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FDA approves Boston Scientific’s Farapoint PFA catheter
The newest addition to the company's Farapulse PFA Platform was specifically approved to perform cavotricuspid isthmus ablation.
Haemonetics acquires Irish medtech company focused on vessel closure for up to $215M
The device at the heart of this transaction is the PerQseal Elite system, a fully bioabsorbable patch for percutaneous vessel closure. The technology has already gained key approvals in Europe.
Cardiovascular health in the United States: Exploring the good, the bad and the ugly
A new comprehensive report detailed the latest stats and trends in hypertension, coronary heart disease, stroke and many other areas of interest. “Progress in cardiovascular health depends on knowing where we stand,” the authors wrote. “To improve, we must measure—not occasionally, but consistently, transparently and with purpose.”
Bayer expands into molecular imaging with cardiac amyloidosis tracer acquisitions
Bayer is acquiring two cardiac amyloidosis radiotracers from Attralus, one for PET and one for SPECT. The SPECT tracer is also a theranostic agent to both image and treat amyloidosis.
MRI technique reduces low-value surgeries for patients with colorectal cancer
Though effective, surgery for colorectal peritoneal metastases is accompanied by a high risk of major morbidity, making the decision to undergo the procedure complex for many patients.

Edwards evaluating the safety, effectiveness of new mitral valve repair solution

The system was designed to require only one small incision to repair a patient’s mitral valve.

Patients with advanced chronic kidney disease should keep taking RAS inhibitors

Researchers explored the controversial topic in the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology.

COVID makes landfall in the land of the South Pole

Until this week, the least densely populated continent was the only one of the world’s seven that looked like it might escape the COVID crisis unscathed. Now there are none.

How not to get people to exchange holiday togetherness for community safety

Official mandates to social distance during the COVID-conscious holidays are going to fall on many a deaf ear if they fail to respect a ubiquitous human impulse at the core of such annual celebrations.

Skip the meat? Considering the cardiovascular benefits of pescatarian, vegetarian diets

Vegetarian diets must still contain heart-healthy choices, the researchers wrote—simply doing away with meat is not enough to turn around your health.

Polycythemia vera linked with a heightened risk of pulmonary arterial hypertension

Gaining new information about pulmonary arterial hypertension is crucial, the researchers observed, because it can be so harmful when not properly diagnosed and treated.

‘Safe and effective’: Heart Failure Society of America urges patients to get COVID-19 vaccine

"Being vaccinated is an important step in prevention," one specialist said.

Lawmakers delay RO model again as reps. seek to scale back ‘intensity’ of payment cuts

CMS had originally planned to kick off the mandatory bundled-payment effort in July, but will now punt the go-live date to Jan. 1, 2022.

Clinical

FDA approves Boston Scientific’s Farapoint PFA catheter

Haemonetics acquires Irish medtech company focused on vessel closure for up to $215M

Cardiovascular health in the United States: Exploring the good, the bad and the ugly

Bayer expands into molecular imaging with cardiac amyloidosis tracer acquisitions

MRI technique reduces low-value surgeries for patients with colorectal cancer