transradial access, TRI, DRAGON trial, TCT 2015, non-inferiority, transfemoral access, TFO

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.
FFR-CT, cost and quality of life outcomes, TCT 2015, PLATFORM trial

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).
IN.PACT SFA study, TCT 2015, drug-coated balloons, PTA, SFA disease, superficial femoral artery
IN.PACT SFA, trial conclusions, TCT 2015

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.

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.

RESPECT trial, long-term study results, TCT 2015, PFO closure, recurrent cryptogenic 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 — Enrollment has successfully concluded in its multi-center, international CE mark clinical trials MEND-II and RENASCENT-I for the assessment of the Amaranth Medical Fortitude sirolimus-eluting bioresorbable scaffold (BRS) in patients with symptomatic coronary artery disease. 

Claret embolic protection, TAVR, cerebral protection
Claret embolic protection, TAVR, cerebral protection

October 14, 2015 — Claret Medical, an innovator in cardiovascular cerebral protection, Data presented this week at Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) 2015 showed the first definitive cognitive benefit from use of a cardiovascular cerebral protection system during transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) procedures. 
ABSORB III trial, TCT 2015, bioresorbable vascular scaffold, BVS

Results from a clinical trial showed that an everolimus-eluting bioresorbable vascular scaffold was non-inferior after one year compared to a current generation metallic drug-eluting stent (DES) in patients with coronary artery disease. Target lesion failure (TLF) was the primary endpoint for the study.

Edwards Lifesciences Corp. announced that details on the 13 first-in-human compassionate use cases with its Forma transcatheter tricuspid repair system were presented at the 27th Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT), the annual scientific symposium of the Cardiovascular Research Foundation.  The results of the first seven cases were also published online this week in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

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