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AATS.16: Investigational aortic valve replacement system is safe and effective at 1 year

After one year, 96 percent of patients with severe aortic stenosis who were implanted with the investigational Intuity aortic valve replacement system had survived, according to a prospective, nonrandomized, multicenter trial.

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Reevaluating post-stroke care

Members of an American Heart Association/American Stroke Association guidelines committee argue that treating patients who suffer strokes at rehabilitation facilities is imperative to keeping them healthy in the long-term.

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Updated guidelines recommend team approach and rehab programs following strokes

The guidelines were published in Stroke on May 4.

Medicare patients experience high rates of complications and reoperations following ICD implantation

An observational cohort study found that Medicare patients had a high rate of device-related complications and reoperations for other causes following implantation with implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs).

Cardinal Health agrees to distribution agreement with Biosensors to sell coronary stents

Cardinal Health announced on May 12 that it had reached a distribution agreement to sell Biosensors’ coronary stents in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Australia and New Zealand. Cordis, Cardinal Health’s interventional vascular business, will sell drug-eluting stents to treat patients undergoing PCIs.

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[VIDEO] Building a Protected PCI Program: Defining Algorithms, Selecting Patients

Offered in cooperation with Abiomed

Good outcomes in revascularizing high-risk, complex PCI patients start with careful patient selection. The heart team at VA North Texas Healthcare System in Dallas shares their decision-making process for patient selection for Protected PCI.

Drug-coated balloons compare favorably with uncoated balloons or drug-eluting stents for revascularization of infrapopliteal arteries

A meta-analysis of randomized trials found that treating infrapopliteal arteries with drug-coated balloons was associated with similar clinical outcomes and favorable angiographic efficacy compared with using uncoated balloons or drug-eluting stents.

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Robotically assisted PCI with the CorPath system is safe and feasible

Researchers found the clinical success rates were above 99 percent and similar in patients undergoing robotically assisted PCI or manual PCI.

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Key takeaways from RSNA 2024 for AI, CT, MRI and the radiology staffing shortage

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.

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Use of AI opportunistic screening in CT for cardiovascular disease

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