News | Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD)

Aug. 1, 2017 — LimFlow SA announced publication of positive results from the pilot study of the LimFlow Percutaneous ...

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News | Heart Valve Technology

Aug. 1, 2017 — CoreMedic, a start-up developing the ChordArt trancatheter mitral valve repair system, has received ...

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News | Atrial Fibrillation

Aug. 1, 2017 — The Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare has granted Japanese market clearance for the ...

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Left Atrial Pressure Monitor from Vectorious Medical Technologies Offers New Hope for Heart Failure Patients
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Aug. 1, 2017 — Here is the list of the most popular articles and videos on the Diagnostic and Interventional Cardiology ...

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Philips released a new version of its iFR system that displays FFR readings as an overlay on live angiographic, angiogram images.
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The gold standard for assessing the hemodynamic significance of coronary lesions to determine if they should be ...

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News | Information Technology

Nuance Communications Inc. provided an update on its restoration process following the previously reported June 27, 2017, global NotPetya malware incident that affected many companies in a wide range of industries around the world.

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News | Cardiovascular Business | Jeff Zagoudis, Associate Editor

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) announced that the chamber will be moving on to other priorities after the latest version of Affordable Care Act (ACA) repeal-and-replace legislation was defeated by a narrow 51-49 vote early Friday. Republican Senators John McCain (Ariz.), Susan Collins (Maine) and Lisa Murkowski (Alaska) joined all Democrats and the two independents in opposition to the Health Care Freedom Act, which would have eliminated the ACA’s mandates on individuals and employers to buy health insurance, and would have also repealed the medical device tax.

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News | Cardiovascular Information Systems (CVIS)

July 28, 2017 — GE Healthcare has released the eight-page Centricity Cardio Enterprise (CCE) Interactive Guide, offering ...

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News | EP Lab

July 27, 2017 — There is good news when it comes to the heart’s sinoatrial node (SAN), the body’s natural pacemaker ...

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Technology | Drug-Eluting Balloons

The Spectranetics Corp. announced receipt of U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) pre-market approval (PMA) of the Stellarex drug-coated balloon (DCB). The device is designed to restore and maintain blood flow to the superficial femoral and popliteal arteries in patients with peripheral arterial disease (PAD).

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News | Stents Peripheral

Intact Vascular Inc. recently announced that its Tack Optimized Balloon Angioplasty II Below the Knee (TOBA II BTK) clinical trial has commenced enrollment in Europe. The first patient was treated by Professor Dr. Marianne Brodmann and Dr. Peter Reif at Medical University Graz, Austria.

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News | Point of Care Testing

Siemens Healthineers has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Epocal Inc., a subsidiary of Alere Inc. Epocal Inc. develops and provides point-of-care blood diagnostic systems for healthcare enterprises, including the epoc Blood Analysis System, a handheld, wireless testing solution. Financial details of the transaction are not being disclosed. The transaction is subject to the completion of Abbott’s acquisition of Alere, as well as antitrust approvals and other customary closing conditions.

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News | Cardiovascular Business

July 26, 2017 — The U.S. Senate voted Monday, with a tiebreaking vote from Vice President Mike Pence, to begin debate on ...

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News | Computed Tomography (CT)

July 25, 2017 — In five years, Kaleida Health’s Stroke Care Center (SCC) at the Gates Vascular Institute in Buffalo, N.Y ...

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News | Antiplatelet and Anticoagulation Therapies

July 25, 2017 — A study by researchers at the University of Birmingham has shown that general practitioners (GPs) are ...

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