Durable Blood Pressure Reduction Shown in Patients Treated with Symplicity Catheter

The Symplicity Catheter System delivers radio frequency (RF) energy from within the renal artery to block conduction in the surrounding... Read More>>

Tricagrelor Reduces Death, Heart Attacks Without Increased Bleeding

New data from the phase III PLATO study showed that ticagrelor (BRILINTA) provided 16 percent reduction of cardiovascular death, heart attack and stroke over clopidogrel in acute coronary syndromes patients undergoing... Read More>>

NEVO Coronary Stent Has Less Chest Pain Than TAXUS Liberte

At six months, the Seattle Angina Questionnaire demonstrated patients receiving NEVO experienced more freedom from patient-reported angina than those receiving... Read More>>

Resolute DES Maintains Strong Efficacy, Safety in Long-Term Follow-Up

The resulting data will be used to seek FDA approval, which Medtronic expects to receive in... Read More>>

RenalGuard Shown to Help Prevent Contrast-Induced Nephropathy

Preliminary results from the MYTHOS Trial indicate that furosemide-induced high urine output with maintenance of intravascular volume through matched hydration can be... Read More>>

Abiomed Reports Positive Results From Three-Year Patient Follow-Up

The MACH II trial, evaluating safety and feasibility in STEMI, included 20 patients – 10 patients were treated with three days of Impella 2.5 support and 10 control patients were treated with... Read More>>

Toshiba Launches Next Gen CV-3D Workstation, Software for Infinix Cardiovascular X-Ray

The CV-3D integrates a reconstruction workstation and software designed to take a 2D X-ray image and reconstruct a new, more detailed 3D image in a matter of seconds... Read More>>

GE Healthcare Announces First Clinical Uses of True Integrated FFR; Highlight's FAME Study

GE integrated the wireless PressureWire Aeris and FFR technology from Radi Medical (now part of St. Jude Medical) into the Mac-Lab hemodynamic recording systems, eliminating the need for a... Read More>>

The solution combines Philips’ Allura interventional X-ray solutions and
MAQUET’s Magnus OR table, as well a... Read More>>

Abiomed Presents Results From USpella, First U.S. Registery Evaluation Impella 2.5 VAD

USpella is the largest registry reported so far for Impella 2.5 that confirms prior positive study results... Read More>>

Ultrasound Adds New Intracardiac Echo Functionality

The Vivid i systems with version BT10 software now support the Biosense Webster Acunav 8 Fr. ICE catheter for use in... Read More>>

PROSPECT Trial Demonstrates VH-IVUS to Identify Vulnerable Plaques

The PROSPECT event data demonstrates the measurements made using grayscale and VH-IVUS did have a statistically significant impact in determining the likelihood of a particular lesion type to... Read More>>

Mardil Announces Positive Results With BACE Device at in Treating Mitral Regurgitation

The first 11 patients implanted with BACE (Basal Annuloplasty of the Cardia Externally) demonstrated a significant reduction in the severity grade of their mitral regurgitation, from a baseline mean grade of... Read More>>

TAXUS Express Shows Superior to Bare-Metal Stents in AMI Patients at Two Years

Results from the HORIZONS-AMI trial showed impressive and sustained efficacy benefits at two years for patients treated with TAXUS Express stents when compared to... Read More>>

Elixir Announces Positive First-In-Man Results for Three DES With Durable, Bioabsorbable Polymers

At nine months Elixir’s stent, which uses a bioabsorbable polymer, demonstrated excellent efficacy and clinical safety with... Read More>>