Two recently published papers in the Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology (JVIR) reveal that patient materials in interventional radiology available online are way above the understanding of most patients. Both studies were carried out from the perspective of American patients and the investigators are urging hospitals and interventional radiologists to pay more attention to health literacy.
The American Medical Association (AMA) Current Procedure Terminology (CPT) Editorial Panel has established a new AMA CPT code specifically for transcervical uterine fibroid ablation with ultrasound guidance. Gynesonics applied for the new code, which was presented to the Editorial Panel in February.
BTG has announced that Health Canada has issued a notice of compliance approving Varithena (polidocanol injectable foam) for the treatment of incompetent great saphenous veins, accessory saphenous veins, and visible varicosities of the great saphenous vein system, above and below the knee.
Medtronic announced the launch of its Entrust delivery system in the United States on 5 August 2015. The new Entrust delivery system enables physicians to place Medtronic’s EverFlex self-expanding peripheral stent, while maintaining a low profile and providing the ease of a one-handed device.
The Journal of Endovascular Therapy (JEVT) has announced the publication of the latest update of the Inter-Society Consensus for the Management of Peripheral Arterial Disease (TASC II), an internationally recognised set of guidelines for the management of patients with peripheral arterial disease.
Cook Medical has initiated a lot-specific voluntary recall of 2,239 lots of Beacon Tip Angiographic Catheters. Globally, 95,167 devices are subject to this recall. The products include specific versions and lot numbers of the Torcon NB Advantage Beacon Tip Catheters, Royal Flush Plus Beacon Tip High-Flow Catheters, and Slip-Cath Beacon Tip Catheters.
The US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has granted a New Technology Add-on Payment for Medtronic’s IN.PACT Admiral drug-coated balloon under the Medicare hospital inpatient prospective payment system.
Hans van Overhagen and Jim A Reekers from The Netherlands have authored the Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiological Society of Europe (CIRSE) Standard of Practice guidelines for transcatheter uterine artery embolization (UAE) for symptomatic leiomyomata and these have been published in Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology (CVIR). The authors urge that every symptomatic patient with uterine myomas should be offered embolization as alternative treatment to hysterectomy/myomectomy. "UAE should be incorporated in the (national) gynaecological guidelines," they report.
Researchers at the University of Cambridge, in collaboration with the University of Edinburgh, have shown how a radioactive agent developed in the 1960s to detect bone cancer can be repurposed to highlight the build-up of unstable calcium deposits in arteries.
After the European launch in April 2015, Biolas has introduced the VariClose Vein Sealing Systems in the European market for the treatment of varicose veins.
Kem Hawkins, president of Cook Group Incorporated, retired on July 1 after 34 years with the Cook organisation. Hawkins will remain on the board of directors for Cook Group. Pete Yonkman, current president of Cook Medical, has been chosen as Hawkins’ successor as president of Cook Group.
Carestream Health entered the radiography/fluoroscopy market with two systems that deliver high-quality, cost-effective imaging: the Carestream DRX-Excel Carestream DRX-Excel Plus.
Hospitals often overestimate their performance in providing fast delivery of anti-clotting medication to stroke patients, according to new research in the Journal of the American Heart Association.
Each year, nearly 40,000 Americans undergo elective surgery to repair an abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) with the goal of preventing a life-threatening rupture of this potentially dangerous cardiovascular condition. A new study from researchers at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, USA, compared open surgical repair with a catheter-based procedure and found that the less invasive endovascular aortic repair (EVAR) has clear benefits for most patients, providing both a safer operation and a quicker recovery. The study was published in The New England Journal of Medicine.
Metactive announced that it has received a phase I National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant to fund comparative studies of its embolization device, Blockstent microcatheter.
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