Vascular & Endovascular

This channel includes news on non-coronary vascular disease and therapies. These include peripheral artery disease (PAD), abdominal and thoracic aortic aneurysm (AAA and TAA), aortic dissection, pulmonary embolism (PE), critical limb ischemia (CLI), carotid artery and stroke interventions, venous interventions, deep vein thrombosis (DVT), and interventional radiology therapies. The focus on most of these therapies is minimally invasive, catheter-based procedures performed in a cath lab.

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A heart attack is caused when one of the coronary arteries becomes blocked with a clot.

Study the signs: The most common symptoms of 6 cardiovascular diseases

A new scientific statement details the most common symptoms associated with heart attacks, heart failure and other cardiac conditions. Importantly, the authors wrote, clinicians must remember that symptoms can vary between men and women. 

August 19, 2022
Interventional cardiologists at the University of Washington (UW) have used the new Ōnocor catheter-delivered retrieval device to remove a benign tumor from a patient’s heart. This is the first time such a device has ever been used to remove a heart tumor.

Cardiologists make history, becoming first to use FDA-cleared retrieval device to remove a heart tumor

The historic procedure took approximately 30 minutes, and the patient went home that same day. 

August 18, 2022

Boston Scientific acquires startup behind new FDA-cleared embolization technology

The new hydrogel material was designed to immediately conform to the patient's body and create a barrier.

August 15, 2022
The Harmony pulmonary valve was among the devices involved with the FDA Breakthrough Device Designation program that gained more rapid market clearance. The FDA graph shows cardiovascular devices leading the types of devices involved in the program.

Cardiovascular devices lead FDA Breakthrough Device Designation program

The FDA said cardiovascular devices make up the largest number of technologies accepted into the Breakthrough Devices Program, and several are on the list of the first 50 in the program to gain market clearance.

August 4, 2022
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Cardiologists sound the alarm as ‘staggering’ new data suggest CVD rates in the U.S. will rise dramatically

New data from the CDC and U.S. Census Bureau show just how bad CVD rates could get in the next few decades. Specialists agree that a lot of work is needed to help keep these estimates from becoming a reality. 

August 2, 2022
Researchers said they were surprised to learn that "no pain, no gain" was so accurate for patients with peripheral artery disease (PAD). A news study found patients should push past the pain because it improves outcomes.  

Peripheral artery disease patients benefit if they push through discomfort when walking

Researchers said they were surprised to learn that "no pain, no gain" was so accurate for this patient population. 

July 29, 2022
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Programmable RNA-DNA anticoagulant fibers may provide a better balance between blood clots and bleeding risks

“We can learn from nature, but we have built something that has never been introduced before,” one researcher said. 

July 19, 2022

Catheter-directed thrombolysis boosts survival rates for submassive pulmonary embolism

The new meta-analysis included data from nearly 10,000 patients. 

June 30, 2022
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