CardioKinetix, Inc., a medical device company, based in Menlo Park, California, recently announced the start of a major U.S.-based trial for their Parachute™ Ventricular Partitioning Device, the first catheter-based treatment for heart failure. Implanted in a procedure similar to coronary angioplasty and stents, initial smaller trials for the device have shown positive results at two and three years. As a result of this data, the Parachute currently is approved for use in Europe and carries the CE Mark. The PARACHUTE IV Trial expects to enroll 478 patients in the U.S.
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Friday, February 8, 2013
Novel catheter-based treatment for heart failure begins U.S. trial
CardioKinetix, Inc., a medical device company, based in Menlo Park, California, recently announced the start of a major U.S.-based trial for their Parachute™ Ventricular Partitioning Device, the first catheter-based treatment for heart failure. Implanted in a procedure similar to coronary angioplasty and stents, initial smaller trials for the device have shown positive results at two and three years. As a result of this data, the Parachute currently is approved for use in Europe and carries the CE Mark. The PARACHUTE IV Trial expects to enroll 478 patients in the U.S.
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