Abbott Presents Absorb Trial Data On Bioresorbable Vascular Scaffold Technology

Abbott has presented positive 30-day results from the first 101 patients enrolled in the second phase of the Absorb trial. Patients treated with Abbott's bioresorbable vascular scaffold (BVS), under c...

Published: 17-Mar-2010

Medtronic Presents Initial Results Of STOP AF Clinical Trial

Medtronic has presented data from the STOP AF (Sustained Treatment of Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation) clinical trial which showed superiority over anti-arrhythmic drugs, with paroxysmal atrial fibrill...

Published: 17-Mar-2010

Boston Scientific Completes Enrollment In Platinum Trials

Boston Scientific, a developer, manufacturer and marketer of interventional cardiac medical devices, has reported the completion of patient enrollment in the Small Vessel and Long Lesion trials of its...

Published: 16-Mar-2010

St Jude Medical Enhances PressureWire FFR Measurement System

St Jude Medical, a medical device company, has announced several updates to its PressureWire platform including a new marketing agreement with Siemens Medical Solutions USA, for the wireless PressureW...

Published: 16-Mar-2010

Boston Scientific Releases Results From Horizons AMI Trial Of Taxus Express Stents

Boston Scientific, a developer, manufacturer and marketer of medical devices, has reported results from an analysis of one-year subset data from the Horizons AMI trial assessing the impact of diabetes...

Published: 16-Mar-2010

Volcano Expands Access To FFR With Integration Of Hemodynamic Monitoring Systems

Volcano, a developer and manufacturer of precision intravascular therapy guidance tools designed to enhance the diagnosis and treatment of coronary and peripheral vascular disease, has reported that i...

Published: 16-Mar-2010

Medtronic Initiates Study On CoreValve Transcatheter Aortic Valve System

Medtronic has started several new initiatives in an international clinical program for its CoreValve transcatheter aortic valve system, a minimally-invasive alternative to open-heart surgery for aorti...

Published: 15-Mar-2010

Abbott Presents New Data On MitraClip System

Abbott has presented data from a landmark Everest II (Endovascular Valve Edge-to-Edge REpair STudy) trial at the American College of Cardiology's 59th annual scientific session. The trial has demonstr...

Published: 14-Mar-2010

Medtronic Presents Clinical Results Of Drug-eluting Stent

Medtronic has released clinical results of a five-year study of Endeavor program on drug-eluting stent (DES) as a treatment for coronary artery disease at American College of Cardiology’s 59th Scienti...

Published: 14-Mar-2010

Toshiba Infinix-i C-arm Used For Live Cases At ACC Annual Meeting

Toshiba America Medical Systems' Infinix-i cardiovascular X-ray systems, featuring C-arm positioner, will be utilized during several live cases at this year’s American College of Cardiology (ACC) annu...

Published: 14-Mar-2010

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