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TORONTO, Jan. 8, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- According to Millennium Research Group (MRG), the global authority on medical technology market intelligence, declines in procedure volumes in the United States interventional cardiology (IC) market will lead to a long-term contraction. As a result of the procedure volume decline, coupled with increasing cost sensitivity, this market will show a steady contraction from a value of just under $2.5 billion in 2012 to just under $2 billion by 2017....
NEW YORK, Jan. 2, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The FREEDOM trial, the first long-term, comparative study of its kind exclusively for patients with diabetes and advanced multivessel coronary artery disease (CAD) revealed that diabetics with CAD live longer, and are less likely to suffer a non-fatal heart attack, when treated with bypass surgery instead of drug-eluting stents (DES), tiny, medicine-coated mesh tubes that prop open clogged arteries. The findings were presented in the 2012...
BASKING RIDGE, N.J., Dec. 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Regado Biosciences, Inc., a privately held company leading the development of antithrombotic aptamers with active control agents, announced it has secured a landmark $51 million Series E financing. The round was led by new investor RusnanoMedInvest, a subsidiary of the state-run Russian investment firm RUSNANO, and included participation from another new, US-based investor, Baxter Healthcare's venture initiative, Baxter Ventures....
Some stroke patients may benefit from cerebral angioplasty and stent placement, according to a new study published online Tuesday, December 11, in the journal Radiology. Oak Brook, Ill (PRWEB) December 11, 2012 Some stroke patients may benefit from cerebral angioplasty and stent placement, according to a new study published online in the journal Radiology. “As many as 70 percent of ischemic stroke patients could have positive clinical outcomes with the additional use of intra-arterial...
Some stroke patients may benefit from cerebral angioplasty and stent placement, according to a new study published online in the journal Radiology. "As many as 70 percent of ischemic stroke patients could have positive clinical outcomes with the additional use of intra-arterial revascularization using stents," said Martin Roubec, M.D., Ph.D., a neurologist in the Comprehensive Stroke Center at the University Hospital Ostrava in the Czech Republic. Ischemic stroke, the most common form...
Global Trial Led by Dr. Dean Kereiakes of Lindner Research Center CINCINNATI, Dec. 3, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Clinical scientists at The Christ Hospital's Lindner Research Center are leading a worldwide study evaluating new breakthrough coronary stent technology that may make stenting easier and safer. The first procedures to implant the novel SYNERGYâ"¢ stent were performed at The Christ Hospital by Drs. Thomas Broderick and Joseph Choo, interventional cardiologists....
CHICAGO, Nov. 28, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- While obesity is considered a cardiovascular risk factor, a study presented today at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) showed that African-American patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) have much less fat around their hearts compared to Caucasian patients. "Prior evidence suggests that increased fat around the heart may be either an independent marker of CAD burden or a predictor of the...
SAN DIEGO, Nov. 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Volcano Corporation (Nasdaq: VOLC), a leading developer and manufacturer of precision guided therapy tools designed to enhance the diagnosis and treatment of coronary and peripheral vascular disease, today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Sync-Rx Ltd., a privately-held company based in Israel that develops advanced software applications that optimize and facilitate transcatheter cardiovascular...
Recent studies questioning the role of specialist heart attack centers produced misleading results because doctors tend to send the sickest patients to have the best care, according to new research. Many heart attack patients in the UK are sent to a specialist center for primary angioplasty - a surgical procedure to reopen the blocked artery. Randomized trials have found that angioplasty is much more successful than drug treatment alone, but research based on "real-world" data suggest that...
SAN DIEGO, Nov. 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Volcano Corporation (Nasdaq: VOLC), a leading developer and manufacturer of precision guided therapy tools designed to enhance the diagnosis and treatment of coronary and peripheral vascular disease, today announced that results from the largest study of its kind show that stent procedures guided by intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) resulted in better patient outcomes and fewer complications at 30 days and 12 months compared to procedures...
