Ticagrelor monotherapy is no better than aspirin when it comes to reducing graft failure due to ischemic events occurring in the first year following CABG surgery, the TiCAB study showed.
Visit WebsiteThe Vascade MVP vascular closure system met its endpoints compared to manual compression in a pivotal clinical study for multi-access venous closure following electrophysiology (EP) procedures, according to manufacturer Cardiva Medical Inc. The AMBULATE study is the first randomized pivotal trial of vessel closure conducted exclusively by EP physicians.
Visit WebsiteVentureMed Group Inc. announced the initiation of a new study to determine if the Flex Dynamic Scoring Catheter reduces dissections and the need for bailout stents in peripheral arteries. The study, entitled “Arterial Dissections Following FLEX Scoring and Adjunctive Balloon Angioplasty: Intravascular Ultrasound Assessment and Correlation with Angiographic Findings,” will utilize intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) to identify the health of the vessel after treatment.
Visit WebsiteThe Lutonix Drug-Coated Balloon (DCB) showed statistically significant safety equivalence with a standard percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) catheter for the treatment of narrowed or obstructed arteries below the knee in recent trial results. The data were presented at the Vascular Interventional Advances (VIVA) 2018 annual conference, Nov. 5-8 in Las Vegas.
Visit WebsiteCordis, a Cardinal Health company, today announced the U.S. launch of Mynx Control Vascular Closure Device (VCD). It integrates active extravascular sealing and bioresorbability properties with a next-generation delivery system to maximize predictability, safety, and ease of use in sealing 5-7 French femoral arterial access sites. Vascular closure devices reduce time to hemostasis and ambulation in patients who have undergone diagnostic or interventional procedures.
Visit WebsiteEnsuring use of proven medications for secondary prevention after MI may help mitigate the excess mortality risk seen in patients with schizophrenia, a Danish cohort study suggests.
Visit WebsiteOptical coherence tomography (OCT) can be a tool for better understanding the origins of MI with non-obstructive coronary arteries (MINOCA), a new single-center study suggests. Both plaque disruption and thrombus appear to be linked with myocardial injury, as assessed by cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR).
Visit WebsiteFull results of the secondary analysis looking at neurological events in the SURTAVI trial affirm that intermediate-risk patients who underwent TAVR with the self-expanding CoreValve (Medtronic) versus surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) fared better in the first 30 days of follow-up.
Visit WebsiteAs TAVR volumes in the United States have grown, those of isolated surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) have dropped, as have the comorbidities of the patients treated surgically, according to observational data through 2014. Moreover, patient mortality following SAVR has decreased among the highest-volume TAVR centers.
Visit WebsiteInterventional cardiologists still have mixed perspectives on appropriate use criteria (AUC) for diagnostic catherization and percutaneous coronary interventions nearly a decade after the metrics debuted, according to results of a recent survey.
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