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Trial assessing AI-powered tissue microsensor technology in PAD begins enrollment

Sensome has announced enrollment of the first patients into a feasibility clinical study using the Clotild smart guidewire in peripheral arterial disease (PAD). Clotild was designated...

Measuring plaque inflammation via SCAIL scores may improve carotid stenosis risk...

The use of a relatively novel scoring system, referred to as Symptomatic carotid atheroma inflammation lumen-stenosis (SCAIL), has produced favourable predictive qualities versus the...

No increased risk of complications found with transradial access for carotid...

Carotid artery stenting (CAS) delivered via transradial artery access has demonstrated no increased risk of stroke, death, myocardial infarction, transient ischaemic attack, or access...

Rates of stroke, death and myocardial infarction post-TCAR do not differ...

While sex disparities regarding the outcomes of carotid revascularization have “long been a concern,” new prospective data published in the Journal of Vascular Surgery...

Novel drug candidate for slowing AAA growth demonstrates safety in humans

The local delivery of a glucose-derived compound in small- and medium-sized abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs) has been deemed safe, with “promising” early efficacy data...

Carotid revascularization capable of improving mood in depressed patients with carotid...

A prospective study has demonstrated that carotid intervention can improve mood in depressed patients with advanced carotid disease, in addition to enabling cognitive improvements...

Safety benefits mean TCAR may be preferable approach in radiation-induced carotid...

A study set to be presented at VAM (14–17 June, National Harbor, USA) has found that the long-term outcomes of transcarotid artery revascularization (TCAR)...

More research needed but lithotripsy plus TCAR ‘an answer’ in certain...

Earlier this year, researchers debuted single-center experiences indicating that intravascular lithotripsy (IVL) may be able to expand transcarotid artery revascularization (TCAR) into patients with...

‘Sonolysis is back’ after safely reducing endarterectomy stroke risk in randomized...

Positive results from a clinical trial involving a novel therapeutic procedure known as sonolysis—deployed during a carotid endarterectomy (CEA)—were presented at the recent European...

Interim data find ‘no evidence of benefit’ for carotid revascularization additional...

Interim results from the ECST-2 randomized controlled trial (RCT) have shown no evidence that carotid stenosis patients with a low-to-intermediate stroke risk, treated with...

Medical therapy gains highlight need to reassess carotid surgery

“The time has definitely come to look at the evidence, and redo these studies,” posited Alun Davies, MD, from Imperial College London in London,...

Vascular community split over ‘death’ of traditional carotid stenting

A debate between two prominent carotid interventionists—Peter Schneider, MD, professor of vascular and endovascular surgery at University of California San Francisco in San Francisco,...

Initial case series indicates lithotripsy can help TCAR expand into high-risk...

Lithotripsy may hold the key to enabling more carotid artery disease patients who require calcification treatment to undergo stent placement via a transcarotid artery...

SCVS 2023: DAPT linked to better post-TCAR outcomes versus other drug...

Recent data presentations have revealed reduced risks of stroke and mortality among transcarotid artery revascularization (TCAR) patients who receive dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT)—both preoperatively...

DAPT linked to better post-TCAR outcomes versus other drug regimens

Dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) has demonstrated improved clinical outcomes, including reduced in-hospital stroke and mortality risks, compared to other medication regimens in carotid disease...

Distal embolic protection linked to significantly better outcomes in carotid stenting

Distal embolic protection using a filter has been associated with improved transfemoral carotid artery stenting (tfCAS) outcomes in terms of in-hospital stroke and death...

Equivalency to clinical practice ‘varies considerably’ across recent carotid intervention trials

The transferability to real-world clinical practice of contemporary randomized controlled trials (RCTs) investigating carotid artery stenosis interventions “varies considerably,” according to a recent analysis...

Sex found to be ‘important variable’ in study and treatment of...

A systematic review and meta-analysis have demonstrated “convincing evidence” that sex differences exist in carotid atherosclerosis, with all types of plaque features—including those relating...

Swiss parliament votes to accept FDA-approved medical devices

The Swiss Federal Assembly has voted in favor of accepting medical devices with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) marketing authorization in Switzerland. A motion...

