article thumbnail

New Guidelines on Peripheral Artery Disease Issued by American Heart Association, American College of Cardiology and Leading Medical Societies

DAIC

A new joint guideline from the American Heart Association (AHA), the American College of Cardiology (ACC) and nine other medical societies reports early diagnosis and treatment of peripheral artery disease is essential to improve outcomes and reduce amputation risk, heart attack, stroke and death for people with Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD).

article thumbnail

FDA Breakthrough Device Designation for Biotronik Freesolve Below-the-Knee Resorbable Magnesium Scaffold (RMS)

DAIC

CLTI is the most severe form of peripheral arterial disease (PAD), estimated to affect 11% of the 200 million people suffering from PAD globally. Updated estimates for the burden of chronic limb-threatening ischemia in the Medicare population, Journal of Vascular Surgery, Volume 77, Issue 6, 2023, 1760-1775 2 Seguchi M.,

article thumbnail

Elixir Medical Granted FDA Breakthrough Device Designation for DynamX Bioadaptor

DAIC

We look forward to working with FDA, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, and respective physician societies to bring this technology t­­o U.S. patients as soon as possible to elevate the standard of care for cardiovascular disease treatment.”

article thumbnail

HeartFlow Announces Revolutionary Five-Year Data Demonstrating a 63 Percent Mortality Reduction with FFRCT-Guided Care in PAD Patients

DAIC

The 2017 ESC guidelines on the diagnosis and treatment of peripheral arterial diseases, in collaboration with the European Society for Vascular Surgery (ESVS).” Longitudinal assessment of safety of FEMOROPOPLITEAL endovascular treatment with paclitaxel-coated devices among Medicare beneficiaries.” 2024, [link].

article thumbnail

Outpatient vascular care : Good, bad or ugly?

Dr. Anish Koka

Most have gotten used to egregiously bad coverage of current events that fills the pages of today’s New York Times, but even by their now very low standards a recent telling of a story about peripheral artery disease was very bad. These payments made him one of the highest paid vascular surgeons in the country.