Feature | Drug-Eluting Balloons
Results from the ISAR-DESIRE 4 trial indicate that use of a scoring balloon plus a paclitaxel-coated balloon (PCB) was angiographically superior to a paclitaxel-coated balloon alone for the treatment of restenosis within limus-eluting stents.
October 22, 2015
News | Heart Valve Technology
Direct Flow Medical Inc. announced one-year outcomes from the DISCOVER post-market study that demonstrate excellent real-world results for the Direct Flow Medical Transcatheter Aortic Valve System. The data were presented last week at the Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) annual meeting by Federico De Marco, M.D., from the Policlinico San Donato in Milan, Italy.
October 22, 2015
Feature | Mobile Devices
For the first time, cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) guidelines issued by the American Heart Association (AHA) recommend communities consider using social media and mobile app technology to alert CPR responders when someone nearby suffers sudden cardiac arrest. The new guidelines cite studies that show emerging mobile technologies can result in a “higher rate of bystander-initiated CPR.”
October 21, 2015Sponsored Content
Feature | Nuclear Imaging
Cardiac PET/CT represents a major advancement in cardiovascular diagnostics, offering significant clinical and ...
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News | Contrast Media
Bracco Diagnostics Inc. announced that Lumason was approved by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) for pass-through status under the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (HOPPS). Lumason is an ultrasound contrast agent indicated for use in adults with suboptimal echocardiograms to opacify the left ventricular chamber and to improve the delineation of the left ventricular endocardial border.
October 21, 2015
Feature | Thrombectomy Devices
A pair of studies presented at the 27th annual Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) scientific symposium showed no late benefit of thrombus aspiration during percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI).
October 20, 2015
Results from the BRAVO 3 trial found that bivalirudin did not significantly reduce major bleeding rates at 48 hours or adverse events at 30 days compared to heparin in high-risk patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR).
October 20, 2015Sponsored Content
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October 19, 2015 — Vascular Interventional Advances (VIVA) Physicians, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to ...
October 19, 2015
Technology | Antiplatelet and Anticoagulation Therapies
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted accelerated approval to Praxbind (idarucizumab) for use in patients who are taking the anticoagulant Pradaxa (dabigatran) during emergency situations when there is a need to reverse Pradaxa’s blood-thinning effects.
October 19, 2015
Feature | TCT | Tom Watson, BS, RCVT, Clinical Analyst, MD Buyline
There were several overarching technology trends seen at the 2015 Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) annual ...
October 19, 2015Sponsored Content
Feature | Information Technology
Providing exceptional cardiovascular care for patients to achieve the best possible outcomes is the number one goal for ...
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Feature | Radial Access
Results from a prospective randomized trial of transradial (TRI) versus transfemoral (TFO) access in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention found that TRI was non-inferior in terms of clinical effectiveness at one year and superior in reducing major bleeding complications at seven days compared to TFI.
October 18, 2015
Feature | CT Angiography (CTA)
New results from a multicenter, prospective study show that assessing fractional flow reserve estimated with computed tomography (FFR-CT) may reduce costs in selected symptomatic patients with suspected coronary artery disease (CAD).
October 18, 2015
Feature | Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD)
Two-year results from the IN.PACT SFA study found the use of a drug-coated balloon was superior to conventional percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) in treating patients with superficial femoral artery (SFA) disease.
October 18, 2015Sponsored Content
Feature | Cardiac Imaging
Cardiac positron emission tomography (PET) is growing in popularity among cardiologists because it provides the ability ...
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News | Cardiac Imaging
The main pumping chamber of the heart ages differently in men and women, according to a new magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) study published online in the journal Radiology. Researchers said the findings may support different treatment approaches for men and women with heart disease.
October 16, 2015
Feature | Stroke
Long-term study results from the RESPECT trial found that closing a patent foramen ovale (PFO) with an Amplatzer PFO Occluder was superior to medical management in the prevention of recurrent cryptogenic stroke in patients who had previously experienced one.
October 16, 2015
News | Stents Bioresorbable
October 16, 2015 — Enrollment has successfully concluded in its multi-center, international CE mark clinical trials MEND ...
October 16, 2015