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December 07, 2023 | Heart Failure

Treatment with dapagliflozin is associated with improved symptoms in patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF), but not patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF), according to new…

BiVACOR Total Artificial Heart. BiVACOR, an international medical device company with headquarters in the United States and Australia, has received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to kick off an early feasibility study (EFS) for its total artificial heart (TAH) technology.
December 01, 2023 | Heart Failure

BiVACOR, an international medical device company with headquarters in the United States and Australia, has received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to kick off an…

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November 16, 2023 | Heart Health

Regular marijuana use may significant increase a person’s risk of developing heart failure, according to new research presented at the…

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November 14, 2023 | Pharmaceutics

Weekly treatments of semaglutide can reduce the risk of cardiovascular death, heart attack or stroke among obese patients without diabetes, according to new data presented at the…

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November 13, 2023 | Artificial Intelligence

The use of artificial intelligence (AI) to evaluate and treat heart disease has been one of the biggest stories at the…

Barostim Neo 2 CVRx heart failure nerve stimulator on display at HRS 2023. Photo by Dave Fornell
November 03, 2023 | Heart Failure

CVRx, a Minneapolis-based medical device company focused on heart failure treatments, is celebrating a key update the

Example of intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) shown as part of the multimodality imaging capability on the Fujifilm CVIS.
November 02, 2023 | Interventional Cardiology

Using intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) to guide percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) procedures is associated with a significant improvement in survival after two years, according to new findings published in JSCAI, the…

Lawrence Faucette, the pig heart transplant patient who died after six weeks.
November 01, 2023 | Cardiac Surgery

Lawrence Faucette, the second patient to ever receive a genetically modified pig heart, died on Oct. 30. He was 58 years old.

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Telehealth can provide significant value when it comes to managing and monitoring patients with CVD or suspected CVD. A new scientific statement from the American Heart Association explores the latest details on this evolving treatment option. 
October 19, 2023 | Economics

Ventricle Health, a North Carolina-based virtual cardiology clinic backed by private-equity investors, has raised $8 million to fund the expansion of its heart…

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October 13, 2023 | Pharmaceutics

Dihydropyridines, a group of calcium channel blockers commonly prescribed to treat hypertension, have been the topic of some debate in recent months due to…

High-risk percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) with an Impella heart pump is associated with better outcomes, including a significantly higher survival rate, than high-risk PCI with an intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP), according to new findings published in the American Journal of Cardiology. Impella Heart Pump Abiomed RECOVER IV RCT cardiogenic shock
October 12, 2023 | Policy & Regulations

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a new warning letter to Abiomed, a Johnson and Johnson company, describing a variety of “significant violations” identified by the agency’s…

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October 11, 2023 | Heart Failure

Endotronix, an Illinois-based healthcare technology company focused on developing heart failure treatments, gained an investigational device exemption (IDE…

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October 10, 2023 | Heart Failure

Treatment with cannabidiol (CBD) may be beneficial for patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF), according to a new study…

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October 09, 2023 | Pharmaceutics

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals has announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) rejected its request for patisiran to be approved to treat cardiomyopathy from hereditary transthyretin-mediated…

Elderly patient doctor. Despite an expanded indication from the FDA and lower prices, patient access to these cholesterol-lowering medications remains a significant issue.
October 09, 2023 | Care Delivery

The American Heart Association (AHA) has developed a brand new strategy for the prevention and management of cardiovascular disease (CVD).

This updated approach…

Artificial intelligence (AI) is being developed to help make cardiovascular clinical trials more efficient, lead to faster advances in patient care, and bring possible new treatments to heart patients more quickly. The major cardiac research center of Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai announced today that it signed a memorandum of understanding with the Chiba Institute of Technology (CIT) to collaborate on using AI to enhance cardiovascular disease research.
October 05, 2023 | Artificial Intelligence

Artificial intelligence (AI) is being developed to help make cardiovascular clinical trials more efficient, lead to faster advances in patient care, and bring…

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October 02, 2023 | Heart Failure

Anumana, a Massachusetts-based nference portfolio company, has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance for its new…

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September 29, 2023 | Heart Health

Patients with cannabis use disorder (CUD) face a heightened risk of adverse cardiovascular events, according to new data published in Addiction.[1]

“Mounting epidemiological, clinical and…

American Heart Association and Joint Commission launch new Comprehensive Heart Attack Center certification.
September 29, 2023 | TAVR

Nearly one-fifth of patients die within two years of undergoing transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR), according to a new analysis…