Cardiovascular Clinical Studies

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

blood clot detection, single scan, rats, radionuclides, Peter Caravan, whole body

News | PET Imaging

New Single-Scan Method Could Detect Blood Clots Throughout the Body

September 23, 2015 — New research describes a method, tested in rats, that may someday allow healthcare providers to ...

September 23, 2015

aging, mechanism that impairs blood flow, University of Missouri study, mesenteric arteries

News | Cardiac Diagnostics

Researchers Identify Mechanism That Impairs Blood Flow with Aging

September 21, 2015 — With the world’s elderly population expected to double by 2050, understanding how aging affects the ...

September 21, 2015

UTSW, Ben Lecomte, Benjamin Levine, Pacific Ocean, swimmer, remote guidance echocardiography

News | Remote Monitoring

Cardiologist Monitors Heart During Historic Pacific Swim

September 21, 2015 — University of Texas Southwestern cardiologist Benjamin Levine, M.D., will use NASA-honed technology ...

September 21, 2015

heart age, CDC, Americans, U.S., risk, heart attack, stroke

News | Cardiac Diagnostics

Study Finds Most Americans’ Hearts Older Than Their Age

September 16, 2015 — According to a new Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Vital Signs report, 3 out of 4 U.S. adults ...

September 16, 2015

SPRINT, blood pressure management, UAB, save lives

Feature | Hypertension

SPRINT Trial Shows Intensive Blood Pressure Management May Save Lives

September 16, 2015 — Initial results of a landmark clinical trial found patients randomized to a systolic blood pressure ...

September 16, 2015

News | Heart Valve Technology

Coramaze Technologies Raises EUR 4.5 Million for Mitramaze Valve Repair System

September 15, 2015 — coramaze technologies GmbH, a German medical device company, announced the closing of a EUR 4.5 ...

September 15, 2015

Texas Heart Institute, Rice University, grant, nanotubes, heart, electrical signals

Feature | EP Lab

Texas Researchers Receive Grant for New Heart Electrical Repair Device

September 14, 2015 — Texas Heart Institute (THI) announced that it has received a prestigious American Heart Association ...

September 14, 2015

News | Hypertension

Sunshine Heart Initiates C-Pulse Animal Study for Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Treatment

September 10, 2015 — Sunshine Heart Inc. announced commencement of a new study examining the impact of the C-Pulse ...

September 10, 2015

Carillon mitral contour system, cost-effective, optimal medical treatment, OMT, TITAN, functional mitral regurgitation, FMR

News

Carillon Mitral Contour System Deemed Cost-Effective Treatment for Functional Mitral Regurgitation

September 10, 2015 — The Carillon mitral contour system is projected to be a cost-effective treatment option when ...

September 10, 2015

sleep apnea, pulse oximetery, congestive heart failure, CHF, pulse-oximetry, Thomas Jefferson University

News | Patient Monitors

Simple Test Predicts Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Hospitalized Heart Failure Patients

September 9, 2015 — Researchers at Thomas Jefferson University showed that a simple questionnaire, evaluation and pulse ...

September 09, 2015

FAME trial, five-year data, ESC 2015, FFR, PCI, angiography

News | FFR Technologies

Five-year FAME Data Confirms Long-term Benefit of FFR-Guided PCI

September 9, 2015 — St. Jude Medical Inc. announced that five-year results from the FAME trial have confirmed the long ...

September 09, 2015

LEADLESS II, Nanostim leadless pacemaker, ESC 2015, retrievability, longevity

News | Pacemakers

LEADLESS II Study Confirms Positive Benefits of Nanostim Leadless Pacemaker

September 9, 2015 — St. Jude Medical Inc. announced primary results from the LEADLESS II study that confirm the positive ...

September 09, 2015

Sunshine Heart, C-Pulse, COUNTER HF, FDA, protocol amendment, mortality

News | Heart Failure

FDA Approves Key Protocol Amendment for Sunshine Heart's COUNTER HF Study

September 8, 2015 — Sunshine Heart Inc. announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved an amendment ...

September 08, 2015

News | Antiplatelet and Anticoagulation Therapies

Study Results Suggest Extending Post-Stenting DAPT Beyond One Year

September 8, 2015 — Extending clot-preventing dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) beyond the recommended 12 months after ...

September 08, 2015

Xarelto, PMSS, XANTUS, ESC 2015, major bleeding, non-valvular atrial fibrillation, NVAF

News | Antiplatelet and Anticoagulation Therapies

PMSS, XANTUS Trials Confirm Safety of Xarelto for Non-Valvular AFib Patients

September 4, 2015 — Janssen Pharmaceuticals Inc. and its development partner Bayer HealthCare announced results from ...

September 04, 2015