Technology | EP Mapping and Imaging Systems

Acutus Medical announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared the AcQMap High Resolution Imaging and Mapping System and the AcQMap 3-D Imaging and Mapping Catheter for use in patients for whom electrophysiology procedures have been prescribed. The company plans to introduce initial commercial systems to U.S. customers in early 2018.

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News | Embolic Protection Devices

October 23, 2017 — Claret Medical announced that it has closed on a Series C financing of $14.5 million led by ...

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News | Atrial Fibrillation

October 23, 2017 — University of North Carolina (UNC) School of Medicine cardiologist Anil Gehi, M.D., will use a $1.7 ...

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Videos | Heart Valve Technology

A discussion with Mario Goessl, M.D., Ph.D., director of research and education at the Minneapolis Heart Institute. He ...

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News | Heart Valve Technology

October 23, 2017 — The first patient implant has taken place in the APOLLO Trial, the pivotal trial designed to evaluate ...

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Technology | Implantable Cardiac Monitor (ICM)

October 23, 2017 – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared Abbott’s Confirm Rx Insertable Cardiac ...

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News | Cardiac Diagnostics

The American Heart Association, Verily and AstraZeneca announced the opening of the One Brave Idea Science Innovation Center in Boston. The Center will be home to the Cardiovascular Medicine Innovation team, led by Calum MacRae, M.D., Ph.D., chief of cardiovascular medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) who, leveraging the latest technologies and scientific advances, will continue their work for One Brave Idea, the $75 million research enterprise charged with bringing an end to coronary heart disease and its consequences.

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News | Heart Failure

October 20, 2017 — Boston Scientific announced new data from the Multisensor Chronic Evaluation in Ambulatory Heart ...

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News | Womens Cardiovascular Health

Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is associated with significantly higher risk of subsequent cardiovascular events in women, but not in men, according to research presented at The Liver Meeting held by the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases.

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News | Advanced Visualization

October 20, 2017 — Digital health company Analytics 4 Life announced it has completed a $25 million Series B financing ...

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News | Patient Engagement

October 19, 2017 — Novel smartphone and tablet applications for atrial fibrillation patients and healthcare ...

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News | Womens Cardiovascular Health

African American women were found to be twice as likely to be diagnosed with peripartum cardiomyopathy as compared to women of Caucasian, Hispanic/Latina, Asian and other ethnic backgrounds, according to a new study. The study, the largest of its kind, was published in JAMA Cardiology by researchers from the Perelman school of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.

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News | Endovascular Aortic Repair

Endologix Inc. received Investigational Device Exemption (IDE) approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to commence a confirmatory clinical study evaluating the safety and effectiveness of the Nellix EndoVascular Aneurysm Sealing System (EVAS) for the endovascular treatment of infrarenal abdominal aortic aneurysms. The EVAS2 IDE Multicenter Safety and Effectiveness Confirmatory Study (EVAS2) will prospectively evaluate the refined Indications for Use (IFU) and the Nellix Gen2 EVAS System.

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The Role of Telomere Length in Cardiovascular Risk Assessment
Feature | Cardiac Diagnostics | Nanette H. Bishopric, M.D., FACC, FAHA

A new area of DNA testing involving telomere length may enhance a patient’s cardiovascular disease risk stratification ...

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Technology | Heart Failure

October 18, 2017 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently approved a new treatment option for patients who ...

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