes regeneration of damaged heart tissue

8th February 2017

An anticancer agent i...

US FDA grants Fast Track designation to Angionetics’ Generx coronary heart disease gene therapy

8th February 2017

The US Food and Drug Admi...

Study demonstrates sustained benefit of endovascular intervention in patients with lower extremity peripheral artery disease

7th February 2017

Cardiovascular system...

New guidelines released to improve stroke reporting following cardiac procedures

7th February 2017

In response to a grow...

Veryan Medical receives £13.5m further funding

6th February 2017

Veryan Medical has re...

The implications of ABSORB II three-year results for the future of bioresorbable scaffolds

6th February 2017

The idea of a fully b...

Procedural complexity should be considered when deciding duration of dual antiplatelet therapy

3rd February 2017

Gennaro Giustino and ...

Understanding and managing functional tricuspid regurgitation

3rd February 2017

Functional tricuspid ...

Evolocumab significantly reduces risk of cardiovascular events

3rd February 2017

The FOURIER trial eva...

Edwards Lifesciences halts enrolment in Cardiaq trial

3rd February 2017

According to a Seekin...

Patient enrolment begins in European Somahlution DuraGraft registry

3rd February 2017

Multiple sites in Spain h...

“Telestenting” is possible with robotic PCI

2nd February 2017

Ryan D Madder (Frederik M...

Meta-analysis indicates embolic protection does reduce stroke after TAVI

1st February 2017

In a research letter ...

Performing PCI in comatose survivors of cardiac arrest

30th January 2017

Because of a signific...

Northwestern Memorial Hospital ranked best in USA for heart attack, stroke and heart failure survival

27th January 2017

Northwestern Memorial Hos...

Latest statistics show heart failure on the rise

26th January 2017

The number of adults ...

Frances Dea named new SCAI executive director

26th January 2017

The Society for Cardi...

Edwards Lifesciences completes acquisition of Valtech Cardio

25th January 2017

Edwards Lifesciences ...

Positive results for heart surgery in elderly aortic stenosis patients

25th January 2017

Elderly patients with aor...

Transcatheter Mitral “valve-in-valve” replacement: The patient’s perspective

24th January 2017

In this video, by Heart V...

Terumo completes acquisition of vascular closure business and other assets of Abbott and St Jude Medical

23rd January 2017

Terumo has announced ...

Next-generation troponin T test from Roche cleared by US FDA

20th January 2017

Roche has received US Foo...

Left atrial appendage thrombus may increase the risk of stroke after TAVI

19th January 2017

Sonny Palmer (St Vinc...

Homemade pelvic drape significantly reduces radiation exposure to the operator during transradial coronary interventions

18th January 2017

The RADIATION (Radiat...

Alvimedica receives CE mark for amphilimus-eluting Cre8 EVO stent

17th January 2017

Alvimedica has received t...

Medtronic receives CE mark for 34mm size CoreValve Evolut R

17th January 2017

The CE mark has been ...

TAVI company Direct Flow Medical closes after failing to secure funding

16th January 2017

Direct Flow Medical, whic...

Robert Califf to resign as US FDA commissioner

16th January 2017

Robert Califf is to s...

Combining MitraClip mitral valve repair with left atrial appendage occlusion is safe and feasible

16th January 2017

Shingo Kuwata (Univer...

Clínica Universidad de Navarra implants Spain’s first SynCardia Total Artificial Heart

12th January 2017

A medical team from C...

Researchers discover mechanism linking stress to heart disease

12th January 2017

Heightened activity in th...

JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging also to get a new editor-in-chief

12th January 2017

Following the recent anno...

Boston Scientific may have resolved issue with Lotus Edge device

12th January 2017

According a news repo...

Enrolment completed for ACIST-FFR multicentre study

11th January 2017

ACIST Medical Systems has...

David J Moliterno to become editor-in-chief of JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions

11th January 2017

The American College of C...

The management of leaflet thickening after TAVI remains controversial

11th January 2017

Ryo Yanagisawa (Depar...

OrbusNeich releases next-generation coronary scoring balloon

11th January 2017

OrbusNeich has launched t...

New AHA/ACC guidance released for TAVI

10th January 2017

A new expert consensus de...

Arterys receives US FDA clearance for cardio imaging analytics software

10th January 2017

Arterys has received ...

