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Cardiovascular / Cardiology

3D Printed Patch Could Help Patients Recover From Heart Attacks

A heart attack is a scary thing and it can go either way, although usually after the first attack things are never really quite the same. However in the future healing the heart after a heart attack could be a...

April 24, 2017

Cardiovascular / Cardiology

Heart Test Laboratories Announces Joe Schwoebel as Vice President, Clinical and Regulatory Affairs

Heart Test Laboratories, Inc., announced today the appointment of Mr. Joe Schwoebel as Vice President of Clinical and Regulatory Affairs. Mr. Schwoebel has over 30 years’ experience in medical device clinical studies, regulatory affairs and quality assurance with several companies,...

April 21, 2017

Cardiovascular / Cardiology

AI Can Predict Heart Attacks Better Than Doctor

Doctors have lots of tools for predicting a patient’s health. But—as even they will tell you—they’re no match for the complexity of the human body. Heart attacks, in particular, are hard to anticipate. Now, scientists have shown that computers capable...

April 19, 2017

Cardiovascular / Cardiology

Device Slows Blood Flow into Brain Aneurysms

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A device that treats large brain aneurysms just as effective for treating smaller and sometimes harder to reach aneurysms, according to a study’s findings, which were presented at the International Stroke Conference Houston by Ricardo A. Hanel, MD, PhD, neurovascular surgeon with...

April 17, 2017

Cardiovascular / Cardiology

Hospital Needle Pricks Easier with New Device

Scientists at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital and Ben Gurion University have developed a prototype device designed to quickly and accurately locate a vein or artery in children and adults in need of a medical procedure. It uses ultrasound and a robotic...

April 17, 2017

Cardiovascular / Cardiology

Inari Medical Announces First Patient Treated With The ClotTriever Thrombectomy System

IRVINE, Calif., April 10, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Inari Medical Inc., a venture capital-backed medical device company focused on the interventional treatment of venous thrombus, announced the treatment of the first patient with its ClotTriever Thrombectomy System.  The ClotTriever Thrombectomy System received 510(k)...

April 11, 2017

Cardiovascular / Cardiology

Interventional cardiologists: Heroes of the witching hour

Coming off the ACC.17 conference, we have Margy Rockwood blogging for us about her experience: Last month, I attended the 2017 American College of Cardiology conference at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in D.C., along with 13,000+ medical professionals...

April 5, 2017

Cardiovascular / Cardiology

Ibuprofen Increases Cardiovascular Risk 

When nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory medications such as ibuprofen (Motrin, Advil) and naproxen sodium (Aleve) first hit the market, they were heralded as an attractive alternative to aspirin for tackling aches and pains, as they were thought to be gentler on the...

March 28, 2017

Cardiovascular / Cardiology

Major Breakthrough in Mass Producing Red Blood Cells

Every minute in the United States, 30 people require a blood transfusion. That equates to a lot of blood, and the problem is that not enough people donate. This bottleneck has long been an issue for medicine, and so many...

March 27, 2017