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Trial Evaluates Neurostimulation to Slow Heart Failure
July 30, 2010 – The first prospective, randomized study evaluating the clinical feasibility of spinal cord stimulation (SCS), or neurostimulation, to improve clinical...
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Novel Therapies for Advanced Heart Failure
Heart failure is a progressively debilitating disease that dramatically decreases the life expectancy and quality of life of affected patients. Nearly 5.8 million Americans...
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Heart Failure Study Shows Improved Adherence To Care Guidelines
July 27, 2010 – Results of the largest U.S. outpatient heart failure clinical study show that implementation of a process improvement program significantly improved...
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TRUST Trial Results Show Benefits of Home Monitoring
July 20, 2010 – The final results of the landmark TRUST Trial (Lumax-T/Lumos-T Safely RedUceS RouTine Office Device Follow-up), which show wireless remote monitoring of...
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New System Demonstrates Potential for CAD Patient Triage
July 20, 2010 – Rcadia Medical Imaging recently presented five studies demonstrating the potential of its COR Analyzer System to help rule out significant coronary artery...
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New CT Technology Reduces Radiation Dose for CTA Scans
July 20, 2010 – New dual source CT technology allows a radiation dose of as low as one millisievert (mSv) for computed tomography angiography (CTA) scans, Siemens...
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First Patient Enrolled in Vena Cava Filter Trial
July 15, 2010 – The first patient has enrolled in the Retrieve 2 U.S. trial, which will evaluate the safety and efficacy of Crux Biomedical's new Vena Cava Filter (VCF)....
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Trial Shows Positive Results for Stem Cell Therapy for Heart Failure
July 14, 2010 – A Belgian biotechnology company recently announced positive safety data and preliminary efficacy results from a clinical trial of its new stem cell...
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New Analysis Reveals Positive Trends in Heart Attack Care, PCI
July 13, 2010 – A new analysis from the American College of Cardiology Foundation’s National Cardiovascular Data Registry (NCDR) shows that hospitals across the country...
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New Study Shows Women Have Lower Survival Benefits from ICD Therapy
July 13, 2010 – A new meta-analysis of five implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) studies shows a smaller impact of sudden cardiac death (SCD) on overall mortality...
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Gore Hopeful for Positive PFO Occluder Trial Data
July 9, 2010 – W. L. Gore and Associates announced today that they are confident in the design and anticipated results of the Gore REDUCE Clinical Study, which was...
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Sleep Apnea Device Trial Enrolls First Heart Failure Patients
July 8, 2010 – The first patients have enrolled in an European pilot study to test an implantable device meant to help regulate sleep-disorder breathing in heart failure...
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First Patient Enrolls in Heart Failure Trial
July 8, 2010 – Boston Scientific Corp. today announced enrollment of the first patient in its MultiSENSE clinical trial, which the company plans to use to develop a...
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First Patients Enroll in Ischemia Detection Trial
July 6, 2010 – A new trial testing a new method of detecting ischemia in patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) has received its first patient enrollments. Cambridge...
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Daiichi Sankyo/Lilly Respond to Antiplatelet Clinical Alert
July 1, 2010 – Two medical companies say they will work with physicians to further investigate ways to manage genetic issues in antiplatelet therapy, after the U.S. Food...
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Study Shows New Device Effectively Treats Hypertension
July 1, 2010 – Clinical results have shown the Rheos System is successful in lowering blood pressure, CVRx Inc. announced this week at the European Society of...
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Antirestenosis Drug to Start Testing on PAD Patients
June 24, 2010 – The first cohort of patients was fully enrolled this week in a clinical study of a new drug meant to prevent restenosis in patients with peripheral...
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Anatomically Designed Catheters Reduce Lab Time
June 22, 2010 – Data from the FAST-PVI study, supported by Medtronic Inc., shows lab time using anatomically designed ablation catheters are more than one-third faster...
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St. Jude Medical Announces First Enrollment in Heart Failure Management Trial
June 22, 2010 – St. Jude Medical Inc. last week announced the first enrollment in its LAPTOP-HF (Left Atrial Pressure Monitoring to Optimize Heart Failure Therapy) study....
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New Study Shows Erectile Dysfunction Could Be Marker for Heart Attack
June 21, 2010 – Seven out of 10 men admitted to hospital for a heart attack, or acute ST segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), had erectile dysfunction (ED) in...
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Renal Denervation Shows Durability of Blood Pressure Reduction
June 21, 2010 – Long-term data presented today from Ardian’s Symplicity HTN-1 study demonstrate that the significant reductions in blood pressure achieved using renal...
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Study Shows Women Benefit More From CRT-Ds
June 21, 2010 – MADIT-CRT trial data shows women receive greater clinical benefit from cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillators (CRT-Ds) than men, Boston...
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First Patient Enrolls in Prospective Cardiac Plug Trial
June 17, 2010 – AGA Medical Holdings Inc. this week announced first patient enrollment in the feasibility phase of the prospective, multicenter, randomized Amplatzer...
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FDA Approves Destination Therapy Study for Ventricular Assist System
June 16, 2010 – A ventricular assist system has received conditional approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to begin a new clinical trial. HeartWare...
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Trial Finds Aneurysm Size Does Not Affect Outcome After EVAR
June 15, 2010 – Patients with smaller abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs) (less than 5.5 cm) have no significant differences in clinical outcomes after endovascular repair...