St Jude Medical announces Merlin cybersecurity updates

10th January 2017

St Jude Medical has annou...

The Medicines Company announces positive 180-day results for PCSK9 inhibitor

9th January 2017

The Medicines Company has...

Few cardiologists take steps to avoid radiation exposure during pregnancy despite concerns

5th January 2017

The Women in Cardiolo...

CardiAMP heart failure trial initiated at two US centres

5th January 2017

BioCardia has announced t...

MicroPort completes patient enrolment of VitaFlow pre-market clinical trial

5th January 2017

MicroPort Medical has rec...

First patient enrolled in Somahulation’s CABG European registry of DuraGraft

5th January 2017

Somahlution has announced...

Abbott completes acquisition of St Jude Medical

5th January 2017

Abbott Vascular has compl...

Transcatheter valve-in-ring implantation is feasible for reducing tricuspid regurgitation

4th January 2017

A new study indicates...

Perform PCI prior to TAVI in patients with both coronary artery disease and aortic stenosis

3rd January 2017

Stephen Ramee (Ochsne...

Patient with tricuspid regurgitation successfully treated with world’s first transcatheter tricuspid valved stent

3rd January 2017

NaviGate Cardiac Structur...

Medinol reports positive clinical results for Elunir elastomer-coated drug-eluting stent

22nd December 2016

Twelve-month clinical res...

ACC releases new appropriate use criteria for coronary revascularisation

22nd December 2016

The American College of C...

Women fare better than men one year after transcatheter aortic valve implantation

20th December 2016

Women with significan...

New ACC/AHA report outlines 10 measures for the prevention of sudden cardiac death

20th December 2016

A new report from the Ame...

Micro Interventional Devices has first-in-human success with MIA technology

20th December 2016

Micro Interventional Devi...

Blood troponin level could predict silent heart disease risk

20th December 2016

A high-sensitivity blood ...

Santa is not checking his list about whether you’re naughty or nice

20th December 2016

A new study, publishe...

US FDA bans powdered gloves

19th December 2016

The US Food and Drug ...

NICE collaborates with US FDA on Payer Communication Taskforce

16th December 2016

The UK’s National Ins...

Infection in the setting of STEMI

16th December 2016

The association betwe...

Revised European guidelines on cardiovascular disease prevention: What you need to know

16th December 2016

The new European guid...

Minimally invasive TAVI has “several potential benefits”

16th December 2016

Recently, there has b...

Terumo signs to acquire St Jude Medical and Abbott’s vascular closure business

15th December 2016

Terumo has reached an agr...

Patients with acute coronary syndrome at increased risk of suicide

15th December 2016

Patients with acute coron...

Boston Scientific closes acquisition of certain Neovasc assets

15th December 2016

Boston Scientific Cor...

AngioSoma appoints new chief executive officer

12th December 2016

AngioSoma has appointed K...

FDA pre-market approval for the Impella heart pump for high-risk PCI now includes Impella CP

7th December 2016

Abiomed has expanded ...

4Tech appoints Michael Ennen as president and chief executive officer

6th December 2016

4Tech has appointed Micha...

Teleflex to acquire Vascular Solutions in US$1 billion deal

5th December 2016

Teleflex is to acquire Va...

Novel locking microcatheter could improve procedural success rates of chronic total occlusion PCI

5th December 2016

Simon Wilso...

CADILLAC risk score could be used to identify STEMI patients for safe, early discharge

5th December 2016

Musa A Sharkawi (Depa...

Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare approves reimbursement for Medtronic’s CoreValve Evolut R system

5th December 2016

Medtronic has been gr...

Boston Scientific to acquire Neovasc biological tissue capabilities

5th December 2016

Boston Scientific has...

FDA grant Cardiac Dimensions investigational device exemption approval to conduct study

1st December 2016

Cardiac Dimensions has re...

Ran Kornowski

30th November 2016

Ran Kornowski (Depart...

Medtronic first to receive CE mark for less-invasive HVAD implant procedure

30th November 2016

Medtronic’s HVAD syst...

Toshiba receives US FDA clearances for new CT reconstruction tech and Vantage MR software

29th November 2016

Toshiba Medical’s For...

