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July 30, 2014 — New research from Penn Medicine shows that incisionless transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) surgery cuts lengths of hospital stay by 30 percent and has no impact on post-operative vascular complication rates when compared with conventional transfemoral TAVR, which requires an incision in the groin. The complete study is available in the current issue of Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions.
July 30, 2014
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July 30, 2014 — OrbusNeich announced the first patient has been enrolled in the Multinational Abluminal Sirolimus Coated BiO-Engineered StenT (MASCOT) post-marketing registry. The first Combo dual therapy stent implant was performed at the Amphia Hospital in Breda, The Netherlands.
July 30, 2014News
The American Society of Echocardiography Education and Research Foundation (ASEF) announced that it will host Value-Based Healthcare: Summit 2014, Friday, Sept. 12, 2014, in Washington, D.C., at the JW Marriott hotel.
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Following a heart attack, many heart failure patients suffer from enlargement of their left ventricle, diminishing the amount of blood the heart can pump to the body and resulting in life-threatening left-sided heart failure symptoms such as shortness of breath, decreased urine production, fatigue and irregular or rapid heartbeat. Treatment options for patients whose left ventricle has enlarged have been limited, until now. Through a percutaneous (needle-puncture of the skin) procedure now available through a clinical trial at PinnacleHealth CardioVascular Institute the first minimally invasive catheter-based device aims to restore normal geometry and function in the damaged muscle (left ventricle).
July 30, 2014
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July 30, 2014 — Covidien announced the commercial launch of its next-generation Trellis peripheral infusion system. The redesigned system continues to be the only pharmacomechanical thrombolysis device that enables focused treatment of blood clots that lead to post-thrombotic syndrome (PTS).
July 30, 2014
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July 30, 2014 — St. Jude Medical announced CE mark approval and first use of the FlexAbility ablation catheter, a novel ablation technology used by electrophysiologists (EPs) for the treatment of cardiac arrhythmias.
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Cardiac positron emission tomography (PET) is growing in popularity among cardiologists because it provides the ability ...
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July 30, 2014 — Regado Biosciences announced earlier this month it has voluntarily paused enrollment in its REGULATE-PCI trial, which was testing the safety and effectiveness of its Revolixys pharmaceutical kit. The two-component system consists of pegnivacogin, an anticoagulant aptamer specifically targeting coagulation Factor IXa and its complementary oligonucleotide active control agent, anivamersen.
July 30, 2014
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Mary York knew the walk from the living room to the bedroom should not have been difficult for her husband, Bill, despite his age, but the 83-year-old could not walk anywhere in his house without stopping to rest for minutes at a time.
July 29, 2014
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Biotronik announced that the first patient has been enrolled in the investigator-initiated BIOLUX 4EVER trial.
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The key take away message from the Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT) annual meeting in July was that CT technology is advancing rapidly and there is a strong feeling it will become the pre-eminent cardiac imaging modality.
July 28, 2014
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Boston Scientific received CE mark for the Ranger Paclitaxel-coated PTA Balloon Catheter. The technology is now in full European market launch.
July 28, 2014Feature
Robert Smith, a cardiologist at Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center in Hartford, Conn., released the results of his retrospective study designed to compare single in-office automated blood pressure readings to the average of multiple automated blood pressure readings.
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CorMatrix Cardiovascular announced that it has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance to market the CorMatrix ECM for Vascular Repair.
July 25, 2014
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The Agent Drug-Coated Balloon (DCB) provides physicians with an additional alternative to treat both in-stent restenosis (ISR) and de novo small vessel coronary disease.
July 25, 2014
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July 24, 2014 — Boston Scientific has initiated full commercial launch of its new Polaris imaging system. This system will support the Boston Scientific family of intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) catheters, including coronary, peripheral and intracardiac echo products, as well as offers enhanced ease-of-use and more powerful processing capabilities.
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