American College of Cardiology

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Is balloon angioplasty plus medical management superior to medical management alone in patients with symptomatic intracranial atherosclerotic stenosis?

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Angioplasty Stenosis Article 44

American College of Cardiology

JUNE 20, 2024

The goal of the ULTIMATE III trial was to evaluate intravascular ultrasound (IVUS)-guided drug-coated balloon angioplasty compared with angiography-guided drug-coated balloon angioplasty among patients with de novo coronary lesions.

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The New England Journal of Medicine

JANUARY 3, 2024

In a trial involving patients with infrapopliteal artery disease, the use of a drug-eluting resorbable scaffold was superior to angioplasty in reducing reintervention and maintaining patency at 1 year.

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American College of Cardiology

OCTOBER 28, 2024

The goal of the DCB-BIF trial was to assess the efficacy of drug-coated balloon (DCB) angioplasty of residual side branch stenosis in coronary bifurcation lesions treated with a provisional stenting strategy.

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Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

BackgroundAllergy to iodine contrast agents has long been a contraindication for balloon pulmonary angioplasty (BPA).

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Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery

AUGUST 20, 2024

This research evaluates the effect of balloon pulmonary angioplasty (BPA) on cardiac electrophysiological changes in patients with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH).

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American College of Cardiology

APRIL 8, 2024

The goal of the IVUS-DCB trial was to evaluate intravascular ultrasound (IVUS)-guided drug-coated balloon angioplasty compared with angiography-guided drug-coated balloon angioplasty among patients with femoropopliteal artery disease.

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Angioplasty Ultrasound Outcomes Article 67

American College of Cardiology

JUNE 6, 2024

The ORBITA-2 (Objective Randomized Blinded Investigation With Optimal Medical Therapy of Angioplasty in Stable Angina) trial data demonstrate that, in patients with stable angina and ischemia producing coronary stenoses.

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Medical Xpress - Cardiology

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

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Heart BMJ

AUGUST 26, 2024

Balloon pulmonary angioplasty (BPA) is an effective treatment for CTEPH, but the efficacy of BPA in patients with CTEPH with low DLco remains unclear because BPA does not directly address microvascular damage.

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HeartRhythm

APRIL 30, 2024

Intramural vein mapping via angioplasty wire can localize such foci, but RFA delivery via angioplasty wire is limited. The most common cause of radiofrequency ablation (RFA) failure is inability to reach intramural foci.

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Stroke Journal

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Introduction:Traditional endovascular treatment for acutely symptomatic intracranial atherosclerotic disease (ICAD) includes balloon angioplasty and stenting. Catheter mediated angioplasty (or “Dotter” angioplasty) has been previously described for extracranial carotid and peripheral arteries.

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Science Daily - Heart Disease

APRIL 8, 2024

For heart attack patients, treating only the coronary artery that caused the infarction works just as well as preventive balloon dilation of the other coronary arteries, according to a new large study.

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American College of Cardiology

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

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 (..)

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Circulation

MARCH 7, 2024

Balloon pulmonary angioplasty continues to gain traction as a treatment option for patients with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary disease with and without pulmonary hypertension. Not surprisingly, chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension centers are rapidly initiating balloon pulmonary angioplasty programs.

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Becker's Hospital Review - Cardiology

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

A drug-eluting resorbable stent was found to be just as effective in treating infrapopliteal artery disease in patients at risk of limb amputation, according to a study published Oct. 25 in the New England Journal of Medicine.

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Heart BMJ

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Using the Swedish Coronary Angiography and Angioplasty Registry, we included all patients with CCS undergoing coronary angiography in Sweden between 2010 and 2020. The objective of this study was to determine whether PCI is associated with better outcomes, compared with medical therapy (MT) alone.

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Angioplasty Myocardial Infarction Outcomes 59

Stroke: Vascular and Interventional Neurology

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Santa Clara, CA, USA) semi compliant balloon adapted from cardiovascular literature which showed a pre‐dilation angioplasty capability in coronary stenotic lesions.MethodsWe performed a retrospective review of prospectively maintained mechanical thrombectomy (MT) databases of 2 comprehensive stroke centers between November 2020, and May 2023.

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Stroke: Vascular and Interventional Neurology

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

We included articles reporting patients > 18 years old with symptomatic extracranial vertebral artery stenoses due to atherosclerosis treated with stenting (with or without angioplasty). During follow‐up, in‐stent stenosis >50% was observed in 12.8%, and retreatment with either re‐stenting or angioplasty was performed in 10.8%.

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Medical Xpress - Cardiology

JANUARY 17, 2024

When a person has one or more blocked arteries, providers may choose to conduct a minimally invasive procedure known as percutaneous coronary intervention, or PCI. By inflating a balloon and potentially placing a stent, they can help blood flow more freely from the heart.