Amsel Medical to present Occluder research at ICI 2016

29th November 2016

Amsel Medical Corporation...

Focusing on risk-adjusted mortality in public reporting produces misleading figures

29th November 2016

In Catheterization an...

Edward Lifesciences to acquire Valtech

28th November 2016

Valtech Cardio has ag...

Neovasc receives approval to launch European study of Tiara transcatheter mitral valve

28th November 2016

Neovasc has received ...

RSNA 2016: Siemens Healthineers debuts innovative, robot-supported ARTIS pheno angiography system

28th November 2016

At the 2016 meeting of th...

RSNA 2016: Toshiba Medical aims to transforms CT Imaging with the Llaunch of the Aquilion ONE / GENESIS Edition

28th November 2016

With the introduction of ...

OrbusNeich launch next generation of its Combo dual therapy stent

22nd November 2016

OrbusNeich launched i...

CardioCel now approved for use in the UAE

22nd November 2016

Admedus has announced...

First Revivent transcatheter ventricular enhancement procedure for ischaemic cardiomyopathy performed in The Netherlands

22nd November 2016

BioVentrix has announ...

AHA 2016: Mount Sinai cardiologists honoured

22nd November 2016

Valentin Fuster (director...

Complete sanitation of robotic surgical instruments virtually impossible

22nd November 2016

It is virtually impossibl...

ADVERTORIAL: Enhanced deliverability means Trifecta™ valve is now easier to implant

22nd November 2016

The new St. Jude Medi...

ADVERTORIAL: Know where you are with SyncVision technology

21st November 2016

SyncVision (Philips V...

AHA 2016: Mortality rate with FFR-guided treatment of multivessel disease is unexpectedly high

21st November 2016

The results of the FU...

AHA 2016: Heparin plus tirofiban is safe and effective for use during PCI

18th November 2016

A new study, by resea...

HeartFlow FFRct approved for use in Japan

18th November 2016

HeartFlow has announc...

AHA 2016: Low-dose rivaroxaban reduces clinically significant bleeding in PCI patients with atrial fibrillation

18th November 2016

Two drug regimens inv...

AHA 2016: Elizabeth M McNally wins AHA prize for research into genetic flaws responsible for inherited human disorders including heart failure

17th November 2016

The American Heart As...

AHA 2016: MOMENTUM 3 shows HeartMate 3 LVAD improves clinical outcomes compared with HeartMate II LVAD

17th November 2016

The results of the MO...

AHA 2016: Strong positive one-year data for Corvia Medical’s InterAtrial shunt device

17th November 2016

Corvia Medical has announ...

AHA 2016: Incomplete revascularisation after PCI increases risk of adverse events after surgery

17th November 2016

Ehrin J Armstrong (Se...

AHA 2016: The Medicines Company and Alnylam Pharmaceuticals present positive results from ORION-1 phase 2 study of their PCSK9 inhibitor inclisiran

16th November 2016

The Medicines Company and...

Trialign system successfully used to treat patient with tricuspid regurgitation because of a cardiac implantable electronic device lead

16th November 2016

Mitralign has announced t...

AHA 2016: Two thirds of patients experience plaque regression with the PCSK9 inhibitor evolocumab

16th November 2016

Amgen has announced t...

Cardiovascular Research Foundation to launch structural heart disease journal

14th November 2016

The Cardiovascular Re...

Patient enrolment complete in study assessing use of dabigatran atrial fibrillation patients undergoing PCI

14th November 2016

Patient enr...

Terumo to distribute STARSystem for radial access procedures in Europe

14th November 2016

Terumo Europe has ent...

Cardiovascular News Issue 43 – November 2016 US Edition

14th November 2016

Highlights: Lower revascu...

Cardiovascular News Issue 43 – November 2016

14th November 2016

Highlights: Lower revascu...

TCT 2016: Three-year data fail to show Absorb to be superior or even non-inferior to Xience

11th November 2016

According to the thre...

TCT 2016: Different endpoints may have led to different outcomes for left main PCI

11th November 2016

Two randomised contro...

TCT 2016: Patent foramen ovale closure is more effective than medical management in preventing recurrent stroke

9th November 2016

Final results from th...

Pacemaker after TAVI is associated with worse outcomes

9th November 2016

A study in JACC: Cardiova...

