The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved of the world’s smallest heart pump. The regulatory agency approved Abiomed’s (NASDAQ: ABMD) investigational device exemption application to start an early feasibility study with a first-in-human trial...
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Major Health Systems Lead Abiomed-Sponsored Large Clinical Trial to Curb Epidemic of Heart Failure
Grand Rapids, MI-based Spectrum Health has enrolled the first patient in the ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction Door-to-Unloading (STEMI DTU) Pivotal Randomized Controlled Trial. This trial’s sponsors are seeking to test the hypothesis that unloading the heart’s left...
Washington Univ. St. Louis Research Correlates Social Determinants of Health & Heart Pump Access
Washington University St. Louis funded a report reported on by the American Heart Association via EurekAlert! The social determinants of health are alive in America. Patients who are African-American or Hispanic, uninsured or covered by Medicaid insurance and...