Six-month results of the ESPRIT trial suggest a bioresorbable drug-eluting scaffold is effective in opening blocked blood vessels in the legs and pelvis, as presented at the 26th annual International Symposium on Endovascular Therapy (ISET). 

Peripheral artery disease (PAD) sufferers maintain improved quality of life, including being able to walk farther, three years after being treated with stents to open their blocked leg arteries, according to STROLL trial results presented at the 26th annual International Symposium on Endovascular Therapy (ISET).

FDA Premarket Approval PMA Clinical Study EP Lab Cath Leads Implantable Devices

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved many cardiac implantable electronic device models currently in use through a review process in which models were deemed safe and effective based on approval of prior versions of the device, according to a study published in JAMA.

Argon Medical Devices Inc. received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to begin marketing the OptionElite retrievable inferior vena cava (IVC) filter with an over-the-wire delivery technique. 


An international research team, led by Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai investigators, designed and tested a high-density lipoprotein (HDL) nanoparticle loaded with a statin drug. In mouse studies, they show HDL nanotherapy is capable of directly targeting and lowering dangerous inflammation in blood vessels.

An international research team at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai is testing a sugar-based tracer contrast agent to be used with positron emission tomography (PET) imaging to help identify dangerous inflammation and high-risk vulnerable atherosclerotic plaque inside vessel walls that causes acute heart attacks and strokes.
An implant of the ReZolve2 bioresorbable scaffold was transmitted live via satellite at the Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) 2013 conference in San Francisco. 
Carotid Stent Clinical Study Abbott Cordis National Cardiovascular Data Registry

The three most common systems to place stents in blocked carotid arteries of the neck have similarly low rates of complication and death among U.S. patients, according to a study published by JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions.
Research published in the American Journal of Managed Care indicated using telemedicine to deliver stroke care, or telestroke, appears to be cost-effective for society. Telestroke robots allow stroke patients in facilities with no neurology specialists to receive real-time consultation from neurologists in other areas via computer. 
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