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Renal denervation linked to significant drops in blood pressure

Two late-breaking clinical trials presented May 23 at EuroPCR in London demonstrated the ability of renal denervation to significantly lower patients’ blood pressures, regardless of whether they were taking antihypertensive medications.

Avinger Receives FDA Clearance of Next Generation Pantheris Device

REDWOOD CITY, Calif., May 23, 2018 - Avinger, Inc. (AVGR), a leading developer of innovative treatments for peripheral artery disease (PAD), announced today that the Company received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) for its next generation Pantheris® Lumivascular atherectomy system, the first-ever image-guided atherectomy device for the treatment of peripheral artery disease.

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FDA clears pulmonary embolism thrombectomy device

The FlowTriever System has become the first thrombectomy device designed to treat pulmonary embolism (PE) to be cleared by the FDA, Inari Medical announced in a May 21 press release.

New ORBITA data: Freedom from angina, stress echos improved with PCI

At EuroPCR in Paris, investigators of the controversial ORBITA trial presented two previously unreported benefits of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for the study population.

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East African hospitals first from region to join ACC’s registry program

Two hospitals in East Africa have announced participation in the American College of Cardiology’s CathPCI registry, which aims to assess treatments and outcomes related to cardiac catheterization and percutaneous coronary interventions (PCIs).

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FFR-guided PCI linked to better 5-year outcomes than medical therapy

Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) guided by fractional flow reserve (FFR) was associated with a 54 percent reduction in the composite endpoint of death, myocardial infarction and urgent revascularization when compared to medical therapy alone, according to five-year data from the FAME 2 trial.

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Depression screening crucial for patients with CAD to control mortality, morbidity

New research from Florida State University suggests depression screening in patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) is especially crucial, because those individuals tend to have higher rates of morbidity and mortality.

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TAVR doesn’t raise procedural stroke risk for patients with previous strokes

Despite being performed in an older population with more cardiovascular comorbidities, transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) demonstrated similarly low rates of postoperative stroke and mortality compared with surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) in a study of patients with previous strokes.

Around the web

Several key trends were evident at the Radiological Society of North America 2024 meeting, including new CT and MR technology and evolving adoption of artificial intelligence.

Ron Blankstein, MD, professor of radiology, Harvard Medical School, explains the use of artificial intelligence to detect heart disease in non-cardiac CT exams.