Infusing Cardiac stem cells into post-infarct patients seems to reduce scarring and increase myocardium.
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GE Scanner Gains Fully Positive Recommendation From UK’s NICE.
GE Healthcare’s Discovery CT750 HD scanner has been included in the first ever fully positive recommendation from the UK’s National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE)’s Diagnostic Assessment Programme, opening the door for increasing use of the technology in Coronary Artery disease assessment.
UK’s NICE Approves New-Generation CT Scanners
Safety, cost-effectiveness and quality are the key parameters that lie behind NICE’s approval of four new-generation cardiac computed tomography (CT) scanners for use by the NHS in Coronary Artery Disease patients.
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
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.
SORIN GROUP INVESTS IN ENOPACE BIOMEDICAL, EARLY STAGE COMPANY FOCUSED ON INNOVATIVE SOLUTION FOR HEART FAILURE PATIENTS
Investment will drive development of a unique interventional technology for the largest unmet clinical need in the cardiovascular field
Cardiola Penetrates European Market with Its Muscular CounterPulsation (MCP)-based m.pulse® system
Cardiola AG announced today that it has placed its patented m.pulse® system in 10 hospitals located in Germany and Switzerland, on the heels of the system’s CE-Mark approval.
SonoSite Announces Plans to Acquire Cardiovascular Disease Management Company, CardioDynamics
SonoSite, Inc., the world leader and specialist in hand-carried and point-of-care ultrasound, today announced that it has reached an agreement to acquire CardioDynamics International Corporation.
Endograft Introduction System Enhances Control During Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm Treatment
Physicians will now experience a new level of control while placing endografts during thoracic endovascular repair procedures, with the launch of Cook Medical’s new Z-TRAK PLUS™ Introduction System.
‘Beating’ Heart Machine Expedites Development Of New Surgical Tools, Techniques
A machine developed at North Carolina State University in Raleigh may allow researchers to expedite development of new tools and techniques for heart surgery.