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Cardiovascular / Cardiology

BIOLIFE4D Successfully 3D Bioprints Human Heart Tissue

BIOLIFE4D, a biotech pioneer leveraging advances in tissue engineering to 3D print human organs viable for transplant, today announced it has successfully demonstrated its ability to 3D bioprint human cardiac tissue – specifically, a human cardiac patch. The scientific milestone...

June 28, 2018

Cardiovascular / Cardiology

“Smart Stent” Monitors Blood Flow, Detects Narrowing of Arteries

Vascular stents are some of the most commonly implanted medical devices, keeping millions of arteries open to uninterrupted blood flow. Though they tend to work well at first, too many end up being re-stenosed by new deposits of plaque and...

June 26, 2018

Cardiovascular / Cardiology

HeartSciences Named “Start-Up to Watch”

SOUTHLAKE, Texas–(BUSINESS WIRE)–HeartSciences is delighted to have been highlighted as “Start-Up to Watch” in the June 8, 2018 issue of the MedTech Strategist. The article titled “HEARTSCIENCES: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IMPROVES FRONTLINE RISK STRATIFICATION FOR HEART DISEASES” discusses HeartSciences’ role in addressing the current challenges...

June 25, 2018

Cardiovascular / Cardiology

Doctors Told Not to Order ECG’s for Low-Risk Patients

Doctors shouldn’t routinely perform electrocardiograms on patients at low risk for heart disease, an influential federal panel is recommending. While an ECG test of the heart’s electrical activity is safe and inexpensive, the benefits for patients at low risk of...

June 14, 2018

Cardiovascular / Cardiology

Implantable Device Delivers Drugs Straight to the Heart

An international team of researchers, led by Harvard University, have developed a refillable, implantable device, which sits directly on the heart and can deliver drugs and other therapies to treat the aftereffects of a heart attack. The device, dubbed Therepi,...

June 14, 2018

Cardiovascular / Cardiology

Class I Recall Issued by FDA for Abbott’s HeartMate 3 Heart Pump

The FDA issued a Class I recall for Abbott’s HeartMate 3 left ventricular assist device due to possible twisting of the outflow graft that could result in a persistent low-flow alarm, which normally signals potential safety risks including low blood...

May 23, 2018

Cardiovascular / Cardiology

SherpaPak and SherpaPerfusion Donor Heart Transport Coolers Cleared in Europe

Paragonix Technologies, based in Braintree, Massachusetts, won European approval to introduce its SherpaPak and SherpaPerfusion cardiac transport systems. The devices are intended for maintaining hearts while they’re being transported from harvest in preparation for transplantation. The SherpaPak device relies on hypothermic static...

February 22, 2018

Cardiovascular / Cardiology

Eye Scan to Predict Heart Disease

Alphabet’s health science company Verily has announced a wide range of projects, from developing smartwatches made for medical studies to mass-producing infected mosquitoes to curb their population. Scientists from the division now have a new endeavor: Assessing heart disease risk by staring into patients’ eyes. In a paper (PDF) published today in the Nature journal Biomedical...

February 20, 2018

Cardiovascular / Cardiology

Tiny Heart Valves for Tiny Bodies

Congenital heart disease, the most common birth defect, can affect the heart’s walls, valves and arteries. The biggest problems associated with treating congenital heart disease are the limited availability and poor durability of replacement heart valves, said Henri Justino, M.D., director of the Charles E. Mullins Cardiac Catheterization...

February 8, 2018