




June 1, 2016
New ESC Guidelines for Acute and Chronic Heart Failure
On 21 May 2016 the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic heart failure (HF) were published in European Heart Journal and the European Journal of Heart Failure. The Guidelines were presented at Heart Failure 2016 and the 3rd World Congress on Acute Heart Failure in Florence, Italy.

May 31, 2016
BioVentrix receives FDA IDE Approval for its Pivotal Clinical Trial, ALIVE
A hybrid closed-chest transcatheter procedure for patients suffering from ischemic cardiomyopathy.

March 30, 2016
Surfacer System rescues obstructed central vein access, first case in Germany
Bluegrass Vascular Technologies, Inc., a private medical technology company focused on innovating lifesaving devices and methods for vascular access procedures, announced today that its Surfacer® Inside-Out® Access Catheter System was successfully used on a patient facing life-threatening complications from end-stage renal disease.


April 22-23, 2016
Retro CTO Summit 2016, Vienna
RETRO CTO Vienna is a unique opportunity to meet world leaders in CTO revascularizations during the performance of live cases, during lectures and interactive sessions on recorded cases, all in the fantastic city of Vienna, and the friendly venue of the General Hospital Vienna.

March 16, 2016
InfoBionic Receives FDA 510(k) Clearance for MoMe Kardia
Wireless, 3-in-1 remote monitoring system with embedded cellular technology for recording arrhythmia and motion data to cloud-based analysis platform is expected to disrupt the status quo in ambulatory detection and monitoring

January 1, 2016
New Guidance from European Commission impacts transatlantic patient data transfer
Court of Justice denies equivalence of Safe Harbour Privacy Principles versus EU privacy directive 95/46/EC