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Emerging techniques and developments for heart valve repair

At the recent AHA meeting held in Chicago, the scientific session entitled ‘Emerging Techniques ...[more]

Percutaneous MitraClip device reduces mitral regurgitation

Data presented at the recent Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) Annual Meeting reve...[more]

DES may restore blood flow in lower legs

Drug-eluting stents (DES) may be a feasible and safe treatment option to restore and maintain bl...[more]

Specter of Conflict of Interest Shadows TCT 2006

By Walter Alexander and Erik Goldman

The issue was hard to ignore, given that as th...[more]

Promising early results for BVS platform

The early clinical results from the ABSORB clinical trial, the world's first study to evaluate t...[more]

BioSTAR results – BEST in PFO closure

The latest results from the BEST (BioSTAR Evaluation STudy) trial, which is evaluating NMT Medic...[more]

The stent debate: is the war over?

It seems, according to Dr Sidney Smith Jr, Past President of the AHA and professor of medicine a...[more]

Medical Ventures reports GAAME clinical trial update

Recent developments in the human clinical trial for Medical Venture’s Metricath Gemini dual-ball...[more]

VALOR II and VIRTUE studies to evaluating Valiant Thoracic Stent Graft System

Enrolment has begun in two separate clinical trials studying the use of the Valiant Thoracic Ste...[more]

CoreValve establishes ReValving as repeatable, pure cath-lab Procedure for PAVR on a beating heart

CoreValve’s patented ReValving System, consisting of a 18F-sized delivery catheter, was recently...[more]

Vicor Technologies begins clinical sites for pivotal vital trial

Vicor Technologies, developer of the Vicor PD2i Cardiac Analyzer, a patented device utilised in ...[more]

Cook’s Z-Trak Plus Introduction System gains European approval

Cook has received the CE mark for the new Z-Trak Introduction System for its Zenith TX2 TAA Endo...[more]

Datascope to launch CS300 Automatic Balloon Pump and intra-aortic balloon catheter

Datascope will soon launch its next-generation of intra-aortic balloon therapy products, the Sen...[more]

FDA clears FilterWire EZ Embolic Protection System for carotid indications

The FDA has approved Boston Scientific’s FilterWire EZ Embolic Protection System for use in caro...[more]

MIVT acquires Biosync Scientific

MIV Therapeutics (MIVT) has entered into a formal agreement to acquire Biosync Scientific, an In...[more]

Datascope and Sorin sign peripheral stent distribution agreement

Datascope has closed an exclusive five-year worldwide agreement, excluding the US and Japan, to ...[more]

LeMaitre Vascular to distribute the Endologix Powerlink System in Europe

LeMaitre Vascular has signed a three-year agreement under which the company will act as the excl...[more]

Medtronic announces intent to spin-off market leading external defibrillation business

Medtronic has announced that its Board of Directors has authorised the spin-off of its Emergency...[more]

Edwards' angiogenesis programme acquired by Sangamo

Sangamo BioSciences has acquired Edwards Lifescience’s angiogenesis programme. The Edwards progr...[more]

Micrus Endovascular purchases catheter technology

Micrus Endovascular has acquired certain assets and business of privately held VasCon LLC, a dev...[more]

Possis has option to buy IVC filter company

Possis Medical has closed a US$2.5 million equity investment in Rafael Medical Technologies. The...[more]