After a median follow-up period of 4.5 years, most patients who underwent transcatheter pulmonary valve replacement with the Melody valve had positive hemodynamic and clinical results, according to a prospective study.

Boston Scientific today announced that key data from 42 abstracts will be featured at the 36th Annual Scientific Sessions of the Heart Rhythm Society (HRS) in Boston on May 13-16.

The FDA gave Greatbatch Medical the green light to market a sutureless myocardial pacing lead for ventricular pacing and sensing.

Cardiologists in real-world practice may not be optimizing the benefit of prasugrel in patients undergoing PCI but they also don’t appear to be putting them in harm’s way, according to results released May 8 at the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI) 2015 scientific session in San Diego.

As the healthcare environment changes, interventional cardiologists and cath lab professionals have many reasons to be optimistic about the future of the specialty and their ability to help patients live longer and feel better, according to James C. Blankenship, MD, MHCM, FSCAI, MACC. Dr. Blankenship was inducted today as the 39th president of the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI) during its 2015 Scientific Sessions. 

It has been a week of head scratchers for stroke, particularly in the in-hospital setting.

An atherectomy device that “sands” calcified lesions in coronary arteries before stenting proved to be effective and durable at two years, and possibly even cost-effective, in a late-breaking clinical trial unveiled on May 7.

Mental stress among heart failure patients led to a significant increase in heart rate and diastolic and systolic blood pressure in a study of patients who prepared and gave a speech about their personal strengths and weaknesses.