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Radial access for coronary interventions leads to lower risk for all-cause mortality

A meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials found that radial access for coronary interventions in patients with coronary artery disease was associated with a significantly lower risk for all-cause mortality and major adverse cardiovascular events compared with femoral access.

Bright lights, big risk: City pollution increases CVD

Big city air pollution is associated with the acceleration of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (CVD), according to new research from Northwestern Medicine.

Zinc transport provides hint at homeostasis

Researchers at the University of Virginia School of Medicine were able to create detailed blueprints for how zinc moves through the body. In doing so, they gained valuable insights into how the body maintains homeostasis. 

Taking dabigatran may reduce hospitalizations for non-valvular atrial fibrillation patients

A retrospective cohort analysis found that patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation who were newly treated with dabigatran (Pradaxa) had significantly lower all-cause hospitalizations, emergency room visits and physician office visits compared with a group that received warfarin.

Cardiologist in Kentucky faces up to 25 years in jail for performing unnecessary procedures

Richard E. Paulus, MD, a cardiologist from Ashland, Kentucky, was found guilty of placing unnecessary coronary stents and performing unnecessary diagnostic catheterizations in patients.

SCAI, CCAS, and SPA Release Expert Consensus Statement on Anesthesia Sedation Practices for Patients in the Pediatric Congenital Cardiac Cath Lab

WASHINGTON—The Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI), the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia (SPA) and the Congenital Cardiac Anesthesia Society (CCAS), today published recommendations for institutions and physicians diagnosing and treating pediatric patients in the catheterization laboratory. This first-of-its-kind document titled, “SCAI/CCAS/SPA Expert Consensus Statement for Anesthesia and Sedation Practice: Recommendations for Patients Undergoing Diagnostic and Therapeutic Procedures in the Pediatric and Congenital Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory,” is published in Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions, the official journal of SCAI.

TCT 2016: TRANSFORM-OCT study found similar results in bioresorbable and polymer stents

Bioresorbable polymer-based drug-eluting stents (BP-EES) are comparable to durable polymer-based drug-eluting stents (DP-ZES), according to results from TRANSFORM-OCT.

TCT 2016: Hybrid sirolimus-eluting stent does not meet primary endpoint versus everolimus-eluting stent

A prospective, randomized trial failed to show non-inferiority of a hybrid sirolimus-eluting stent with biodegradable polymer versus an everolimus-eluting stent with durable polymer with regards to the primary endpoint of in-segment late lumen loss among patients who had successful chronic total occlusions recanalization.

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