Cardiovascular Clinical Studies

This channel includes news and new technology innovations from cardiovascular clinical trials. These clinical studies include all cardiac subspecialties.

News | Womens Cardiovascular Health

FDA Issues Draft Guidance on Including Pregnant Women in Clinical Trials

May 3, 2018 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently announced the availability of a draft guidance for ...

May 03, 2018

News | Congenital Heart

Global Study Examines Therapy for Patients with Single-Ventricle Cardiac Defect

May 2, 2018 — Select adult patients born with a single functioning ventricle, and who have undergone a surgical ...

May 02, 2018

News | Cardiovascular Surgery

Mandatory Public Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Reporting Associated With Better Patient Outcomes

April 30, 2018 – Mandatory public reporting of coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) results in Massachusetts was ...

April 30, 2018

News | ECG

HeartSciences MyoVista ECG Device Shows Promise in Detecting Abnormal Cardiac Function

April 27, 2018 — HeartSciences announced the results of a clinical study of its electrocardiography device that applies ...

April 27, 2018

News | Stroke

Smoking Increases Stroke Risk for Men Under Age 50

April 24, 2018 — Men under 50 who smoked were more likely to have a stroke, and their risk increased with the number of ...

April 24, 2018

News | Renal Denervation

Medtronic Announces Renal Denervation Pivotal Trial for Hypertension Treatment

April 16, 2018 — Medtronic plc announced U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval to begin an investigational ...

April 16, 2018

News | Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD)

Online Message Board Advice on ICDs Reflects Inaccuracies

April 13, 2018 — Medical advice about implanted cardiac defibrillators obtained via an online message board appears to ...

April 13, 2018

News | Congenital Heart

Infant Heart Defects May Predict Late-Life Heart Problems in Birth Mother

April 12, 2018 — Women who give birth to infants with congenital heart defects may have an increased risk of ...

April 12, 2018

News

Medtronic Cryoballoon Shows Positive Results for Patients With Persistent Atrial Fibrillation

April 12, 2018 — Medtronic plc announced one-year results from the CRYO4PERSISTENT AF study of ablation with the Arctic ...

April 12, 2018

News | Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT)

Abbott Initiates ILUMIEN IV Trial

April 11, 2018 — Abbott today announced the initiation of a clinical trial evaluating long-term outcomes of patients who ...

April 11, 2018

News | Pharmaceuticals

Pfizer Announces Positive Topline Results from Phase 3 ATTR-ACT Study

April 6, 2018 — Pfizer Inc. announced that the Tafamidis Phase 3 Transthyretin Cardiomyopathy (ATTR-ACT) study met its ...

April 06, 2018

News | Heart Valve Technology

LivaNova Announces Enrollment for PERFECT Perceval Valve Clinical Trial in China

March 30, 2018 — LivaNova PLC announced the first patient enrollment in the Perceval Valve Clinical study for Chinese ...

March 30, 2018

News | Congenital Heart

Bariatric Surgery May Help Prevent Premature Heart Disease for Severely Obese Teens

March 30, 2018 — Bariatric surgery is predicted to cut in half the risk of premature heart disease and stroke in teens w ...

March 30, 2018

News | Heart Failure

Abbott Initiates GUIDE-HF Trial for Improved Outcomes With CardioMEMS Monitor

March 29, 2018 — Abbott announced the company has initiated the landmark GUIDE-HF clinical trial using the CardioMEMS HF ...

March 29, 2018

News | Heart Valve Technology

Edwards Completes Enrollment in PARTNER 3 Low-Risk CT Sub-Study

March 27, 2018 — Edwards Lifesciences Corp. announced that enrollment is complete in the computed tomography (CT) imagin ...

March 27, 2018