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Simpson Interventions Receives FDA Breakthrough Device Designation for Acolyte Image Guided Crossing and Re-Entry Catheter System

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Getty Images milla1cf Fri, 04/12/2024 - 20:55 April 12, 2024 — Simpson Interventions, Inc. , Food and Drug Administration ( FDA ).

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Henry Ford Health Cardiologists Publish Case Series Study on Heart Valve Procedure

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These key takeaways from the research letter on IVL-facilitated valvuloplasty for severely calcified mitral valve stenosis are published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology (JACC) Cardiovascular Interventions. an interventional cardiologist and structural heart disease expert at Henry Ford Health. “We

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"A patient just arrived as a transfer for NSTEMI."

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Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions , 7(5), 645–655. Learning Points: Type 1 MI is the type we are most familiar with: rupture of atherosclerotic plaque with production thrombus or platelet fibrin aggregates. Starovoytov, A., Robinson, S., Vuurmans, T., Humphries, K., & & Mancini, G.

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A young peripartum woman with Chest Pain

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Here’s the angiogram of the RCA : No thrombus or plaque rupture in the RCA (or any coronary artery) was found. This MI wasn’t caused by a ruptured plaque of CAD - it was a coronary artery dissection of the RCA. Angiography Angiography was performed after aspirin and heparin were started. JACC 2019 Sep 10;74(10):1290-1300.

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Excimer Laser Coronary Angioplasty

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But, still they also did not increase MACCE, major bleeding or death when a large database of the British Cardiovascular Interventional Society was analyzed and published in 2021, which had nearly 1500 cases of laser angioplasty and about 150 cases of RASER angioplasty.

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Avocados for the Heart; Cardiology's Sad State; CBD for Pulmonary Hypertension?

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Cardiovascular Interventions: Journal of the American College of Cardiology) After gaining the CE Mark, Penumbra announced that their Indigo intelligent aspiration devices, which include computer-assisted suction for mechanical thrombectomy, are now available in Europe. Reconsider your position.

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What Cardiometabolic Clinicians Can Be Thankful For This Year

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Advancements in Cardiovascular Interventions and Clinical Guidelines 2024 ESC Guidelines for Chronic Coronary Syndromes : Updated guidelines from the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) emphasized shortened dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) durations and the potential for P2Y12 inhibitor monotherapy after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).