The Bristol Myers Squibb Foundation and National Medical Fellowships today have entered into a partnership aimed at improving diversity in clinical trials. Leveraging $100 million...
source: Bristol Myers Squibb
SCAI, working with two coalitions representing the medical community, successfully lobbied Congress to overturn harmful cuts proposed by the Centers for Medicare and Medicare Services (CMS). Signed by the President...
source: SCAI
The worldwide pandemic caused by the novel acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 has resulted in a new and lethal disease termed COVID‐19. Although there is an association between cardiovascular disease and COVID‐19,...
source: Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions
The novel coronavirus, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS‐CoV‐2), is highly infectious, carries significant morbidity...
source: Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions
High-risk patients with atrial fibrillation may have better outcomes with left atrial appendage (LAA) closure with the Amplatzer Amulet device (Abbott) than with direct oral anticoagulant treatment, an observational analysis suggests.
The rate of ischemic stroke through...
source: TCTMD
Same-day discharge (SDD) after percutaneous coronary intervention can provide value to both patients and healthcare providers. However, knowing when SDD is the right choice — and when it isn’t — can be especially challenging.
source: Cardiovascular Business News
Patients with stable ischemic heart disease fare better when treated invasively with PCI or CABG surgery as opposed to medical therapy, provided they have high-risk coronary anatomic features, according to a new observational analysis of a large Canadian database.
source: TCTMD
The latest iteration of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Guideline for the Management of Patients With Valvular Heart Disease emphasizes a less invasive approach to the management of patients with valvular...
source: Medscape
During these unprecedented times, it is important now more than ever to make patients feel comfortable with coming into the hospital for their elective procedures. PCI in 6 is brought to you by Terumo Interventional...
source: Terumo Medical Corporation
The complexity of patients undergoing PCI at sites without surgical backup is increasing, but their outcomes are staying similar to those of cases done at centers that also offer cardiac surgery, according to an analysis spanning nine...
source: TCTMD
We assessed the impact of pre‐percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) bifurcation angle change (BAC) on clinical outcomes.
There are little available data about the impact of BAC in unprotected left main distal bifurcation lesions (ULMD) PCI.
source: Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions
At the start of the COVID‐19 pandemic, we created a same‐day discharge pathway after conscious sedation, transfemoral (minimalist) TAVR to help minimize risk of viral transmission and conserve...
source: Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions
Combining PCI and TAVR significantly increases the risk of bleeding compared with a coronary intervention alone, and that excess hazard is not captured well by the CathPCI risk model, data from a large New York City hospital show.
The...
source: TCTMD
We have seen an increase in the presence and severity of calcium. The best data that I have looked at in aggregate show that in the coronary space, up to 25% of patients have at least moderate to severe calcium. In...
source: Cath Lab Digest
ST-segment myocardial infarction (STEMI) in COVID-19 patients was linked to a higher burden of neutrophil extracellular traps in a case series suggesting an "important role" in pathogenesis of coronary thrombosis from the infection.
These structures — webs spun by...
source: MedPage Today