Pfizer discontinues the global development of its investigational PCSK9 inhibitor

9th November 2016

Pfizer is to discontinue ...

510(K) clearance for Merit Medical’s SwiftNinja steerable microcatheter

9th November 2016

Merit Medical has receive...

Fresenius Medical Care acquires Xenios AG

9th November 2016

Xenios AG has become part...

Svelte Medical launches DIRECT III post-market registry study

9th November 2016

Svelte Medical System...

NICE recommends dual antiplatelet therapy with ticagrelor and aspirin

4th November 2016

The National Institute of...

TCT 2016: Positive data for transcatheter tricuspid repair with Trialign

4th November 2016

Mitralign presented 3...

TCT 2016: Transfemoral TAVI improves quality of life in intermediate-risk patients

4th November 2016

Data presented at the...

TCT 2016: Tiara TMVI device highlighted in presentations

4th November 2016

Neovasc has announced...

TCT 2016: CoreValve Evolut R continues to be associated with good outcomes at one year

4th November 2016

Medtronic has unveile...

NICE should develop heart valve guidelines says Heart Valve Voice

4th November 2016

UK charity Heart Valve Vo...

TCT 2016: “Excellent” rates of late lumen loss with Desolve bioresorbable scaffold

4th November 2016

Six-month clinical data f...

TCT 2016: Cardiovascular System initiates largest ever randomised trial of coronary atherectomy for calcified lesions

4th November 2016

At the 2016 Transcath...

Arterys receives 510(k) clearance for its cloud-based medical image visualization and quantification software

4th November 2016

Arterys has received 510(...

Charity believes NHS programme will leave hundreds of atrial fibrillation patients at risk of stroke

4th November 2016

Arrhythmia Alliance, ...

TCT 2016: High implant success rates with St Jude Medical’s Amulet LAA occluder

2nd November 2016

A study presented at ...

TCT 2016: Women and minorities have a significantly higher risk of death after PCI than white men

2nd November 2016

Data from the PLATINU...

TCT 2016: SENTINEL trial fails to meet overall primary efficacy endpoint but does in adjusted model

1st November 2016

The SENTINEL trial, w...

TCT 2016: Physicians discuss their positive experiences of using a metallic scaffold

1st November 2016

At a symposium at the...

TCT 2016: First-in-human data shows Medtronic’s drug-filled stent to be non-inferior to Resolute

31st October 2016

Results of the REVELU...

TCT 2016: Positive real-world data for CoreValve Evolut R presented

31st October 2016

Today, Medtronic pres...

London Valves 2016: Edwards announces SAPIEN 3™ valve CE Mark approved for intermediate-risk patients

31st October 2016

PCR London Valves 201...

TCT 2016: FDA approve Amplatzer PFO occluder device ahead of first report investigation presentation

30th October 2016

The FDA has approved ...

TCT 2016: All comers study finds no differences between Orsiro, Synergy and Resolute Integrity

30th October 2016

BIO-RESORT, presented at ...

TCT 2016: ILUMEN III shows some advantages with OCT

30th October 2016

ILUMEN III, the first...

Tryton Medical enters into strategic agreement with Cardinal Health

28th October 2016

Tryton Medical and Ca...

Standardisation paper aims to enhance uniformity of FFR in clinical practice

28th October 2016

Gabor Toth (Universit...

TCT 2016: Valtech to host symposium about mitral and tricuspid valve repair

28th October 2016

Valtech Cardio will p...

Promising initial results suggest smartphone app could aid detection of myocardial infarction

28th October 2016

According t...

CorPath GRX robotic system receives FDA 510(k) clearance

28th October 2016

Corindus Vascular Rob...

TCT 2016: 30-day patient data from SCOUT I study to be presented

28th October 2016

Mitralign is to outline d...

FDA clear temporary pacing lead for use during TAVI and other cardiovascular applications

28th October 2016

BioTrace Medical has ...

St Jude Medical shareholders approve merger with Abbott

28th October 2016

St Jude Medical has annou...

FDA approval of 34mm CoreValve Evolut R means device is largest available TAVI valve in USA

27th October 2016

Medtronic has announc...

Miracor receives additional funding to expand clinical and commercial activities with the PiCSO impulse system

27th October 2016

Miracor Medical Syste...

