VANCOUVER, March 03, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- via NEWMEDIAWIRE -- Neovasc Inc.("Neovasc" or the "Company") (NASDAQ,TSX: NVCN), a leader in the development of minimally invasive transcatheter mitral valve replacement technologies and minimally invasive devices for the treatment of refractory angina, announced today the Neovasc Reducer (the "Reducer") was featured in the peer reviewed publicationEuroIntervention, the official Journal of EuroPCR and the European Association of Percutaneous Cardiovascular Interventions (EAPCI) and highlighted inPCR Online. In the study published inEuroIntervention, Coronary sinus Reducer implantation results in improved oxygen kinetics at cardiopulmonary exercise test in patients with refractory angina, in patients with obstructivecoronaryartery disease suffering from chronic refractory angina, treatment with coronary sinus Reducer implantation was associated with objective improvement in exercise capacity and oxygen kinetics tested by cardiopulmonary exercise testing as well as improvement in angina symptoms and quality of life. Patients with chronic refractory angina were treated with Reducer implantation at 2 medical centers: the Antwerp Cardiovascular Center in Belgium and the Tel Aviv Medical Center in Israel Continue reading →

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Human health and biomedical science have been transformed in tandem over the past two centuries. From around 1850 to 1920, better nutrition and prevention of epidemic infections were the main contributors to massive improvements in life expectancy and reductions in infant and maternal mortality. Continue reading →