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High Levels of HDL Cholesterol May Also Help Prevent Cancer
June 14, 2010 - High levels of high-density lipoprotein (HDL) — known as good cholesterol — can not only make a person two to three times less likely to develop heart...
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Heart Attacks Declined Significantly in Northern California Since 2000
June 11, 2010 – Heart attacks declined by 24 percent within a large, ethnically diverse, community-based population since 2000. The relative incidence of serious heart...
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Laser Assessed to Treat In-Stent Restenosis
June 11, 2010 – A multicenter, randomized trial planned in the United States will compare laser ablation followed by adjunctive balloon angioplasty as compared to balloon...
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Hypothermia Helps Preserve Heart Tissue in STEMI Patients
June 10, 2010 – There is currently no proven therapy to reduce infarct volume, but a pilot study demonstrated use of mild hypothermia (below 35 C) in ST-elevated...
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Software Certified for ACC ICD Registry
June 10, 2010 – The American College of Cardiology (ACC) has certified Lumedx Corp. as an official ACC-National Cardiovascular Data Registry (NCDR) Implantable...
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Continuing Warfarin Therapy is Safe for Patients Undergoing Surgery
June 8, 2010 – New study findings prove continuing warfarin therapy during pacemaker or defibrillator implantation in patients with moderate to high thromboembolic risk...
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Transcatheter Aortic Valve Shows Positive One-Year Outcomes
June 4, 2010 – One-year mortality rates were very low for 1,038 high-risk patients, many of whom were too sick to undergo traditional open-heart surgery, who received the...
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Bioresorbable Stent Continues to Show Good Clinical Results
June 3, 2010 – Six-month data from the first 45 patients enrolled in the second stage of a trial for a bioresorbable stent demonstrated strong results. Abbott's...
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Image-Guided RNA Agents Target Specific Organs
June 3, 2010 – A joint research agreement will explore the targeted delivery of experimental therapeutics based on ribonucleic acid (RNA) interference (RNAi). Philips...
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Carotid Stent Maker Seeks Expanded FDA Indication
May 27, 2010 – Positive results from CREST (Carotid Revascularization Endarterectomy vs. Stenting Trial) will be used to expand the U.S. Food and Drug Administration...
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Pivotal Study Evaluates Benefits of Coronary Atherectomy
May 27, 2010 – The first patient was recently enrolled in the ORBIT II investigational device exemption (IDE) clinical trial to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of...
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Study Reveals 86.2 Percent SFA Patency With Self-Expanding DES
May 27, 2010 – One-year data presented this week at EuroPCR in Paris confirms sustained clinical outcomes with Cook Medical's drug-eluting peripheral stent, Zilver PTX....
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Registries Show Transcatheter Aortic Valve Benefits
May 27, 2010 – New European data from five national clinical registries presented this week at EuroPCR in Paris report positive clinical outcomes for the transcatheter...
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Boston Scientific Plans Stent Rematch With Xience
May 26, 2010 – In the constantly evolving battle for the best coronary stent, Boston Scientific said today it initiated the PLATINUM PLUS clinical trial, comparing its...
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Stent With Tiny Reservoirs Shows Good Safety, Efficacy
May 26, 2010 – The 12-month study results for a drug-eluting stent that uses hundreds of tiny holes, filled with bioresorbable drug polymer to reduce tissue/polymer...
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First Patients Enrolled in FAME II FFR Clinical Trial
May 25, 2010 – A clinical trial will examine benefits of fractional flow reserve (FFR)-guided stenting with optimal medical treatment compared to medical treatment alone....
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Head-to-Head Study Shows Stent Matches Performance of Market Leader
May 25, 2010 – The highly anticipated first results of the RESOLUTE All Comers study were presented today during the late-breaking clinical trial session of the 2010...
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Biodegradable Stent Preserves Mechanical Strength
May 21, 2010 – Results of an in vivo study of 48 porcine arteries implanted with a biodegradable stent showed biodegradation is measurable and begins at the first day of...
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Imaging Agent Helps Identify Risk of Heart Failure
May 19, 2010 – A new study shows a single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) imaging agent can identified symptomatic heart failure patients most likely to...
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ICD Shock Reduction Programming Strategies Validated
May 14, 2010 – New evidence demonstrates key shock-reduction programming strategies significantly reduced implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) and cardiac...
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Self-Expanding SFA Stent Enters U.S., Japanese Trials
May 12, 2010 – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) cleared the way for a clinical trial to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of the Misago self-expanding...
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Drug-Eluting Peripheral Stent Shows Positive Two-Year Data
May 10, 2010 – Patients treated with the Zilver PTX drug-eluting peripheral stent maintained clinical improvement at two years, according to interim results from the...
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Transcatheter Mitral Repair Relieves Symptoms Without Surgery
May 10, 2010 – A catheter-based procedure is providing relief to patients who suffer from shortness of breath and fluid overload as the result of a severely leaky heart...
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SPIRIT IV Trial Results Confirm Everolimus Stent’s Superior Safety, Efficacy
May 7, 2010 – Findings from the SPIRIT IV trial, one of the largest randomized clinical trials comparing two drug eluting stents with 3,690 U.S.-based patients, were...
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Surgery Too Soon After Stenting Raises Heart Risks
May 6, 2010 – Patients who can postpone noncardiac surgery for at least six weeks after receiving a coronary stent are less likely to suffer reduced blood flow to the...
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