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Texas Heart Institute Wins Prestigious Grant to Develop Wireless and Leadless Pacemakers
November 6, 2019
Texas Heart Institute (THI) was awarded a prestigious four-year, $2.39 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to explore further the development of a novel pacemaker system that is both leadless and wirelessly powered. Dr.
Itamar Medical Announces Blue Shield of CA and Blue Cross Blue Shield Federal Employee Plan to Include WatchPAT™ in Their Policies
November 4, 2019
CAESAREA, Israel, Nov.
Impulse Dynamics Announces U.S. FDA Supplemental-PMA Approval of its Next Generation Optimizer® Smart System
October 30, 2019
Impulse Dynamics, developer of the implantable Optimizer Smart System
Cardiva Medical Announces Publication of Data from the AMBULATE Pivotal Study
October 30, 2019
Cardiva Medical, Inc., an innovator in the field of vascular closure, announced that positive results from the AMBULATE pivotal study demonstrating the safety and efficacy of the company’s VASCADE® MVP Venous Vascular Closure System compared to manual compression were published online in the
CardioFocus® Treats First Patients With HeartLight® Endoscopic Ablation System in France
October 29, 2019
CardioFocus, Inc., a medical device company dedicated to advancing ablation treatment for atrial fibrillation (AFib), announced that the first patients in France have b
Bardy Diagnostics™ Wins Remote Monitoring in Arrhythmias Digital Health Pitch Session at ESC 2019, and Presents at UK Heart Rhythm Congress 2019
October 24, 2019
Bardy Diagnostics, Inc.
Itamar Medical Appoints Jennifer Cook, MD, FAHA, FACC, as Global Medical Director
October 23, 2019
Itamar Medical Ltd., a company that develops, manufactures and markets non-invasive diagnostic medical devices for sleep apnea and uses a digital healthcare platform to facilitate the continuum of care for effective sleep apnea management with a focus on the cardiology market, announced the appointment of Jennifer Cook, MD, FAHA,
Research Improves Understanding of Mechanism of Atrial Fibrillation
October 21, 2019
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The Bristol-Myers Squibb-Pfizer Alliance and Fitbit Collaborate to Address Gaps in Atrial Fibrillation Detection with the Aim of Accelerating Diagnosis
October 18, 2019
The Bristol-Myers Squibb-Pfizer Alliance and Fitbit announced at the TIME 100 Health Summit in New York that they are working together to help drive timely diagnosis of atrial fibrillation (AFib) with the aim of improving earlier detection in individuals at increased risk of stroke.
U.S. FDA Approves XARELTO® (rivaroxaban) to Help Prevent Blood Clots in Acutely Ill Medical Patients
October 15, 2019
The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved XARELTO® (rivaroxaban) for the prevention of venous thromboembolism (VTE), or blood clots, in hospitalized acutely ill medical patients at risk for thromboembolic complications who are not at high risk of bleeding.