Post-stent chest pain, revisited
Heart Sisters
JULY 28, 2024
Heart patients with persistent or recurrent post-stent chest pain present “an unmet clinical need”, according to the European Journal of Cardiology.
HonorHealth Research Institute First in Southwest to Implant New Stroke Prevention Stent
DAIC
JUNE 4, 2024
This new system combines a truly innovative stent design,” said Dr. Ramaiah, a former director of the Arizona Heart Hospital. “We She already has three stents in her heart and so many stents and replacement arteries in both her legs that she’s lost count. The physician who performed the procedure, Venkatesh Ramaiah, M.D.,
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Drug-Coated Balloon Angioplasty With Rescue Stenting Versus Intended Stenting for the Treatment of Patients With de Novo Coronary Artery Lesions
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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Early Win for Preemptive Stents on Vulnerable Coronary Plaque
Med Page Today
APRIL 8, 2024
(MedPage Today) -- ATLANTA -- The concept of using stents to seal off non-flow-limiting vulnerable plaques, before they have a chance to rupture, worked out in the first major trial testing this provocative idea. Compared with standard medical.
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Getinge Enters into Commercial Distribution Agreement with Cook Medical for iCast Covered Stent System in the United States
DAIC
APRIL 17, 2024
milla1cf Wed, 04/17/2024 - 16:18 April 17, 2024 — Getinge and Cook Medical announced an exclusive sales and distribution agreement for the iCast covered stent system, which has been on the market for twenty years and recently received premarket approval for treatment of iliac arterial occlusive disease.
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Intravascular imaging shown to significantly improve survival, safety and outcomes in stenting procedures
Medical Xpress - Cardiology
FEBRUARY 21, 2024
Using intravascular imaging to guide stent implantation during percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in heart disease patients significantly improves survival and reduces adverse cardiovascular events compared to angiography-guided PCI alone, the most commonly used method.
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Absorbable metal stents for vascular use in pediatric cardiology: progress and outlook
Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine
JULY 25, 2024
The past five years have yielded impressive advancements in fully absorbable metal stent technology. Nowhere is the need for fully absorbable metal stents greater than in patients experiencing vascular anomalies associated with congenital heart disease (CHD).
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HonorHealth among 1st to implant new stroke prevention stent
Becker's Hospital Review - Cardiology
JUNE 3, 2024
based HonorHealth Research and Innovation Institute is among the first facilities in the nation — and one of 30 worldwide — to use new stroke prevention stents, according to a May 29 news release. Scottsdale, Ariz.-based
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Percutaneous Coronary Intervention With a Bioadaptor Compared to a Contemporary Drug-Eluting Stent
American College of Cardiology
SEPTEMBER 2, 2024
The goal of the INFINITY-SWEDEHEART trial was to compare the efficacy of the DynamX bioadaptor, a novel coronary implantable device, to a contemporary drug-eluting stent (DES) in the treatment of coronary artery disease requiring percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).
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Long-term management of recurrent in-stent restenosis
Cardiology Update
JULY 28, 2024
A recent study published in JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions has provided new insights into the long-term management of patients suffering from recurrent in-stent restenosis (ISR), a condition presenting notable challenges in cardiovascular treatment. The median follow-up period was 10.3 Original article: Koch T et al.
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Around 10% of Deaths from Coronary Stenting, Balloon Angioplasty are Preventable
DAIC
APRIL 16, 2024
While PCI, which includes both angioplasty and stenting, is one of the most common operations in the world, it does carry a small (about 1-2%) but significant risk of death. in total, angioplasty and stenting was deemed to be of low value and potentially avoidable nearly one third of the time.
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Do Stents Make You Feel Better?
Dr. Paddy Barrett
DECEMBER 5, 2023
The logic of stenting obstructed coronary arteries is simple. A stent unblocks the artery. Subscribe now Stenting stable coronary artery disease has not been convincingly proven to reduce the risk of future heart attacks or death 1. But coronary stenting is not the only way to reduce symptoms of angina. All is fixed.
