Valtech Cardio Ltd. announced that two patients diagnosed with severe mitral regurgitation (MR) have been treated successfully with its Transfemoral Cardioband Annuloplasty System.

Criteria for evaluating operator competency for performing coronary interventions should be expanded beyond procedure volume and include an evaluation of risk-adjusted outcomes, periodic case reviews of patient selection and other factors, according to a new report from the American College of Cardiology, the American Heart Association and the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions.


Preliminary results from the ADVISE (Adenosine Vasodilator Independent Stenosis Evaluation) II trial confirm prior retrospective publications and demonstrate the clinical usefulness of an iFR/fractional flow reserve (FFR) hybrid approach to simplify lesion assessment and to save the use of hyperemic drugs in a significant number of patients. It was also announced that this hybrid iFR/FFR strategy, along with intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) guidance, will be used in the multi-center SYNTAX2 trial in Europe starting later this year.
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