North Dallas Research Associates, Dallas, Texas, and its private practice, Cardiac Center of Texas, have announced their participation in the Tack Optimized Balloon Angioplasty II Below the Knee (TOBA II BTK) clinical trial.
The US Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) have released the proposed decision memo for the approval of supervised exercise therapy for the treatment of peripheral artery disease (PAD). This was triggered by the receipt last year of a request from the American Heart Association to initiate a national coverage analysis in order to establish a national coverage determination for said exercise therapy programmes.
Medtronic has launched the IN.PACT BTK study to evaluate the effectiveness of using a drug-coated balloon in patients with below-the-knee (BTK) peripheral artery disease.
Changes in tiny blood vessels of the eye may predict a higher risk of later narrowing in the large blood vessels in the legs, according to a study presented at the American Heart Association’s Epidemiology and Prevention Lifestyle and Cardiometabolic Health 2017 Scientific Sessions.
AV Medical Technologies has announced that its Chameleon PTA balloon catheter has received FDA clearance for an expanded indication to include infusion of diagnostic or therapeutic fluids.
PQ Bypass has announced CE mark approval for a trio of proprietary devices: the Torus stent graft system, PQ Snare, and PQ Crossing Device, which enables physicians to perform a fully percutaneous femoropopliteal bypass in patients with TASC II C and D lesions in the superficial femoral artery due to peripheral artery disease (PAD).
Even after adjusting for differences in age and comorbidities, female patients have higher perioperative mortality and lower long-term survival after thoracic endovascular aneurysm repair (TEVAR), according to a study published by the Journal of Vascular Surgery.
BrightWater Medical has announced that the US FDA has cleared the company’s innovative ConvertX nephroureteral stent system for treatment of ureteral obstructions.
“There is no easy fix with current endovascular tools and strategies and a default realisation is that it is easier and more definitive to treat aortic dissection early,” Michael D Dake, Stanford, USA, told Interventional News about the Achilles heel of thoracic endovascular aneurysm repair (TEVAR) management for uncomplicated type B dissection.
Selective internal radiation therapy (SIRT) has been available since December 2013 to a defined group of patients with liver metastases in England on the National Health Service (NHS) via a special Commissioning through Evaluation scheme from NHS England. However, NHS England has now decided to stop funding SIRT at the end of March 2017 while it analyses the data obtained so far.
Spectranetics has announced that its Stellarex 0.014” drug-coated angioplasty balloon has received the CE mark. The device is designed to treat small vessels, below-the knee disease, and challenging critical limb ischemia in patients.
Cook Medical has completed enrolment in the first clinical study of an iliofemoral venous stent conducted in the USA under a US FDA-approved investigational device exemption.
Ulipristal acetate is the first oral therapy to demonstrate efficacy and safety for uterine fibroids in two US pivotal studies, a press release states.
The European Society of Radiology (ESR) and the Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiological Society of Europe (CIRSE), have joined forces to address the future of diagnostic and interventional radiology with a special focus on improving patient care.
Robert Califf is to step down as US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) commissioner upon the inauguration of Donald Trump as US President on 20 January 2017. Democrat Califf, who was appointed to the post in September 2016 by Barack Obama, is required to resign along with other presidential appointees.
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