Malissa Wood, MD, co-director of Corrigan Women’s Heart Health Program at Massachusetts General Hospital, shares some of the latest data from the iSCAD Registry.

The FDA has labeled this as a Class I recall, which means using these devices can lead to significant injuries, including death.

The patient's leg remains disfigured years after the incident. 

The device, designed with improved filtration and stability in mind, is now being investigated as part of a new pilot study. 

In-hospital mortality and other key outcomes have improved in recent years, but treating these older patients is still associated with certain challenges. 

Change is on the horizon for cath labs all over the world as more and more interventional cardiologists are starting to use coronary CT angiography to plan and guide PCI procedures. Patients, physicians, catheterization labs and healthcare systems all stand to gain from this growing trend.

Interventional cardiologists in Detroit developed the new technique with a specific patient in mind. One specialist described it as an "exciting breakthrough."

“I was ready to make out my will, so this came along just at the right time,” the 76-year-old patient said.