Cardiovascular Clinical Studies

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

News | Drug-Eluting Balloons

Over 1,000 Patients Enrolled in Landmark SELUTION DeNovo Study

March 14, 2023 —MedAlliance has announced enrollment of over 1,000 patients in its ground-breaking SELUTION DeNovo coron ...

March 14, 2023

Results Suggest CardiAMP Cell Therapy May Have Ability to Restore and Maintain Heart Function to Previously Non-Functioning Areas of the Heart Up to Two Years After Treatment

News | Cardiovascular Clinical Studies

Positive Echocardiography Data from BioCardia Phase III CardiAMP Cell Therapy Heart Failure Trial Presented at American College of Cardiology Annual Meeting

March 13, 2023 — BioCardia, Inc., developer of cellular and cell-derived therapeutics for the treatment of ...

March 13, 2023

The three-decade-old international cutpoint for diagnosing children and adolescents with an enlarged heart misclassifies normal heart size as cardiac damage in adolescents, a paper published in the American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology concludes

News | Pediatric Cardiology

Researchers Suggest Novel Cutpoints for Diagnosing Cardiac Hypertrophy in Adolescents and Young Adults

March 13, 2023 — An enlarged heart, often described as left ventricular hypertrophy, is a sign of early cardiac damage ...

March 13, 2023

Additional studies presented at ACC.23/WCC reinforce the clinical value of the Zio suite of products and services

News | ECG

Large Real-World Evidence Analysis of Zio XT

March 13, 2023 — iRhythm Technologies, Inc., a leading digital health company focused on creating trusted solutions ...

March 13, 2023

News | Pulmonary Embolism

FLAME Study Demonstrates 90% Survival Improvement in High-Risk Pulmonary Embolism with Inari Medical FlowTriever System

March 10, 2023 — Inari Medical, Inc., a medical device company with a mission to treat and transform the lives of ...

March 10, 2023

A large UW Medicine-Kaiser Permanente study finds modestly increased risk, with a stronger link seen among younger, healthier people.

News | Atrial Fibrillation

Incident Atrial Fibrillation Appears to Heighten Dementia Risk

March 9, 2023 — People with a recent diagnosis of atrial fibrillation (AF), the most common irregular heart rhythm, have ...

March 09, 2023

C. Noel Bairey Merz, MD, Director of the Barbra Streisand Women’s Heart Center at the Smidt Heart Institute, received the distinguished achievement of Master of the ACC (MACC) on March 6 during Annual Scientific Session

News | ACC

American College of Cardiology Honors Women’s Heart Disease Pioneer

March 9, 2023 — C. Noel Bairey Merz, MD, FACC, professor of cardiology and the director of the Barbra Streisand Women’s ...

March 09, 2023

Use of an antihypertensive to lower blood pressure in obese patients was found effective, according to Target-HTN Trial results presented during the 2023 American College of Cardiology Scientific Session.

News | ACC

Data from Target-HTN Trial Released at ACC23 Supports Use of Antihypertensive to Reduce Blood Pressure in Obese Patients

March 9, 2023 — Positive results from a Mineralys Therapeutics study, the Target-HTN Phase 2 trial, demonstrated ...

March 09, 2023

Study will evaluate THERMOCOOL SMARTTOUCH SF Dual Energy Catheter’s potential to enable safer and simpler procedures with the ability to deliver both radiofrequency and pulsed field ablation

News | Atrial Fibrillation

Biosense Webster’s First Dual Energy Catheter to Treat Atrial Fibrillation Begins Evaluation in SmartfIRE Clinical Trial

March 8, 2023 — Biosense Webster, Inc., a global leader in cardiac arrhythmia treatment and part of Johnson & Johnson ...

March 08, 2023

A study to better understand the association between Lipoprotein(a), Lp(a) levels and artherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) in an underrepresented population has been announced by Amgen, which will be working with the Association of Black Cardiologists and the Morehouse School of Medicine on the African American Heart Study.

News | Cardiovascular Clinical Studies

African American Heart Study Announced by Amgen, in Collaboration with Association of Black Cardiologists and Morehouse School of Medicine

March 8, 2023 — A unique community-based partnership, the African American Heart Study, will be conducted to measure the ...

March 08, 2023

Wearable sensor could be cheaper, less invasive way to reduce hospital readmissions

News | Wearables

Stick-on Device Provides Early Warning of Heart Failure Complications

March 7, 2023 — People with heart failure were 38% less likely to be readmitted to the hospital for heart failure compli ...

March 07, 2023

Partho P. Sengupta, MD, professor of cardiology at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in New Brunswick, New Jersey

News | Wearables

Bracelet Sensor Assesses Troponin Levels to Aid Heart Attack Diagnosis

March 7, 2023 — An experimental wrist-worn device was found to predict troponin-I and obstructed arteries with 90% ...

March 07, 2023

Analysis finds most athletes had no cardiac events over seven years, underscoring importance of shared decision-making

News | Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD)

Cardiac Risks Appear Low for Elite Athletes with Diagnosed, Treated Genetic Heart Disease

March 7, 2023 — Ninety-five percent of athletes with a diagnosed and treated genetic heart disease experienced no ...

March 07, 2023

Kelly Chin, MD, professor of medicine and director of the pulmonary hypertension program at UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas

News | Hypertension

Fixed-Dose Combination Pill Outperforms Monotherapy for Pulmonary Hypertension

March 6, 2023 — Patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (high blood pressure in the arteries that supply the lungs ...

March 06, 2023

Neha J. Pagidipati, MD, MPH, associate professor of medicine in cardiology at Duke University School of Medicine and Duke Clinical Research Institute

News | Cardiovascular Clinical Studies

Multifaceted Strategy Boosts Preventive Care for Diabetes, Heart Disease

March 6, 2023 — A multifaceted intervention to improve prescribing practices increased the likelihood that patients with ...

March 06, 2023