Sorin’s profits climbed by 47.5% year on year despite sales slowdown
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Boston Scientific Introduces First iPad® App for Physicians to Educate Patients About Cardiovascular Diseases and Treatments
Boston Scientific has introduced its CardioTeach™ iPad® app, an industry-first, free educational resource to help healthcare professionals better educate patients and caregivers about therapy options related to cardiovascular and peripheral diseases.
FDA Advisory Panel Makes Recommendation on Investigational Medtronic Phased RF Ablation System for Treatment of Persistent or Long-Standing Persistent Atrial Fibrillation
Medtronic has announced that the FDA Circulatory Systems Devices advisory panel has voted against the company’s Phased RF Ablation System,
FIRST PATIENT ENROLLED IN SORIN IMPLANTABLE DEFIBRILLATOR STUDY
Study will evaluate the effectiveness of PARAD+™algorithm in minimizing inappropriate defibrillator shocks
St. Jude Medical Announces FDA Clearance of First and Only Combined FFR and OCT System
Following its launch in Europe earlier this year, St Jude’s Ilumien OCT/FFR Coronary Artery Disease diagnostic tool
Why Some Patients Get Infections From Implants
Bacterial cells have gene mutations that allow them to ‘stick’ to implanted medical devices
Atricure’s Press Release confirms FDA Panel decision re: Synergy Ablation Indication
Circulatory System Devices Panel Votes in Favor of FDA Approval for AtriCure’s Surgical Ablation System to Treat Atrial Fibrillation
AtriCure Wins Panel Backing for Atrial Fibrillation Indication
An advisory panel to the FDA has voted 5-3, with one abstention, to recommend Atricure’s ablation device for patients with atrial fibrillation.
Atricure’s PMA approval for Atrial Fibrillation indication under scrutiny this week
Cardiac device maker Atricure (NASDAQ:ATRC) share price dropped on Monday after an FDA report expressed “concerns” about a clinical trial intended to support expansion of indications for one of the company’s ablation devices.
BRIC Interventional Cardiology Market to Total $4.1 Billion by 2016
BRAZILIAN, RUSSIAN, INDIAN AND CHINESE INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGY MARKETS TO GROW AT 11.5 PERCENT ANNUAL AVERAGE
St. Jude 3rd quarter earnings call: Medtronic sparks Starks criticism
St Jude CEO Daniel Starks blasted rival Medtronic in 3rd quarter earnings call.
Same-day discharge for PCI patients is as safe as second-day discharge
A new study shows no significant differences in the number of deaths or readmittances to hospitals following PCI, whether the patients were discharged the same day or stayed overnight for observation.
PCI gains ground for left main and multivessel disease in new European Society of Cardiology revascularization guidelines
A new task force concludes that in certain settings Percutaneous Coronary Intervention can reasonably be considered as a treatment for both left main and three-vessel disease
St. Jude Medical Announces First Use of Renal Denervation Technology
St. Jude Medical, Inc. has announced the first use of the company’s renal denervation catheter and generator system, as part of a feasibility study of the new technology.
Successful US implants of ValveXchange® two-part heart valve system: Eu trials planned
ValveXchange, Inc. has performed successful First In Man (FIM) surgeries demonstrating the practicality and advantages of its novel Vitality™ two-part heart valve system.
SORIN GROUP LAUNCHES SONR® SENSOR BASED CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY (CRT) OPTIMIZATION SYSTEM
Sorin announced at the Venice Arrhythmias 2011 Congress, CE Mark approval and the European commercial launch of its innovative SonR CRT optimization system