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Around 10% of Deaths from Coronary Stenting, Balloon Angioplasty are Preventable

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Getty Images milla1cf Tue, 04/16/2024 - 12:43 April 16, 2024 — Each year more than 500,000 Americans undergo percutaneous coronary intervention , or PCI, a minimally invasive procedure to unclog the arteries that feed the heart. Of the deaths that were considered preventable, 10.1%

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Injectable Angioplasty Balloon Catheter Transforms Peripheral Procedures, Users Report Reduced Equipment and Contrast Needs

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Photo: Business Wire milla1cf Thu, 01/18/2024 - 14:05 January 18, 2024 — Summa Therapeutics, LLC announced that the first-in-man injectable angioplasty procedures for patients with below-knee peripheral arterial disease (PAD) were performed successfully using its Finesse Injectable balloon catheter platform.

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Medtronic Releases Atherectomy Studies at VIVA 2024

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tim.hodson Fri, 11/08/2024 - 10:10 Medtronic recently announced results from two studies evaluating the utility of atherectomy for peripheral endovascular interventions. Results from both analyses were released at the Vascular InterVentional Advances (VIVA) 2024 conference in Las Vegas. in observational studies and 67.9%

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Intravascular Ultrasound Outperforms Angiography for Peripheral Artery Disease Treatment

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The study, called IVUS-DCB, is the first randomized controlled trial to demonstrate the clinical benefits of using IVUS in angioplasty procedures for peripheral artery disease (PAD), a condition in which plaque builds up in arteries in the legs. Half were randomly assigned to receive IVUS plus angiography and half received angiography alone.

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Top Interventional Cardiology Conferences and Courses in 2024

Cardiology Update

Here is our curated list of the top interventional cardiology conferences and courses scheduled for 2024. Additionally, be sure to review the main general cardiology conferences listed in our Top 10 Cardiology Conferences for 2024. Noncoronary topics like structural heart disease and vascular medicine are also addressed.

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Abstract TP220: Intracranial Dotter Angioplasty Using Tenzing for Symptomatic Atherosclerotic Stenosis: Initial Experience

Stroke Journal

Stroke, Volume 55, Issue Suppl_1 , Page ATP220-ATP220, February 1, 2024. Introduction:Traditional endovascular treatment for acutely symptomatic intracranial atherosclerotic disease (ICAD) includes balloon angioplasty and stenting. mm) outer diameter, which may enable catheter-mediated Dotter angioplasty of ICAD, or Tenzing-plasty.

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REC-CAGEFREE I: DCB Angioplasty With Rescue Stenting vs. Intended DES in Patients With de novo Noncomplex Coronary Artery Lesions

American College of Cardiology

A strategy of drug-coated balloon (DCB) angioplasty with rescue stenting did not achieve noninferiority compared with intended drug-eluting stent (DES) deployment for patients with de novo, noncomplex coronary artery lesions, according to finding from the REC-CAGEFREE I trial presented at ESC Congress 2024 in London and simultaneously published in (..)