Interventional Cardiology

This cardiac subspecialty uses minimally invasive, catheter-based technologies in a cath lab to diagnose and treat coronary artery disease (CAD). The main focus in on percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI) to revascularize patients with CAD that is causing blockages resulting in ischemia or myocardial infarction. PCI mainly consists of angioplasty and implanting stents. Interventional cardiology has greatly expanded in scope over recent years to include a number of transcatheter structural heart interventions.

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Stentys hires Christophe Lottin as CEO

Stentys announced on July 4 that it had hired Christophe Lottin as CEO.

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FDA approves Absorb, Abbott’s fully bioresorbable drug-eluting stent

The FDA approved the Absorb fully bioresorbable drug-eluting stent (Abbott) on July 5 to treat patients with coronary artery disease.

Patients often suffer from depression, cognitive issues following cardiac surgery

A large percentage of patients suffer from depression or have issues with their cognitive function following cardiac surgery, the Wall Street Journal reports. The newspaper noted that the Society of Thoracic Surgeons recently launched a website for patients recovering from surgery.

New stent retrievers more effective in reducing strokes

New research at Loyola University Chicago suggests that newer models of stent retrievers are effectively reducing strokes.

Alabama cardiologist faces lawsuits from several patients

Seydi Aksut, a cardiologist at Vaughan Regional Medical Center in Selma, Ala., is being sued by several of his patients, who are alleging he may have performed uneccessay heart procedures on them that, in some cases, included the placing of stents. 

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Study finds AF more common for whites, more deadly for blacks

Recent research shows that atrial fibrillation (AF), while more common in white people, is much more dangerous and deadly for black individuals.

Heart donations could be unnecessarily restricted

A new study in the American Heart Association journal Circulation: Heart Failure raises the question of whether criteria for accepting heart donations are so strict they are keeping working organs from people who could use them. 

Weight loss surgeries shown to improve lipid profiles in obese patients

Serum lipids are significantly improved by certain types of bariatric surgeries, according to an analysis of weight-reduction surgery outcomes published in the Journal of American Medicine.

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