Amplifi vein dilation system continues to show promise following latest first-in-human...

An update from the first-in-human study assessing the Amplifi vein dilation system (Artio Medical) was delivered by Surendra Shenoy, MD, from Washington University School of...

CX Aortic Vienna: Onus on industry to meet clinician desire for...

The need for vascular companies to home in on developing longer-lasting devices—perhaps even ones that adapt over time to match patients’ changing anatomies—was underscored...

Registry data highlight long-term trends in hemodialysis access profile of failed...

New findings, recently published in the Journal of Vascular Access (JVA), provide insight into the hemodialysis access profile of failed kidney transplant patients treated...

AVeVA study confirms benefit of covered stent placement in graft-vein anastomotic...

A prospective, multicenter study involving the Covera vascular covered stent (BD) has confirmed the benefits of immediate, post-percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) placement of the...

Systemic heparin during TEVAR deemed safe for selected traumatic brain injury...

The use of systemic heparin during thoracic endovascular aneurysm repair (TEVAR) for blunt thoracic aortic injuries (BTAI) appears to be safe in selected patients...

New sirolimus data provide encouragement despite ‘potentially disappointing’ efficacy results

The results of a small-scale pilot study from Asia have indicated “potentially disappointing” results with a novel drug-eluting balloon in treating dysfunctional arteriovenous access...

CX 2022: IN.PACT AV DCB shows sustained and superior performance compared...

New randomized controlled data demonstrating the sustained and superior performance of IN.PACT AV drug-coated balloons (DCBs) compared to percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) through 36...

Cydar Medical announces strategic collaboration with Medtronic

Cydar Medical recently announced it has entered a strategic collaboration with Medtronic. Under the pilot arrangement, Cydar’s EV Maps software will be introduced to up...

FDA issues guidance documents for including patient perspectives in medical device...

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued two final guidances providing recommendations for including patient perspectives in medical device clinical studies.   As per...

Amplifi vein dilation system demonstrates ‘encouraging’ clinical results in hemodialysis access

Artio Medical announced that full results from its first-in-human clinical study of the Amplifi vein dilation system were presented at the 2021 VEITHSymposium (Nov....

Physicians, industry urged to tackle multifactorial stroke risk following thoracic endovascular...

As evidence builds on the importance of reducing the risk of stroke by removing residual air prior to thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR) procedures,...

TCAR may be associated with favorable outcomes in restenotic carotid lesions,...

Transcarotid artery revascularization (TCAR) may be associated with favorable in-hospital outcomes for the treatment of restenotic carotid lesions after carotid endarterectomy (CEA), suggests a...

Five-year ACST-2 results: Carotid artery surgery and stenting have similar long-term...

Carotid artery surgery and stenting have comparable long-term effects on fatal or disabling stroke in asymptomatic patients with severe carotid artery stenosis. That is the finding of...

Artio Medical completes enrollment of first-in-human trial investigating Amplifi vein dilation...

Artio Medical announced today it has completed enrollment in its first-in-human study evaluating the Amplifi vein dilation system. In the study, five patients were...

Study shows increase in risk of renal failure following lytic therapy...

A large, single-centre retrospective study has revealed the risk of acute kidney injury (AKI) following pharmacomechanical thrombolysis (PMT) for lower-extremity deep vein thrombosis (DVT)...

Oversized balloon angioplasty technique ‘safe and effective’ for AV fistula maturation

A retrospective analysis published in the Journal of Vascular Access (JVA) has shown that the oversized balloon angioplasty technique to assist arteriovenous (AV) fistula maturation is...

AVFs contribute to higher survival of hemodialysis patients with COVID-19

A new study, published online in The Journal of Vascular Access (JVA), suggests that arteriovenous fistulas (AVFs) contribute to higher survival of hemodialysis patients with COVID-19. Authors Ahmet Murt,...

Study provides new insights on COVID-19 risk in patients receiving dialysis

Many individuals with kidney failure have been unable to self-isolate during the COVID-19 pandemic because they require dialysis treatments in clinics several times a...