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Medical Xpress - Cardiology

APRIL 4, 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.

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Angioplasty Stent Stents Research 89

Med Page Today

MAY 15, 2024

(MedPage Today) -- PARIS -- Antiplatelet de-escalation worked well following drug-coated balloon (DCB) placement for acute coronary syndrome (ACS), according to the first randomized trial on this subject. In REC-CAGEFREE II, the strategy of.

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American College of Cardiology

OCTOBER 29, 2024

The goal of the ECLIPSE trial was to evaluate orbital atherectomy prior to drug-eluting stent (DES) implantation compared with conventional percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) without atherectomy among patients with calcified coronary lesions.

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Med Page Today

OCTOBER 1, 2024

(MedPage Today) -- A look at the feasibility of coronary angiography and angioplasty procedures using the Meta Quest 3 virtual reality (VR) headset. European Heart Journal) FDA approved flurpiridaz F-18 (Flyrcado), a radiotracer for positron.

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Stroke Journal

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Background:In stroke patients undergoing EVT, angioplasty and stenting (A&S) has been described as a bailout technique when thrombectomy fails or intracranial stenosis is suspected. Stroke, Volume 55, Issue Suppl_1 , Page AWMP88-AWMP88, February 1, 2024.

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HCPLive

APRIL 29, 2024

Abbott's Esprit BTK System was shown to significantly reduce risk of ischemic events in patients with PAD versus angioplasty over 1 year.

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Medical Xpress - Cardiology

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

Novel drug-coated balloons (DCB) did not outshine standard treatment with second generation drug-eluting stents (DES) as they were expected to, in a surprise finding of the first randomized trial to compare clinical outcomes in previously untreated patients with non-complex disease undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). 2 Sept.).

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The American Journal of Cardiology

JULY 18, 2024

Publication date: Available online 18 July 2024 Source: The American Journal of Cardiology Author(s): Safia Shaikh, Mohammad Hamza, Prakash Upreti, Mohammad Akkawi, Kripa Rajak, Mobeen Zaka Haider, Nomesh Kumar, Mustafa Turkmani, Fadi Kathawa, Salman Abdul Basit, Yasemin Bahar, Sadaf Fakhra, Yasar Sattar, M Chadi Alraies

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DAIC

APRIL 11, 2024

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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American College of Cardiology

DECEMBER 21, 2023

The goal of the ORBITA-2 trial was to assess the efficacy of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) compared with a sham placebo procedure for angina relief among patients with stable angina who were not on background antianginal medication.

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Angina Angioplasty Article 58

Med Page Today

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

(MedPage Today) -- LONDON -- Drug-coated balloon (DCB) angioplasty as the initial strategy for de novo coronary artery stenoses didn't measure up to stenting from the start, the REC-CAGEFREE I randomized trial showed. DCB with rescue use of.

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Med Page Today

APRIL 30, 2024

(MedPage Today) -- For patients with peripheral artery disease (PAD) and chronic limb-threatening ischemia, drug-eluting stents and drug-coated balloons did not improve amputation-free survival compared with balloon angioplasty alone in the BASIL.

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Dr. S. Venkatesan MD

OCTOBER 29, 2024

One clue : We do prescribe this drug every day and it beats angioplasty. Aggressive lipid-lowering therapy compared with angioplasty in stable coronary artery disease. This conclusion is explicitly illustrated here, and the dramatically dissociated Kaplan and Myers would tell the whole story. Some of you may have got it right.

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Med Page Today

MAY 19, 2024

(MedPage Today) -- PARIS -- Whether a person had chest pains resolved by angioplasty hinged on the nature, not the severity, of their presenting symptoms, an ORBITA-2 analysis showed. Investigators found two groups more likely to benefit from.

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American College of Cardiology

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

The goal of the REC-CAGEFREE I trial was to assess the safety and efficacy of a paclitaxel-coated balloon (DCB) compared to drug-eluting stent (DES) implantation among patients with coronary in-stent restenosis.

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American College of Cardiology

MARCH 26, 2024

The BEST-CLI (Best Endovascular Versus Best Surgical Therapy in Patients With CLTI) and BASIL-2 (Bypass versus Angioplasty for Severe Ischemia of the Leg-2) trial results provide insight into revascularization strategies among patients with chronic limb threatening ischemia (CLTI),

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Angioplasty Ischemia Article 60

American College of Cardiology

MARCH 20, 2024

He then discusses paclitaxel-coated balloon catheters vs uncoated balloon angioplasty for treating coronary in-stent restenosis. Eagle looks at the difference between quantitative coronary angiography versus intervascular ultrasound to guide PCI.

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