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Sirolimus Balloons Show Promise in Treating Coronary In-Stent Restenosis
Med Page Today
JULY 25, 2024
(MedPage Today) -- For interventionalists hoping that a new generation of coronary balloons might improve treatment of in-stent restenosis (ISR), contemporary registry data were encouraging. In a propensity score-matched analysis of 335 pairs.
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Atrium heart institute 1st in world to use new stent system
Becker's Hospital Review - Cardiology
JUNE 20, 2024
based Atrium Health Sanger Heart & Vascular Institute has become the first in the world to implant a new Duo venous stent system. Charlotte, N.C.-based
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AI model predicts death, complications for patients undergoing angioplasty, stents
Medical Xpress - Cardiology
JANUARY 17, 2024
By inflating a balloon and potentially placing a stent, they can help blood flow more freely from the heart. 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.
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Trial finds drug-coated balloon angioplasty less effective than second generation drug-eluting stents
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).
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Optimal Minimal Stent Area and Impact of Stent Underexpansion in Left Main Up-Front 2-Stent Strategy
Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions
JANUARY 15, 2024
BACKGROUND:We previously reported the use of minimal stent area to predict angiographic in-stent restenosis after drug-eluting stent implantation for unprotected left main (LM) disease. Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions, Volume 17, Issue 1 , Page e013006, January 1, 2024. mm2for distal LM (area under the curve, 0.57;P=0.15),
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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
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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Silk Road Medical Expands TCAR Portfolio with Launch of Tapered ENROUTE Transcarotid Stent System
DAIC
MARCH 8, 2024
a company focused on reducing the risk of stroke and its devastating impact, today announced that it has launched its Tapered ENROUTE Transcarotid Stent System to hospitals in the United States. New tapered configurations for our ENROUTE Transcarotid Stent System build upon the robust portfolio of Silk Road’s carotid solutions.
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Quantitative Coronary Angiography vs Intravascular Ultrasonography to Guide Drug-Eluting Stent Implantation
JAMA Cardiology
MARCH 12, 2024
This randomized clinical trial compares 12-month event rates using quantitative coronary angiography guidance during percutaneous coronary intervention with those after intravascular ultrasonography–guided stent implantation.
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Cost-effectiveness of stepwise provisional versus systematic dual stenting strategies in patients with distal bifurcation left main stem lesions: economic analysis of the EBC MAIN trial
Open Heart
JANUARY 19, 2024
Aims To estimate the 1-year cost-effectiveness of stepwise provisional versus systematic dual stenting strategies. Aims To estimate the 1-year cost-effectiveness of stepwise provisional versus systematic dual stenting strategies. Uncertainty was explored by probabilistic bootstrapping.
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Stenting, TAVR Make Sense Packaged Together for Some Patients
Med Page Today
SEPTEMBER 1, 2024
(MedPage Today) -- LONDON -- Some individuals already undergoing transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR, also TAVI) might as well get coronary lesions revascularized around the same time, according to the NOTION-3 randomized trial. Clinical.
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Do You Need A Stent To Treat Your Heart Disease?
Dr. Paddy Barrett
NOVEMBER 28, 2023
One of the most common questions I get is, “ Do I need a stent to treat my heart disease?” ” Typically, several of this person’s friends have had stents, so it seems natural to ask. First, we must understand what a stent is and why it is used. The stent ‘unblocks’ it. Flow is restored.
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Abstract WMP88: Intraarterial Tirofiban Through Deployed Stent-Retriever Bailout: A Potential Alternative to Angioplasty and Stenting
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. The stent-retriever was re-sheathed into the microcatheter before retrieval. Additionally, 10-15 ml of tirofiban were administered intravenously.
