Pulmonary Artery Denervation Improves Pulmonary HTN in Heart Failure
The findings of the Pulmonary artery denervation (PADN) trial, presented at the TCT conference on Sept 23rd have shown that PADN is associated with significant improvements... Read more.
Tiered Approach for Management of Angina Patients With No Obstructive CAD Shows Benefit
For angina patients without obstructive coronary artery disease (CAD), adjunctive testing of coronary vascular function during coronary angiography followed by medical... Read more.
‘Rota Regret’ Makes Training in High-Speed Rotablation A Necessity, for Interventionalists Dealing with Heavily Calcified Coronary Lesions
The results of PREPARE-CALC trial, presented at TCT 2018, have shown that among patients with severely calcified coronary lesions, the routine use of upfront high-speed... Read more.
Encouraging Outcomes in ABSORB IV Pave the Way for Polymeric Coronary Bioresorbable Vascular Scaffolds
In the long saga of ABSORB trials, the ABSORB IV trial presented at the TCT conference 2018 showed that polymeric coronary bioresorbable vascular scaffolds (BVS)... Read more.
Optimal IVUS Guidance for Stent Placement: A Clear Winner?
The results of the ULTIMATE trial, presented at the TCT conference 2018, have shown that IVUS-guided PCI is superior to angiography-guided PCI in the prevention... Read more.
How Accurate is the Fractional Flow Reserve Derived From Routine Coronary Angiography?
The FAST-FFR study conducted by Fearon and his colleagues, and presented at the annual TCT conference 2018, has shown that Fractional Flow Reserve (FFRangio) measured... Read more.
Tricuspid Edge-to-Edge Valve Repair Safe in Patients with Torrential Tricuspid Regurgitation
Results from a subgroup analysis of the TriValve Registry presented at TCT 2018 showed that interventional tricuspid edge-to-edge valve repair was safe with improvement... Read more.
Landmark COAPT trial Demonstrates the Benefit of Transcatheter Mitral-Valve Repair Using MitraClip in Patients with Heart Failure
The spectacular results of the Cardiovascular Outcomes Assessment of the MitraClip Percutaneous Therapy for Heart Failure Patients with Functional Mitral Regurgitation... Read more.
Polymer-Free Amphilimus-Eluting stents: A Novel Elution Technology
Polymer-free amphilimus-eluting stents (PF-AES) are non-inferior to permanent-polymer zotarolimus-eluting stents (PP-ZES) in terms of target-lesion failure at 12... Read more.
SORT-OUT and BIONYX Successfully Demonstrate Non-Inferiority in the World of Drug-Eluting Stents
Findings from the SORT-OUT trial, presented at the 30th annual Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) conference 2018 held at San Diego, showed that at... Read more.