Image Diagnostics has entered into a product development agreement with ECLS Inc. to design a new radiation shield expected to debut at the 2018 Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) 2018 annual meeting, Nov. 26-30 in Chicago. The radiation shield, conceptualized by ECLS founder James Goldstein, M.D., cardiologist at Royal Oak Michigan’s Beaumont Hospital, is expected to address the adverse health effects of radiation exposure and the strain of long-term wear of protective lead during interventional surgery.

A high number of patients in a study who underwent transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) experienced severe and moderate cases of prosthesis-patient mismatch (PPM), meaning the implanted heart valve is too small for the patient, which can lead to inadequate blood flow. The research team from Penn Medicine also found that the risk of death and of heart failure readmissions were 19 percent and 12 percent higher, respectively, after one year as compared to patients without severe PPM.

Intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) guidance improved clinical outcomes over angiography guidance during drug-eluting stent (DES) implantation by lowering the rate of target vessel failure at one year in the ULTIMATE trial.

October 1, 2018 — Recent results from the BIONYX randomized clinical study showed the novel, thin-strutted, polymer ...