TCT 2016: Philips showcases its latest suite of image guidance solutions for the minimally invasive treatment of cardiovascular disease

27th October 2016

The latest image guid...

Cardiac rehabilitation after acute myocardial infarction does not improve health status outcomes

27th October 2016

A new study...

TAVI is “technically feasible” for managing aortic regurgitation in high-risk patients

27th October 2016

Anna Franzone (Depart...

TCT 2016: CeloNova BioSciences announces key activities

26th October 2016

CeloNova BioSciences has ...

TCT 2016: Boston Scientific announces scheduled presentations

25th October 2016

Boston Scientific has...

Svelte Medical awarded CE mark for its Direct RX stent

25th October 2016

Svelte Medical has receiv...

TCT 2016: St Jude Medical to highlight latest cardiovascular portfolio

25th October 2016

New data for St Jude ...

Adherence to medication more powerful predictor of adverse outcomes than type of revascularisation

25th October 2016

A study published in ...

TAVI at the end of life: Knowing when it is futile

24th October 2016

Understanding how agg...

FDA approve clinical trial of a miniature heart assist device for infants and children

24th October 2016

The FDA has granted c...

Health Canada grants licence to Medtronic for its CoreValve Evolut R system

24th October 2016

Medtronic Canada has ...

Vascular Solutions receive FDA clearance for its Fluent inflation device

24th October 2016

Vascular Solutions has re...

Study indicates that anger or emotional upset can trigger a myocardial infarction

20th October 2016

Data from the INTERHE...

TCT 2016: First live case featuring Desolve NXT scaffold to be presented

20th October 2016

Elixir Medical has announ...

TCT 2016: Breakfast symposium to explore robotic therapy in interventional cardiology

20th October 2016

Corindus Vascular Rob...

UK hospital to start largest study of its kind to evaluate minimally invasive sternotomy for mitral regurgitation patients

19th October 2016

Cardiologists at The Jame...

US FDA issues Class I recall for 8040 Leonhard Lang multifunction defibrillation electrodes

19th October 2016

The Leonhard Lang def...

Wrist-worn heart rate monitors have variable accuracy

19th October 2016

Robert Wang (The Hear...

Positive top-line results for The Medicines Company’s PCSK9si

19th October 2016

Data from the interim ana...

St. Jude Medical and Abbott to sell portion of vascular closure and electrophysiology businesses to Terumo

19th October 2016

Abbott and St. Jude M...

TCT 2016: Tryton Medical to hold clinical symposium on treatment of complex bifurcation lesions

18th October 2016

Tryton Medical has an...

St Jude Medical to form cyber security medical advisory board

18th October 2016

St Jude Medical is to for...

Experience matters when stenting the left main

18th October 2016

According to a study publ...

Suzette Jaskie appointed as vice president Global Medical Affairs at Corindus Vascular Robotics

17th October 2016

Corindus Vascular Robotic...

Twitter “may be useful” for researching how general public discuss cardiovascular disease

13th October 2016

Lauren Sinnenberg (@l...

Mild-to-moderate chronic kidney disease no longer associated with worse outcomes after PCI

13th October 2016

A new study indicates...

Prophylactic ipsilateral ulnar compression significantly reduces risk of radial artery occlusion

13th October 2016

Samir B Pancholy (The...

BioStable Science & Engineering completes direct de novo application to FDA for an aortic annuloplasty device

12th October 2016

BioStable Science &am...

Simplified TAVI device may benefit patients with rheumatic heart disease

12th October 2016

At the South Africa H...

FDA approves St Jude Medical’s PressureWire X guidewire

11th October 2016

St Jude Medical has a...

Novel tricuspid therapy wins the 2016 EACTS Techno College Innovation Award

11th October 2016

A novel device for tr...

Ian Meredith to become global chief medical officer of Boston Scientific

10th October 2016

Ian Meredith, current...

Heart transplant patient sees old heart in action

7th October 2016

Kieran Sandwell, who was ...

New vice president of US market development for CVRx

7th October 2016

CVRx has appointed To...

An “opt-out” approach may encourage more patient participation in research

7th October 2016

Shivan J Mehta (Depar...

Data for The Medicines Company’s PCSK9si will be presented at AHA

6th October 2016

Interim analysis results ...

