The American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) is in the midst of Echovation Challenge 2017, a competition for its members, and the medical and scientific community at large, to develop innovative solutions in cardiovascular ultrasound technology.

January 5, 2017 — Abbott announced it completed the acquisition of St. Jude Medical Inc. The transaction provides Abbott ...

A high-sensitivity blood test could be used to predict which patients are at risk of a heart attack according to new research funded by the British Heart Foundation (BHF).

January 4, 2017 — A smartphone application made it possible to use the iPhone camera to detect atrial fibrillation via ...

The Impella CP heart pump (Abiomed) demonstrated no improvement in mortality for patients with myocardial infarction and cardiogenic shock compared to intra-aortic balloon (IABP) counterpulsation in results from the prospective, randomized, multi-center IMPRESS Trial presented at Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) 2016. However, the trial was limited to 48 patients and was too underpowered to show differences in clinical outcome, but was completed as an exploratory safety study.