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 Self-Apposing stent approved in Europe for additional coronary indications

STENTYS, a medical technology company commercializing in Europe the world's first and only Self-Apposing® Stent to treat acute myocardial infarction (AMI), announced today that it received approval from its European Notified Body to expand the CE Mark indications of the Self-Apposing stent.

Expansion of PCI does not improve access

New emergent PCI programs introduced in hospitals across the U.S. potentially cost billions to operate, yet do not improve access to these urgent services for most of the STEMI patients who need them, according to a study.

Cardiology practice, hospital settle suit for $4M

A hospital and cardiology practice in Michigan will pay $4 million to settle a whistleblower lawsuit over allegedly unnecessary catheterizations.

Innovation & being realistic

This week’s news included a report about a technology developed by an interventional cardiologist that, based on its first-in-man report, effectively reduced radiation exposure to operators. Should we be skeptical of the results, considering the cardiologist holds the intellectual property to the shielding device and has licensed it to industry? We should be realistic.

Cath lab alley-oop: 5 slam-dunk ways to cut cost, add value

ATLANTA—Opportunities exist within many cardiovascular programs to trim out costs and add value. But where? Suzette Jaskie, president and CEO of MedAxiom Consulting, offered five “slam dunk” approaches June 13 at the Cardiovascular Service Line Symposium in Atlanta.

It’s rad: 1 in 6 PCIs in U.S. use radial approach

The use of radial PCI in the U.S. increased 13-fold between 2007 and 2012, according to an analysis published June 11 in Circulation. But operators appeared less likely to apply the approach in patients at high risk of bleeding and vascular complications, a subgroup that might benefit the most.

Dual therapy stent approved in Europe

A dual therapy stent that accelerates endothelial coverage and controls neo-intimal proliferation received CE mark in Europe for the treatment of coronary artery disease.

SSRIs reduce rate of ischemia triggered by mental stress

Patients with coronary heart disease (CHD) who received selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) for six weeks had a lower rate of mental stress-induced myocardial ischemia compared with those who took placebos, according to results of the REMIT trial published May 22 in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

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