December 13, 2016 — Coupling data mining of adverse event reports and electronic health records with targeted laboratory ...

Biotronik announced the presentation of data confirming the efficacy of the Pulsar-18 bare metal self-expanding stent (BMS SE) at VEITHsymposium 2016, Nov. 15-19 in New York. Jos C. van den Berg, University of Bern, Switzerland, presented the encouraging interim results for Pulsar-18 in treatment of superficial femoral artery (SFA) disease during the symposium’s main program on behalf of lead investigator for the BIOFLEX PEACE all-comers trial, Michael Lichtenberg, Vascular Center, Arnsberg, Germany.

St. Jude Medical Inc. announced results of the MOMENTUM 3 U.S. IDE Clinical Study during a late-breaking clinical trial session at the American Heart Association (AHA) Scientific Sessions, Nov. 12-16 in New Orleans. The MOMENTUM 3 study compared the HeartMate 3 Left Ventricular Assist System (LVAS) to the HeartMate II LVAS in treating advanced stage heart failure, and is the largest LVAD trial in the world to evaluate both short-term and long-term patients in a single study. The study results demonstrated patients receiving the HeartMate 3 LVAS had an 86.2 percent survival rate with freedom from disabling stroke and reoperation to repair or replace the device.