March 29, 2017 — In patients with a complete, persistent arterial blockage, medication alone was found to be equal...
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Videos | Cath Lab | March 28, 2017
MDBuyline analyst Tom Watson shares some of the most important trends in cardiac technology he saw at the 2017...
Feature | Cath Lab | March 27, 2017
March 27, 2017 — Patients experiencing a major heart attack often have more than one clogged artery, but under...
Videos | Heart Valve Technology | March 24, 2017
Michael Reardon, M.D., professor of cardiothoracic surgery at Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart and Vascular Center,...
News | Cardiac Imaging | March 24, 2017
March 24, 2017 — At the 2017 American College of Cardiology's Annual Scientific Session & Expo (ACC.17), Philips...
Videos | FFR Catheters | March 23, 2017
Justin Davies, MBBS, of Imperial College London, and Matthias Götberg, M.D, Ph.D., of Skane University Hospital,...
News | Antiplatelet and Anticoagulation Therapies | March 23, 2017
March 23, 2017 — In patients at elevated risk for a recurrence of potentially life- threatening blood clots, a low...
An MRI brain scan showing multiple microbleeds in a transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) patient from the study.
Feature | Heart Valve Technology | March 23, 2017
March 22, 2017 — A quarter of the patients in a single-center study of 84 patients undergoing transcatheter aortic...
The CardioGard embolic protection system for surgical aortic valve replacement.
Feature | Embolic Protection Devices | March 22, 2017
March 22, 2017 — Two U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-cleared embolic protection systems designed to remove...
Feature | Heart Valve Technology | March 22, 2017
March 22, 2017 – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and granted market clearance to the Medtronic CoreValve...
Videos | Hemodynamic Support Devices | March 21, 2017
This video, provided by Abiomed, demonstrates the Impella percutaneous ventricular assist devices (pVAD). It offers...
Feature | Stents Bioresorbable | March 21, 2017 | Dave Fornell
March 21, 2017 — In the late-breaking ABSORB III Trial two year results presented at the American College...
Technology | Guidewires | March 20, 2017
March 20, 2017 — Teleflex Inc. recently announced 510(k) clearance by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)...
Matthias Götberg, principal investigator for the iFR-SWEDEHEART study, and Justin E. Davies, lead investigator for the DEFINE-FLAIR trial, share key points of their study with DAIC editor Dave Fornell at ACC.17. The trials showed iFR is equal in outcomes to FFR in assessing coronary lesions.
Feature | FFR Catheters | March 20, 2017
March 20, 2017 — For patients experiencing angina (chest pain) or a heart attack, instantaneous wave-free ratio (iFR...
Feature | Pharmaceuticals | March 20, 2017
March 20, 2017 — The most important late-breaking pharmaceutical trial at the 2017 America College of Cardiology...
