September 29, 2010 – Physicians from the Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute will lead a clinical trial evaluating transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) for patients who experience severe aortic stenosis and who may be at an elevated risk for open-heart surgery. The trial will study St. Jude Medical’s transcatheter aortic valve.

September 29, 2010 – Results from a trial studying the effects of a drug-eluting balloon (DEB) on peripheral artery disease (PAD) were released at the Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) 2010 symposium.


Transcatheter valve therapies were among the hottest topics at the 2010 Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) symposium and the key presentation was the very positive first release of data from the U.S. PARTNER trial. The trial results are widely expected to open the door to a major transition away from surgical to transcatheter aortic valve repair in the coming years.

September 29, 2010 – A prospective study found that an implantable cardiac monitor detected arrhythmias in patients who had suffered a heart attack.

September 29, 2010 – An agreement was reached between AccessClosure and Benrikal Services for distributing vascular closure devices in the United States. AccessClosure will be the exclusive distributor for the Bengal Radial Compression Band, which helps close the radial artery after a cardiovascular procedure.

September 28, 2010 – The Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) 2010 symposium featured a live case broadcast of a physician implanting a new device to treat refractory angina.

September 28, 2010 – A new multinational trial will examine the effectiveness of embolic protection mesh stents in STEMI (ST-elelvated myocardial infarction) patients.

The MASTER trial will compare the MGuard coronary stent, made by InspireMD, with standard care. The MGuard stent is covered in a polymer mesh to prevent emboli from escaping when the stent is expanded.

September 28, 2010 – A guiding catheter specifically designed for right radial access to maximize transradial interventional procedures is released in the United States. Terumo Interventional System’s Heartrail III Coronary Guiding Catheter is designed for use in the left or right coronary artery.

September 28, 2010 - Software downloaded during a routine office visit cuts the risk of inappropriate shocks by 50 percent for patients with implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICD), according to research reported in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association.

September 28, 2010 – Three-year follow-up data from the HORIZONS-AMI trial presented at Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) 2010 last week continues to show marked improvement of paclitaxel-eluting stents over bare metal stents in acute myocardial infarction (AMI).

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