FDA deems two HeartWare HVAD recalls as “Class I”

6th October 2016

Medtronic has reporte...

EACTS 2016: DuraGraft vascular graft treatment improves long-term outcomes after CABG

4th October 2016

Somahlution announced the...

Two-year MAJESTIC data show sustained positive results for Eluvia drug-eluting stent

4th October 2016

The MAJESTIC trial set ou...

New brain lesions are found in 94% of patients following TAVI

4th October 2016

A study published in ...

EACTS 2016: Positive one-year outcomes for Medtronic’s surgical aortic valve Avalus

4th October 2016

Positive clinical data fo...

EACTS2016: World’s first heart valve that “enables cardiovascular restoration” successfully implanted in three children

3rd October 2016

Xeltis has announced ...

New “resilient” surgical aortic valve now available in Europe

29th September 2016

Edwards Lifesciences ...

NORSTENT shows bare metal stents have improved

29th September 2016

The NORSTENT (Norwegi...

Heart team at Zurich University Hospital use Cardioband for tricuspid repair for the first time

28th September 2016

Francesco Maisano (Un...

Japan approves Abiomed’s Impella 2.5 and Impella 5.0 heart pumps

28th September 2016

Abiomed has announced...

Philips collaborates with World Heart Federation, launches health behaviours website

27th September 2016

Royal Philips has announc...

Opsens receives 510(k) clearance for the OptoMonitor II providing extended indication

27th September 2016

Opsens has announced ...

Young women with premature acute coronary syndrome now do as well as men

27th September 2016

It has become commonly ac...

Visceral abdominal fat associated with newly-identified heart disease risk factors

27th September 2016

Increasing stomach fa...

Xeltis established international clinical advisory board

23rd September 2016

Xeltis AG, a clinical...

PCRLV 2016: MitraClip may be “safe and feasible” for treating tricuspid regurgitation

23rd September 2016

A first-in-man study ...

PCRLV 2016: New approaches to TAVI are still being explored

23rd September 2016

Although much of the ...

Smartphones can help to streamline hospital transfer for myocardial infarction patients

21st September 2016

A study published, as a r...

TriGuard cerebral protection associated with significant improvements in brain protection in TAVI patients

21st September 2016

Preliminary real-worl...

Positive top-line results from phase 3 GLAGOV imaging study of evolocumab

21st September 2016

The Phase 3 GLAGOV (G...

Claret Medical submits application for FDA approval of its cerebral protection device

20th September 2016

Claret Medical has an...

Sapien 3 now approved for intermediate-risk patients in Europe as well as in the USA

19th September 2016

Following last month’...

Transcatheter tricuspid valve repair performed at San Raffaele Hospital

19th September 2016

4Tech’s transcatheter tri...

PCRLV 2016: Next-generation of Lotus TAVI receives CE mark

19th September 2016

Coinciding with PCR L...

Valtech to present first-in-human percutaneous tricuspid repair data at PCR London Valves

16th September 2016

Valtech Cardio will p...

First-in-human implants of Caisson Interventional’s percutaneous mitral valve device performed

16th September 2016

Caisson Interventional ha...

$The role of fractional flow reserve in managing STEMI patients with multivessel disease$

The role of fractional flow reserve in managing STEMI patients with multivessel disease

16th September 2016

Recent studies have i...

ESC 2016: Bare metal stents inferior to drug-eluting stents for saphenous vein graft PCI at three years

16th September 2016

Data from a new study...

Terumo’s FineDuo microcatheter receives CE mark

16th September 2016

FineDuo—a low profile...

CIRSE 2016: BTG launches βETA radiation safety programme

14th September 2016

BTG has launched the βETA...

TCT 2016: Pivotal trial on cerebral protection device to be presented as a late-breaker

14th September 2016

Data from the SENTINE...

TCT 2016: Late-breakers and first report investigations announced

14th September 2016

The Cardiovascular Re...

Redo TAVI procedures are safe and feasible

14th September 2016

Marco Barbanti (Ferra...

“Keep it fast and simple” to avoid periprocedural stroke after TAVI

13th September 2016

At PCR London Valves ...

ESC 2016: Less unnecessary angiography with functional imaging

13th September 2016

A study presented at ...

Researchers find new carotid body-removal treatment for hypertension

13th September 2016

A team of clinical sc...

