Diego Fernández-Rodríguez (Cardiology Department, University Hospital Clinic, Institut d’Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain) and others write in Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions that patients who undergo manual thrombus aspiration prior to primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) have a significantly higher rate of direct stenting and a significantly lower rate of postdilation compared with patients who do not undergo the procedure prior to primary PCI. However, manual thrombus aspiration is not associated with an improvement in long-term outcomes.
Boston Scientific has initiated the RESPOND post market registry to assess real world performance of the Lotus valve system. The RESPOND registry will collect data on clinical outcomes and device performance in 1,000 patients implanted at 50 centres around the world.
After decades of researching why people with Mediterranean diets suffer fewer heart attacks and strokes, clinical researchers have pinpointed how lycopene, found in the skin of tomatoes, could reduce risks.
Refai Showkathali (Department of Cardiology, King’s College Hospital, London, UK) and others report in EuroIntervention that patients with incidental findings on computed tomography (CT) aortogram who are undergoing assessment for possible transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) are significantly less likely to receive TAVI as definitive therapy, have a significantly longer time before undergoing a TAVI procedure, and have worse overall outcomes compared with patients without incidental findings.
According to a new study, the reduced bleeding and reduced mortality seen with the transradial approach in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is also observed in patients with non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI).
CorMatrix Cardiovascular and the Central Clinical Hospital of the Ministry of Interior in Warsaw (Centralny Szpital Kliniczny MSW) of Warsaw, Poland announced the successful enrolment and treatment of five patients in the first ever study evaluating the CorMatrix ECM delivered trans-epicardially for the improvement of myocardial function in patients at risk or suffering from congestive heart failure.
The first cases using the ProTrack Pigtail wire (Baylis Medical) in Europe were performed last month at St George’s Hospital in London. The ProTrack Pigtail wire is used during the transseptal procedure, a challenging minimally invasive technique used to cross the septum of the heart.
Corindus Vascular Robotics has been named the recipient of the 2014 North American New Product Innovation Award in Interventional Cardiology. The award was established by growth partnership company Frost & Sullivan to recognise visionary innovation and product excellence. Corindus’s CorPath vascular robotic system is the first medical device to bring robotic precision and accuracy to coronary angioplasty procedures, which may improve clinical outcomes while increasing radiation protection for interventional cardiologists.
Siemens Healthcare recently hosted a series of echocardiography and workflow efficiency workshops across the UK. Using live demonstrations of the ACUSON SC2000, delegates were able to discover how continuous volume imaging can improve diagnostic confidence and workflow efficiency. The workshops were held in Glasgow, Manchester and London and saw experts in the field of echocardiography speak to delegates including consultan
The transoesophageal echocardiography (TEE) procedure is an advanced echocardiography assessment with a specialised probe that allows main sections of the heart and great vessels to be clearly demonstrated from the oesophagus. This procedure is safe when properly conducted, but in rare circumstances it can cause serious and even fatal complications.
In a pioneering accomplishment, doctors at Fortis Hospitals, Bangalore, India, put a 46-year-old woman suffering with coronary artery disease to quick recovery with minimally-invasive trans-abdominal Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG). The procedure was performed by making only a small incision in the upper abdomen, sparing the breast bone or the chest wall completely.
At EuroPCR (20–23 May, Paris, France), Robert-Jan van Geuns (Thoraxcenter, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands) reported that the results of the APPOSITION IV study indicate that a self-apposing sirolimus-eluting stent (Stentys) is associated with significantly faster full strut coverage and better apposition at four months than a balloon-expandable zotarolimus-eluting stent.
Thomas J Povsic (Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, USA) and others report in Eurointervention that the novel REG1 anticoagulation system—comprised of a single-stranded RNA factor IXa inhibitor (pegnivacogin) and its reversal agent (anivamersen)—is safe and feasible for supressing both ischaemic events and thrombotic complications with a favourable bleeding profile in patients with acute coronary syndromes undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).
A new angiographic analysis of the CHAMPION PHOENIX trial examined the incidence and impact of stent thrombosis (ST) in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). Results of the study were released and presented at the American College of Cardiology 63rd Annual Scientific Session.
Women who give birth to four or more children are much more likely to have evidence of plaque in their heart or thickening of their arteries - early signs of cardiovascular disease - compared with those having fewer pregnancies, according to research to be presented at the American College of Cardiology´s 63rd Annual Scientific Session.
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