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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted market clearance for the MitraClip, the first minimally invasive transcatheter device to repair mitral regurgitation (MR). The device is first of its kind to gain approval for use in patients in the United States and part of a new movement away from open heart surgical repair toward minimally invasive procedures performed in a cath lab or hybrid operating room.
October 25, 2013
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Valtech Cardio Ltd., a medical device company that develops solutions for mitral valve repair and replacement, said 11 patients have been treated with the company's transcatheter (transfemoral) Cardioband Annuloplasty System in three European medical centers.
October 24, 2013
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Transcatheter Technologies GmbH, a medical device company, announced the successful first-in-human implantation of its transapical Trinity aortic valve.
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Medical experts released “Guidelines for Performing a Comprehensive Transesophageal Echocardiographic Examination: Recommendations from the American Society of Echocardiography and the Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists.”
October 24, 2013
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AirStrip announced new research demonstrating the results of its mobility solution AirStrip One Cardiology, along with successful use cases by Rockdale Medical Center, Palomar Health, Montefiore Medical Center and Sequoia Hospital.
October 24, 2013News
PDI, Inc. and Transgenomic, Inc. announced the signing of a U.S. collaboration agreement to commercialize CardioPredict, a molecular diagnostic test developed by Transgenomic. CardioPredict is a broad-based genetic assay which identifies specific genes in patients that influence the effectiveness and safety of many commonly used cardiovascular drugs.
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UC Davis Health System researchers have identified for the first time a biological pathway that is activated when blood sugar levels are abnormally high and causes irregular heartbeats, a condition known as cardiac arrhythmia that is linked with heart failure and sudden cardiac death.
October 23, 2013
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Sunshine Heart Inc. announced its collaboration with Minnetronix for a transcutaneous energy transfer (TET) system to power the company's fully-implantable C-Pulse Heart Assist System under development. The agreement leverages Minnetronix's existing TET technology and includes milestone payments due to Minnetronix prior to U.S. regulatory approval for the fully-implantable C-Pulse system.
October 23, 2013News
In a paper e-published in Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions, the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI) examined the current state of medical simulation in interventional cardiology and issued recommendations for expanding and standardizing the use of the lifelike training technology by practicing interventional cardiologists and fellows-in-training
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Cardiovascular Systems Inc. (CSI) announced that it has received premarket approval (PMA) from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market its Diamondback 360 Coronary Orbital Atherectomy System (OAS) as a treatment for severely calcified coronary arteries.
October 23, 2013News
October 23, 2013 — Vascular Interventional Advances (VIVA) Physicians, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to advancing the field of vascular medicine and intervention through education and research, announced 15 trial results at VIVA 13. The trial results offered new information on advances in the treatment of vascular diseases.
October 23, 2013
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Bracco Diagnostics Inc. announced the availability of syringe packs with spikes, to be used when loading contrast and saline for delivery with power injectors in computed tomography (CT) suites. Bracco syringe packs are specifically designed for use with the EmpowerCTA and Empower CT contrast delivery systems, offering greater flexibility in contrast and saline preparation.
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St. Jude Medical Inc. announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval and launch of its Ilumien Optis PCI optimization system, a new technology designed to provide physicians with a comprehensive disease assessment tool for treating patients with coronary artery disease (CAD). The system will be on display for the first time in the United States during the 2013 Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) scientific symposium in San Francisco.
October 22, 2013News
October 22, 2013 — AtheroMed, a developer of catheter technologies for treating peripheral artery disease (PAD), announced results from its Endovascular Atherectomy Safety and Effectiveness (EASE) study during a late-breaking clinical trials session at the Vascular Interventional Advances (VIVA) 2013 conference in Las Vegas. Stephen Williams, M.D., director of the Vascular Medicine Center, Johns Hopkins University, presented the results of the study, which demonstrate the safety and effectiveness of the Phoenix atherectomy system in treating PAD.
October 22, 2013
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A 56-year-old man who had a heart attack survived and is recovering at home after receiving two hours and forty-five minutes of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). The length of CPR time is believed to be among the longest on record and was made possible because of a mechanical chest compression machine called the Lucas device.
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