ESC launches European standards to prevent repeat heart attacks

13th September 2016

European standards to...

ESC 2016: Adding N-acetylcysteine to glyceryl trinitrate reduces infarct size by a third

12th September 2016

A placebo-controlled,...

ESC 2016: Rethink of ICD implantation in non-ischaemic heart failure may be on the cards

12th September 2016

Implantable cardioverter-...

Berlin Heals announces closure of second round funding for cardiac microcurrent system

12th September 2016

Berlin Heals has closed a...

No significant differences between Watchman and Amplatzer in first comparison

12th September 2016

Results from the firs...

ESC 2016: First head-to-head comparisons of prasugrel and ticagrelor shows no significant differences

9th September 2016

The initial results o...

ESC 2016: Society welcomes the Pope to the congress

9th September 2016

Pope Francis visited the ...

Philip Urban

9th September 2016

Wanting to be like hi...

Cardiovascular News Issue 42 – August 2016 US Edition

9th September 2016

Highlights: Study indicat...

Cardiovascular News Issue 42 – August 2016

9th September 2016

Highlights: Study indicat...

Vivasure Medical secures €16.2 million series C financing

9th September 2016

Vivasure Medical has anno...

Risk factors for congenital heart defects may lie both inside and outside the heart

9th September 2016

In new research published...

Medtronic ranks on Dow Jones Sustainability North America Index for ninth consecutive year

9th September 2016

Medtronic has been re...

St Jude Medical launches trial of Amplatzer Amulet left atrial appendage occluder

8th September 2016

The St Jude Medical A...

Pat Mackin appointed as a company director of Opsens

7th September 2016

Opsens, which has an adva...

ESC 2016: “Costly and complex” platelet monitoring strategy does not appear to benefit even high-risk patients

6th September 2016

Results from the ANTA...

ESC 2016: Off-hours STEMI patients do not have worse outcomes

6th September 2016

A new analysis of dat...

Women 50% more likely than men to be given incorrect diagnosis following heart attack

5th September 2016

Women have a 50% higher c...

Synthetic heart valves could help doctors improve surgical skills

5th September 2016

A University of Briti...

ESC 2016: Drug-eluting stents are still preferred despite no long-term survival advantage over bare metal stents

5th September 2016

The results of NORSTE...

ESC 2016: Low socioeconomic status associated with higher risk of second heart attack or stroke

2nd September 2016

Low socioeconomic sta...

ESC launches paper on tackling cardiac toxicity of anticancer therapies

2nd September 2016

The European Society of C...

Philips launches Intellispace Cardiovascular image and information management system

2nd September 2016

Royal Philips has launche...

Mediterranean diet linked to lower mortality in patients with a history of cardiovascular disease

2nd September 2016

The Mediterranean die...

ESC and EACTS launch first collaborative atrial fibrillation guidelines

2nd September 2016

The first European Societ...

Rose Medical Center among first hospitals in Colorado to offer Watchman

1st September 2016

Rose Medical Center h...

Bolus version of Aggrastat is now approved in the USA

1st September 2016

Medicure has received app...

More than half of women have sexual dysfunction in the year after a myocardial infarction

1st September 2016

According to a study ...

ESC 2016: Optical coherence tomography significantly improves functional outcomes after PCI

1st September 2016

Nicolas Meneveau (Bes...

Fewer cardiovascular drugs being studied in clinical trials

30th August 2016

The number of cardiovascu...

ESC 2016: Short-term DAPT is feasible with Nobori biodegradable polymer stent

28th August 2016

The NIPPON (Nobori dual a...

Germany registry shows Zoll LifeVest wearable defibrillator to be safe and effective

26th August 2016

Zoll Medical has anno...

Automated external defibrillator accessibility: Barrier during cardiac arrest

25th August 2016

There is ju...

Advertorial: iFR Scout pullback assessment is “much more discriminatory” than FFR pullback assessment

25th August 2016

Physiological assessment ...

Philips to showcase “full suite” of cardiology solutions for diagnosis and treatment at ESC

24th August 2016

A press release repor...

Purchase of HeartWare by Medtronic completed

24th August 2016

Medtronic has complet...

Zip surgical skin closure device associated with less pain for paediatric patients undergoing congenital heart surgery

24th August 2016

According to a study ...