Cardiovascular Clinical Studies

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

Top left, electromechanical wave imaging (EWI) isochrone renderings showing the activation points of the myocardium based on echocardiography axial strain measurements. Bottom right, EWI images overlaid on patient's CT scan of the heart.

News | EP Lab

New Ultrasound Technique Helps Pinpoint Source of Arrhythmias

March 23, 2021 — Researchers at Columbia University are using cardiac ultrasound to improve the critical need to ...

March 23, 2021

MRI scan of a damaged heart. Blue means reduced blood flow, orange is good blood flow. In this figure the inferior part of the heart shows dark blue, so the myocardial blood flow is very reduced. The angiogram shows the coronary artery which supplies the blood to this part of the heart is occluded. The three colored MRI images show different slices of the heart — the basal mid and apical slices. Image courtesy of European Heart Journal #COVID #COVID19

News | Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Heart Damage Found in More Than Half of COVID-19 Patients Discharged From Hospitals

March 17, 2021 — Around 50% of patients who have been hospitalized with severe COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) and have damage to ...

March 17, 2021

A study from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis provides evidence that the coronavirus can invade and replicate inside heart muscle cells, causing cell death and interfering with heart muscle contraction. The image of engineered heart tissue shows human heart muscle cells (red) infected with COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) (green). Image by Lina Greenberg.

Feature | Coronavirus (COVID-19)

COVID-19 Can Kill Heart Cells and Interfere With Contraction

March 12, 2021 — Since early in the pandemic, COVID-19 has been associated with heart problems, including reduced ...

March 12, 2021

The Philips Stellarex low-dose paclitaxel drug-coated balloon prior to insertion in the cath lab. Five-year ILLUMENATE EU RCT and Pivotal Data Confirm Safety of Philips Stellarex Low-dose Drug-coated Balloon

News | Drug-Eluting Balloons

Five-year ILLUMENATE EU RCT and Pivotal Data Confirm Safety of Philips Stellarex Low-dose Drug-coated Balloon

March 12, 2021 — Philips Healthcare announced the final, five-year results of two major randomized controlled trials ...

March 12, 2021

Interactions between capillary function, inflammation, hypoxia, and neurotransmission. The expression of ACE2 and other SARS‐CoV‐2 entry factors on parenchymal cells and observations of infected cells in biopsy material hold important clues to understand COVID‐19‐related organ damage. COVID-19 Blood Vessel Damage May Cause Brain Fog and Other Long-hauler Symptoms

News | Coronavirus (COVID-19)

COVID-19 Blood Vessel Damage May Cause Brain Fog and Other Long-hauler Symptoms

March 12, 2021 — A new review suggests that blood vessel damage and impaired oxygen delivery related to COVID-19 play a ...

March 12, 2021

AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY (ACC) Late-breaking clinical trial study presentations at ACC.21. @ACC21 @ACC2021

Feature | ACC | Dave Fornell, Editor

ACC 2021 Late Breaking Cardiology Study Results

The latest cardiology practice-changing scientific breakthrough, late-breaking study presentations have been announced ...

May 18, 2021

News | Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Devices (CRT)

CRT May Benefit More Heart Failure Patients in New Analysis of REVERSE Trial

March 3, 2021 — Medtronic announced new results from the landmark REVERSE trial, evaluating outcomes of cardiac ...

March 03, 2021

Astronaut Jessica Meir “feeds” a set of the University of Washington’s engineered heart tissues (inside the green-topped case at center) riding aboard the International Space Station as part of a test of micro-gravity on heart health. Image courtesy of NASA.

Feature | Stem Cell Therapies | By Andy Freeberg

Tiny Beating Hearts Created With Stem Cells at the University of Washington

The University of Washington (UW) in Seattle has developed engineered heart tissue that beats. Though minuscule, the ...

February 25, 2021

An example of cardiac ultrasound longitudinal strain measurements on the Epsilon EchoInsight software. This can be used to assess cardiotoxicity from chemotherapy agents. Cardio-oncology

News | Cardio-oncology

Global Longitudinal Strain Echo Offers Early Detection of Cardiotoxicity Heart Damage From Chemotherapy

February 25, 2020 — Results of a multi-centre, international, clinical trial co-led by Peter Munk Cardiac Centre (PMCC) ...

February 25, 2021

UK hospU.K. hospital admissions for heart attacks and heart failure were reduced by more than 50 percent in the spring of 2020 and by more than a third in the second wave of COVID-19 as people fear going to hospitals and ignore serious symptoms.ital admissions for heart attacks and heart failure have been reduced by COVID-19 as people fear going to hospitals. Getty Images #COVIDUK #COVID19

News | Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Cardiovascular Admissions Reduced in U.K. During a Second Wave of COVID-19

February 24, 2021 — A study of admissions for acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and heart failure (HF) in the U.K ...

February 24, 2021

The Occlutech implantable Atrial Flow Regulator (AFR) maintains an interatrial shunt with a predetermined diameter allowing for controlled blood flow from the left to the right atrium enabling the left atrium to decompress and lower left atrial pressure. This reduced left atrial pressure reduces heart failure symptoms and improves exercise tolerance.

News | Heart Failure

Occlutech Completes Enrollment in Pilot Study of Heart Failure Atrial Flow Regulator

February 24, 2021 — Occlutech announced the completion of patient enrollment in the PRELIEVE trial, pilot study to ...

February 24, 2021

Cathi cath lab procedures simulator System in a Suitecase

News | Simulators

Endovascular Procedure Simulator in a Suitcase to Aid Medical Device Engineers

February 24, 2021 – German-based endovascular simulator specialist Cathi has launched a highly portable System in a ...

February 24, 2021

A study of more than 100 million Americans in 3,123 counties found a correlation between cardiac death and their level of income. Getty Images Health disparities in cardiovascular disease.

News | Cardiac Diagnostics

Link Shown Between Economic Disparities and Cardiovascular Death in Middle-Aged Adults

February 2, 2021 — A new study has found in the U.S. shows higher economic prosperity was associated with a small ...

February 02, 2021

Heavily calcified coronary arteries seen on a CT scan of the heart. Research at the New York Institute of Technology will create blood flow modeling to show the impact of calcium in arteries as part of a project to develop treatments to remove calcium.

News | Cardiovascular Clinical Studies

Vascular Decalcification as Heart Disease Treatment Examined in $1.8 Million NIH Grant

January 27, 2021 — A New York Institute of Technology research team has secured a five-year $1.8 million grant from the ...

January 27, 2021

Myocarditis among recovering COVID-19 athletes less common than previously reported

News | Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Cardiac MRI Shows Lower Degrees of Myocarditis in Athletes Recovered from COVID-19

January 11, 2021 — In a letter published in the December issue of the American Heart Association (AHA) medical journal C ...

January 12, 2021