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ACC Results Recap Part II: CardioMEMS Post-Approval Trial Shows Monitoring Reduces Heart-Failure Hospitalizations; Medtronic’s Tyrx Envelope Reduces Infections

 
• By Reed Miller

Medtech Insight's Results Recap is a regular feature covering the major device trial results compiled by MedDeviceTracker. This is the second of three Results Recaps covering trial data presented at the American College of Cardiology Scientific Sessions in New Orleans, March 16-18, including clinical trial data on devices from Abbott Laboratories, Medtronic, Medi-Lynx, and iRhythm. See Part 1 of our ACC Results Recap for more on the groundbreaking trials of transcatheter aortic valve replacement in low-risk patients and the Apple Heart study of Apple Watch's ability to track atrial fibrillation.

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[Editor's Note:Results Recap is Medtech Insight’s regular review of important medical device trial presentations as tracked by Informa’s MedDeviceTracker. Click here to request a demonstration. For an archive of previous Results Recaps and Starts & Stops, our regular updates on trial announcements, visit the Tracking Trials page.]

In the CardioMEMS postapproval study patients treated with Abbott's CardioMEMS heart failure sensor system showed a 58% reduction in heart failure-related hospitalizations in the year after the device was...

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