Vascular & Endovascular

This channel includes news on non-coronary vascular disease and therapies. These include peripheral artery disease (PAD), abdominal and thoracic aortic aneurysm (AAA and TAA), aortic dissection, pulmonary embolism (PE), critical limb ischemia (CLI), carotid artery and stroke interventions, venous interventions, deep vein thrombosis (DVT), and interventional radiology therapies. The focus on most of these therapies is minimally invasive, catheter-based procedures performed in a cath lab.

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Cook releases new IVC filter delivery system

Each year, nearly three million people are diagnosed with deep vein thrombosis. Of those, 600,000 are diagnosed with a pulmonary embolism (PE) caused by a venous clot. Of those, 200,000 will die from PE. Cook Medical has streamlined its inferior vena cava (IVC) filter delivery system, NavAlign, to help interventionalist place filters that help patients avoid PE.

JAMA: Endovascular repair for AAA may reduce short-term death risk

Patients who received the less-invasive endovascular repair of an abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) had a lower risk of death in the first 30 days after the procedure compared to patients who had an open repair, but both procedures had similar rates of death after two years, according to an Oct. 14 study in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

Circulation: Providers with higher EVAR volume have better outcomes

A strong relationship exists between the volume of surgery performed and outcomes from both open and endovascular aortic repairs (EVAR), according to a study published online Sept. 22, ahead of print in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes.

Cardiovascular Systems expands manufacturing operations into Texas

Cardiovascular Systems, a developer of interventional treatment systems for vascular disease, has signed a 10-year lease agreement for a new 46,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Pearland, Texas.

AJR: Image-guided treatment improves DVT outcomes

Image-guided interventional treatments may improve long-term outcomes for patients with deep venous thrombosis (DVT), according to a commentary in the October issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology.

Concentric expands neurovascular catheter line

Concentric Medical, a device developer for clot removal in ischemic stroke patients, has launched an expanded suite of its DAC neurovascular catheters.

Cook, Gore win patent infringement appeal

The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed a previous ruling of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California that Cook Medical and Newark, Del.-based W.L. Gore & Associates do not infringe on Edwards Lifesciences patents for endovascular devices to treat aneurysms.

Terumo launches new peripheral guidewire

Terumo Interventional Systems has launched its Glidewire Advantage peripheral guidewire, a single wire that allows operators to both cross the lesion and deliver interventional devices such as balloons and stents.

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