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Stopping aspirin one month after coronary stenting procedures significantly reduces bleeding complications in heart attack patients, study suggests
Science Daily - Heart Disease
APRIL 8, 2024
New research could change standard-of-care guidelines to improve outcomes for heart attack patients after coronary stenting procedures.
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Drug-eluting stents for coronary artery disease in the perspective of bibliometric analysis
Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine
FEBRUARY 18, 2024
Drug-eluting stents (DES) play a crucial role in treating coronary artery disease (CAD) by preventing restenosis. These stents are coated with drug carriers that release antiproliferative drugs within the vessel. The most cited document pertained to standardized definitions for clinical endpoints in coronary stent trials.
Holography-guided procedural planning for modifying Venus P-valve implantation technique in patients with left pulmonary artery stents: a case-series
Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine
MAY 13, 2024
Due to the implantation technique, left pulmonary artery (LPA) stents represent a relative contraindication to Venus P-valve. 3/16 (18.7%) patients underwent Venus P-valve implantation with LPA stents. 3/16 (18.7%) patients underwent Venus P-valve implantation with LPA stents. Valve implantation is technically challenging.
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A more-Comers populAtion trEated with an ultrathin struts polimer-free Sirolimus stent: an Italian post-maRketing study (the CAESAR registry)
Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine
JANUARY 7, 2024
Introduction The use of contemporary drug-eluting stents (DES) has significantly improved outcomes of patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). cases, the target lesion was in-stent restenosis (ISR). Results A total of 425 patients were enrolled at 13 centers (mean age 66.9 ± 11.6
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Abstract 188: Rescue Left Middle Cerebral Artery Stenting With Xience Skypoint Everolimus?Eluting Stent: Technical Report
Stroke: Vascular and Interventional Neurology
NOVEMBER 9, 2023
IntroductionDrug‐eluting stent (DES) use in symptomatic intracranial atherosclerosis disease (ICAD) has been described in the literature using different guiding and distal access catheters. Decision was made to deploy a drug eluting stent into the stenosed M1 segment. The Phenom intermediate catheter was then removed, and the 2.25
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Risk factors, prevention, and therapy of intraluminal stent thrombosis in frozen elephant trunk prostheses—what we know so far
Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine
MARCH 12, 2024
In this phenomenon, a thrombus forms within the lumen of the stent graft component of the frozen elephant trunk prosthesis and puts the patient at risk for downstream embolization with visceral or lower limb ischemia. The long-term efficiency of these prophylactic and therapeutic measures has yet to be proven.
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Successful Bypass Surgery In Hyderabad After Stents Blocked in Delhi.
Dr. Prateek Bhatnagar
SEPTEMBER 6, 2023
Prateek Bhatnagar Director Cardiac Surgery, on a 50 years man after stents placed in his left main coronary artery at Delhi just 3 months back, had blocked. He subsequently underwent stenting procedure in left main coronary artery. However, within 3 months of stenting, he developed increasing chest pain.
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Cardiologists question Lown Institute report on coronary stent overuse
Becker's Hospital Review - Cardiology
DECEMBER 20, 2023
Cardiologists are speaking out against a Lown Institute report that alleged 1 in 5 stents placed in Medicare recipients were considered "overuse," Medscape reported Dec.
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Case Report: Combined transcatheter arterial embolization and aortic stent-graft have better efficacy for bronchial artery aneurysms
Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine
JANUARY 7, 2024
In the present case, a 76-year-old hypertensive woman was admitted with dizziness and diagnosed with an unruptured bronchial artery aneurysm, which was treated by transcatheter arterial embolization and aortic stent-graft. The patient's clinical status was stable during the 4-year follow-up.
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Abstract 225: Rescue Stenting for Posterior Circulation Strokes
Stroke: Vascular and Interventional Neurology
NOVEMBER 9, 2023
Rescue treatment with stenting, balloon angioplasty, and/or intraarterial thrombolysis or antiplatelets are often required to treat the underlying stenosis. 4 Recent literature has reported clinical benefits associated with rescue stenting in the setting of ICAD‐related MT‐refractory strokes.5
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In-stent restenosis in acute coronary syndrome—a classic and a machine learning approach
Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine
DECEMBER 21, 2023
Background In acute coronary syndrome (ACS), a number of previous studies tried to identify the risk factors that are most likely to influence the rate of in-stent restenosis (ISR), but the contribution of these factors to ISR is not clearly defined.
