Limited Conclusions Can be Drawn from Study on Limiting Antithrombotic Therapy Beyond One Year for Stent Patients with Atrial Fibrillation

The first randomized trial of its kind was unable to establish non-inferiority of oral anticoagulation (OAC) alone to combined OAC and a single antiplatelet agent (APT) in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) and stable coronary artery disease...
24-Sep-2018 5:00 PM EDT Add to Favorites

NIRS-IVUS Detects Patients and Plaques Vulnerable to Subsequent Adverse Coronary Events

Results from the Lipid-Rich Plaque (LRP) study demonstrate the correlation between the presence of non-flow-limiting, non-intervened upon, lipid-rich plaques detected by NIRS-IVUS imaging and the development of a major adverse cardiac event (MACE)...
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Multicenter Study Finds IVUS-Guided Drug-Eluting Stent Implantation Improves Clinical Outcomes in All-Comer Patients

The first study designed to determine the benefits of intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) guidance over angiography guidance during drug-eluting stent (DES) implantation in all-comer patients found that IVUS improved clinical outcomes by lowering the...
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Aria CV Wins TCT 2018 Shark Tank Competition

The Cardiovascular Research Foundation (CRF) is pleased to announce that Aria CV has won the TCT 2018 Shark Tank Competition which took place during the Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) 2018, the world’s premier educational meeting...
24-Sep-2018 1:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Transcatheter Device Used to Treat Secondary Mitral Valve Regurgitation in Heart Failure Patients Reduces Hospitalizations, Enhances Quality of Life, and Improves Survival

Data presented today from the randomized COAPT trial, which have the potential to significantly change current clinical practice, found that patients with heart failure and secondary mitral regurgitation (MR) who remained symptomatic despite...
23-Sep-2018 3:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Study Finds Similar Outcomes with Two Different Valve Types as well as Similar Outcomes with Anesthesia Types during Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement

The first randomized study to compare general versus local anesthesia during transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) in patients with intermediate to high surgical risk found local anesthesia to be both safe and effective. In addition, the...
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Novel Drug-Eluting Stent with Improved Radiographic Visibility Found to Be Safe and Effective

This first randomized clinical study of a polymer-coated zotarolimus-eluting stent (Resolute Onyx) that utilizes a novel thin-strutted metallic platform allowing for better x-ray visibility was shown to be non-inferior to an ultrathin-strutted...
22-Sep-2018 6:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Novel Polymer-Free Amphilimus-Eluting Stent is Noninferior to Durable Polymer Zotarolimus-Eluting Stent

The first large, randomized trial comparing a novel polymer-free amphilimus-eluting stent to the latest-generation permanent polymer drug-eluting stent found that the polymer-free stent was clinically safe and effective.
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