Bakersfield Heart Hospital was as an early adopter of Abiomed’s Impella 2.5 miniature temporary ventricular assist device and now has expanded its use in elective and urgent high-risk PCI procedures.

Nearly half of patients undergoing vascular surgery had perioperative acute kidney injury, which was associated with an increased risk for cardiovascular mortality, according to a 10-year analysis of procedures at a tertiary care teaching hospital.

Clinicians performing CABG should use arteries from the chest and forearm instead of veins from the leg in certain patients, according to guidelines from the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS).

Boston Scientific announced on Dec. 9 that it had voluntarily recalled its Chariot guiding sheath after receiving 14 complaints of shaft separation. The FDA classified it as a Class 1 recall, which is the most serious type of recall.

A database analysis found that patients undergoing CABG had higher costs and hospital resource utilization if they had renal dysfunction before undergoing surgery.

The Nov. 30 release of data from a transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) registry provided clinicians, patients and payers with robust, real world information on a procedure that’s becoming more popular.

Patients who underwent transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) in the U.S. from 2012 to 2014 tended to be at least 80 years old and have multiple comorbidities, a high predicted risk of mortality and a poor self-reported health status, according to a registry analysis.

Hear what’s new from Meril's vice president, Sanjeev Bhatt, on tapered drug eluting stents, bioabsorbable scaffolds, dilatation catheters and TAVR.