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Devices Flop for Severe PAD; CPR on LVAD Patients; Cancer Drugs for Heart Disease?

Med Page Today

(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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Elixir Medical Granted FDA Breakthrough Device Designation for DynamX Bioadaptor

DAIC

The breakthrough designation, according to the Milpitas, CA-based technology company, is for an indication to improve coronary luminal diameter, restore hemodynamic modulation, and reduce plaque progression in patients with symptomatic ischemic heart disease due to discrete de novo native coronary artery lesions. of the U.S.

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Clinical utility of lipoprotein(a): an interventionist’s perspective

The British Journal of Cardiology

Large-scale observational data have demonstrated a robust, independent association of elevated lipoprotein(a) (Lp[a]) levels with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (CVD), stroke, and peripheral artery disease.

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Johnson and Johnson to Acquire Shockwave Medical

DAIC

With the addition of Shockwave, Johnson & Johnson will expand its MedTech cardiovascular portfolio into two of the highest-growth, innovation-oriented segments of cardiovascular intervention – coronary artery disease (CAD) and peripheral artery disease (PAD).

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Rise of the Lysenkoist Cardiologists

Dr. Anish Koka

The CDC wonder database that tracks mortality data shows just how much more deadly heart disease is in men than women. The table below shows mortality from heart disease for men vs women in 2000. Men die of heart disease at more than two times the rate women die starting at the age of 35.

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Advanced Vascular Care

AMS Cardiology

These could be signs of vascular disease. According to the CDC, the prevalence of heart disease increases with age, eventually reaching 24.2% Common Vascular Conditions We Treat Some vascular diseases affect your arteries while others occur in your veins. in those 75 and older.