The CX Peripheral Arterial Challenges session at the 2016 Charing Cross Symposium (CX 2016; 25–29 April, London, UK) saw a host of new developments being presented and a lift for drug-coated balloons (DCBs), swirling flow stents and drug-eluting stents.
Two 2016 Charing Cross Symposium (CX 2016; 26–29 April, London, UK) presentations in the Venous Challenges Main Programme session have demonstrated the value of dedicated venous stents, with interim results from two studies in patients with symptomatic iliofemoral venous outflow obstruction showing symptom improvement 12-months post-stent placement.
A presentation at the Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Challenges session during the 2016 Charing Cross Symposium (26–29 April, London, UK) has compared the ENGAGE global registry with results from the landmark EVAR 1 trial. The ENGAGE post-market registry has collected data on the Endurant abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) stent graft system (Medtronic).
Endologix has announced the presentation of positive clinical data for the Nellix EndoVascular Aneurysm Sealing (EVAS) system at the 38th Annual Charing Cross Symposium (26–29 April, London, UK). This includes updated data from the Nellix EVAS-FORWARD–Global Registry and a data presentation from Jean-Paul de Vries (Nieuwegein, Netherlands) entitled “Endovascular sealing of common iliac artery aneurysms—multicentre experience”. The Nellix EVAS system is approved for investigational use only in the USA.
Gore has joined with leaders across the vascular and endovascular community in honouring four European physicians as Pioneers in Performance at the 2016 Charing Cross Symposium (26–29 April, London, UK). The biennial award acknowledges exceptional work in the field of vascular and endovascular therapy, including aortic and lower-limb bypass and dialysis access surgery.
Shockwave Medical has announced positive clinical results from the pooled DISRUPT PAD Study, a single-arm, two-phase multicentre study evaluating the safety and performance of Lithoplasty system to treat peripheral artery disease, at the Charing Cross 2016 Symposium (26–29 April, London, UK).
The teams of researchers and principal investigators who collected and analysed the data for the Individual Patient Data meta-analysis and EVAR 1 trial presented the data in the session titled “EVAR follow-up and avoidance of secondary sac rupture and death” at the 2016 Charing Cross Symposium (CX 2016; 26–29 April, London, UK).
Since its introduction in the late 80s, endovascular therapy has become increasingly widespread and important. A mini-symposium held at the 2016 Charing Cross Symposium (26–29 April, London, UK), brought to the fore the radiation damage that has occurred to pioneering operators in the field. It also focused on currently available methods to reduce radiation exposure during endovascular procedures.
At one of the 2016 Charing Cross (CX 2016; 26–29 April, London, UK) Great Debates, a small majority of the audience (53%) voted against the motion “In chronic type B dissection, there is no place for false lumen embolisation—true lumen TEVAR is preferred”. The voting signalled victory for Fabrizio Fanelli, Rome, Italy, and Tilo Kölbel, Hamburg, Germany, who cleverly unpicked the motion to show that if false lumen embolisation was used even in select cases, it would go against the motion. Peter Mossop, Melbourne, Australia and Stephan Haulon, Lille, France, argued for the motion, and made the case that false lumen embolisation had no place in chronic type B dissection.
Essential Medical has submitted its CE mark application for MANTA, the company’s large bore vascular closure device.
Boston Scientific’s Jetstream atherectomy system has received CE mark for a new in-stent restenosis indication. This indication gives EU physicians “another safe and effective treatment option for in-stent restenosis, a disease state that has historically been challenging to treat with traditional therapies,” says a Boston Scientific press release.
Integra LifeSciences has received approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the packaging of its new product, Integra Omnigraft Dermal Regeneration Matrix.
Positive twelve-month results from Intact Vascular’s Tack optimised balloon angioplasty—below-the-knee (TOBA-BTK) clinical study have been presented at the SCAI 2016 conference (4–7 May, Orlando, USA) by Christian Wissgott, assistant director at Westküstenklinikum Heide in Heide, Germany.
A pioneering technique significantly reduces phantom pain emanating from the site of amputated limbs, according to findings presented at the Society of Interventional Radiology’s 2016 Annual Scientific Meeting (2–7 April, Vancouver, Canada). The study indicates that interventional radiologists applying cryoablation therapy, a minimally invasive targeted treatment using cold blasts, show promise in improving the quality of life for patients suffering phantom limb pain.
Charles E Ray Jr, an interventional radiologist, and professor and head of the department of radiology at the College of Medicine at the University of Illinois at Chicago, assumed the office of president of the Society of Interventional Radiology during the society’s Annual Scientific Meeting (2–7 April, Vancouver, Canada).
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