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Study on the rationality of small diameter metallic airway stent in treatment of tracheal stenosis in injured rabbits
Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery
MARCH 4, 2024
To observe the occurrence of related complications after self-expandable metallic (SEM) airway stents implantation with different diameters at different time points, and to provide theoretical basis for the op.
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52 Abstract WP179: Clinical Outcomes in Acute Stroke in Patients Undergoing Emergency Intracranial Stenting Receiving IV Thrombolysis
Stroke Journal
FEBRUARY 1, 2024
In cases of stent-retriever thrombectomy failure, rescue stent angioplasty might be the sole option for achieving permanent recanalization. Among patients who underwent emergency intracranial stenting, 66 (30.6%) received intravenous thrombolytic treatment. 10.43, p=0.0325).Conclusions:The 10.43, p=0.0325).Conclusions:The
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Abstract 190: Patient Selection for Intracranial Stenting: Impact on Clinical Outcomes and Procedural Success Rates
Stroke: Vascular and Interventional Neurology
NOVEMBER 9, 2023
The role of intracranial stenting in ICAS remains uncertain. In the SAMMPRIS trial, patients who had experienced recent TIA/CVA secondary to 70‐99% ICAS demonstrated an increased risk of recurrent stroke when treated with angioplasty and stenting compared to medical therapy alone [1].
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40 Abstract TP174: Balloon Expandable Stents versus Self-Expanding Stents for Treatment of Intracranial Arterial Stenosis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Stroke Journal
FEBRUARY 1, 2024
Background:There is limited data regarding the comparison of balloon-expanding stents (BES) and self-expanding stents (SES) for the treatment of intracranial arterial stenosis.Methods:We conducted a systematic review to identify studies that compared SES and BES in patients with symptomatic intracranial arterial stenosis.
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Abstract 227: Combined Technique Versus Stent?Retriever Alone: Angioarchitectural and Technical Analysis
Stroke: Vascular and Interventional Neurology
NOVEMBER 9, 2023
IntroductionCombined technique mechanical thrombectomy with contact aspiration with stent‐retriever has been shown to lead to comparable final reperfusion rates compared with stent retriever alone. Stroke: Vascular and Interventional Neurology, Volume 3, Issue S2 , November 1, 2023. The SR group had higher IV‐tPA use (41.9%vs.26.1%,P=0.04),
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40 Carotid Artery Stenting for Heavily Calcified Lesions Using a Scoring Balloon: A Report of 2 Cases
Stroke: Vascular and Interventional Neurology
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
OBJECTIVECarotid artery stenting for heavily calcified lesions is challenging for interventionists. Sufficient dilatation was achieved, followed by carotid stent deployment (Precise Pro RX; Cordis, Miami Lakes, FL, USA). Stroke: Vascular and Interventional Neurology, Ahead of Print.
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Long-term outcomes of IVUS-guided and angiography-guided drug-eluting stent implantation for left main coronary artery disease: a retrospective consort study
Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery
JUNE 30, 2024
In patients with unprotected left main coronary artery disease (ULMCAD), this study compared the long-term prognosis of drug-eluting stent insertion guided by intravascular ultrasonography (IVUS) vs. angiography.
Dissolving Stent Approved for Peripheral Artery Disease Below the Knee
Med Page Today
APRIL 29, 2024
(MedPage Today) -- The FDA approved the Esprit BTK everolimus-eluting scaffold system for chronic limb-threatening ischemia (CLTI) below the knee, Abbott announced on Monday. This system represents the first drug-eluting resorbable scaffold with.
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