In this week’s episode of the DeviceTalks Weekly Podcast, Dr. Nick West, CMO & divisional VP of global medical affairs at Abbott’s vascular business, discusses the European launch of the company’s new coronary imaging platform. Dr. West explains how the AI-powered platform works and the benefits it offers for decision-making during coronary stenting procedures. He […]
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5 of the latest cardiac tech insights out of ACC.21
The American College of Cardiology’s 70th Annual Scientific Session has produced some positive news about some controversial cardiac tech. Drug-coated stents, which a 2018 study linked to late-stage death, were shown to be non-inferior to non-drug-coated stents in patients with peripheral arterial disease. And a new study of renal denervation that used a different methodology […]
AtriCure AFib treatment device wins FDA approval
AtriCure (NSDQ:ATRC) announced today that the FDA approved its EPi-Sense system for treating long-standing persistent atrial fibrillation (Afib). Mason, Ohio-based AtriCure’s EPi-Sense system demonstrated superiority in the Hybrid AF therapy arm compared to endocardial catheter ablation alone in the Converge clinical trial, according to a news release. AtriCure’s Hybrid AF therapy is a minimally invasive […]
AtriCure beats the Street in Q1 results
AtriCure (NASDAQ:ATRC) posted first-quarter results today that beat the consensus forecast on Wall Street. The Mason, Ohio-based company reported losses of -$16.9 million, or -38¢ per share, on sales of $59.3 million for the three months ended March 31, for a sales growth of 11.37% compared with Q1 2020. Adjusted to exclude one-time items, earnings per […]
