Imagine there were a drug that you could take soon after a heart attack that could reduce damage by protecting healthy heart muscle tissue.

Concept Medical was recently granted Breakthrough Therapy designation by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for below-the-knee (BTK) use of its MagicTouch drug-coated balloon catheter (DCB) for the treatment of peripheral artery disease (PAD). The company is now in a position to potentially disrupt this market and become a threat to larger manufacturers that have an established presence in the peripheral space, according to data and analytics company GlobalData.

Ultrasound imaging company Terason has partnered with DiA Imaging Analysis, provider of artificial intelligence (AI)-based solutions for ultrasound analysis, to provide its cardiac solutions on Terason's point-of-care ultrasound devices.

Patients with peripheral artery disease (PAD) were significantly less likely to face amputation after surgical intervention if they were on statin medications, according to a newly released report in the Journal for Vascular Surgery.1 Those patients also had fewer deaths over the 88-month review period.

August 22, 2019 — Renovacor Inc, a preclinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, announced the successful completion of ...

Edwards Lifesciences is recalling the Sapien 3 Ultra delivery system after receiving reports of burst balloons during implantation procedures, which have resulted in significant difficulty retrieving the valve into the catheter and withdrawing the system from the patient. The company said this may cause vascular injury, bleeding or surgical intervention.

Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami celebrated the opening of two newly renovated cardiac catheterization suites during a ribbon-cutting ceremony on August 19, 2019. The suites feature the new Alphenix Core+ from Canon Medical Systems, which provides diverse imaging without compromising image quality or performance. Jackson Memorial is the first hospital in Florida offering this new technology.