November 5, 2012 — ReCor Medical reported one-year follow-up data on patients who have been treated via renal denervation for their resistant hypertension with the company’s Paradise System — the only CE-marked system for renal denervation that is based on ultrasound, not radiofrequency energy.

November 2, 2012 – A clinical trial that compared catheter-based PFO closure using an investigational device found that there was no significant reduction in ischemic and bleeding events compared to standard medical therapy; stroke risk was non-significantly reduced with device therapy.

November 1, 2012 — It looks as though drug-eluting balloons (DEBs), already widely used in Europe, are set to burst into the global market as heart conditions become a more common problem, states a new report by healthcare experts GBI Research.

W. L. Gore & Associates (Gore) responded to initial results reported in St. Jude Medical Inc.’s RESPECT clinical trial. The RESPECT study investigated whether transcatheter closure of patent foramen ovale (PFO) using St. Jude’s Amplatzer PFO Occluder device is safe and effective compared to best medical therapy in the prevention of recurrent cryptogenic stroke. Gore is concurrently conducting its Gore REDUCE Clinical Study using both the Gore Helex Septal Occluder and, as reported earlier this week, the new Gore Septal Occluder, in patients with PFO and a history of cryptogenic stroke or imaging-confirmed transient ischemic attack (TIA).