UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

_____________________________

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report:

(Date of earliest event reported)

~~February~~March 192, 2015

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ATHERONOVA INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

Delaware

(State or other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)

000-52315

(Commission File Number)

20-1915083

(IRS Employer Identification No.)

2301 Dupont Drive, Suite 525

Irvine, CA 92612

(Address of Principal Executive Offices and zip code)

(949) 476-1100

(Registrant’s telephone
number, including area code)

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Item 81.~~01. Other~~03 ~~Events~~Bankruptcy or Receivership.

On ~~February~~March 192, 2015, the ~~registrant~~Registrant ~~issued~~and aAtheroNova ~~press~~Operations, ~~release~~Inc., ~~entitled~~its ~~“AtheroNova~~wholly-owned ~~Receives~~subsidiary, ~~Additional~~filed ~~Notices~~voluntary petitions under Chapter 11 of ~~Debt~~the ~~Acceleration~~U.” ~~The~~S. ~~press~~Bankruptcy ~~release~~Code isin ~~attached~~the ~~hereto~~U. asS. ~~Exhibit~~Bankruptcy 99Court, Central District of California, Santa Ana division.1 ~~and~~The iscases ~~incorporated~~are ~~herein~~expected byto ~~reference~~be jointly administered. The Registrant will evaluate all options, including a Bankruptcy Court supervised asset sale process, for all or substantially all of its assets to a party who could potentially be interested in continuing the Company’s clinical programs.

During the restructuring process, the Registrant will continue to operate in the ordinary course including continuing evaluation of its recently concluded Phase 1b clinical trial in Russia. In addition, the Registrant intends to request Bankruptcy Court approval of a series of customary motions.

On March 3, 2015, the Registrant issued a press release entitled “AtheroNova and its Subsidiary File for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protection.” The press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

Court filings for the bankruptcy cases are available at https://www.pacer.gov.

Item 9.01.

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)

Exhibits.

The following exhibits are filed herewith:

	Exhibit Number	Description
	99.1	Press release entitled “AtheroNova Receives Additional Notices of Debt Acceleration.”

Exhibit

Number

Description

99.1

Press release entitled “AtheroNova and its Subsidiary File for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protection.”

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

	AtheroNova Inc.
Date: February 19, 2015	By:	/s/Mark Selawski
Date: March 3, 2015	By:	/s/ Mark Selawski
		Mark Selawski
		Chief Financial Officer & Secretary

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