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Cardiology Today’s Intervention top articles in June
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In June, the most popular Cardiology Today’s Intervention articles were on a balloon-pump recall, risks of pregnancy-associated spontaneous coronary artery dissection, launch of a new balloon-expandable covered stent for treatment of iliac artery occlusive disease and much more. Read on for the full articles.
Intra-aortic balloon pumps voluntarily recalled after patient death
According to an FDA safety alert in June, Datascope Corp. issued a voluntary field correction for intra-aortic balloon pumps due to a potential electrical test failure code.
Pregnancy-associated spontaneous coronary artery dissection linked to maternal, fetal complications
A new study reports that pregnancy-associated spontaneous coronary artery dissection is associated with involvement from the left anterior descending artery, the left main artery and multiple vessels, which can often lead to reduced ejection fraction.
Balloon-expandable covered stent launched in US
The LifeStream balloon-expandable covered stent (C.R. Bard) is now available in the United States for treatment of iliac artery occlusive disease. The covered stent is indicated for treatment of atherosclerotic lesions in common and external iliac arteries with reference vessel diameters between 4.5 mm and 12 mm and lesion lengths up to 100 mm, according to a press release.
Study identifies predictors of MACE in EVAR population
Major cardiac complications for patients undergoing endovascular aortic aneurysm repair occur less than 1% of the time, but these complications confer increased costs and elevated mortality rates, according to a speaker at the Society for Vascular Surgery Vascular Annual Meeting.
Left bundle branch block, permanent pacing common after TAVR with repositionable valve
Many patients implanted with a repositionable bioprosthesis (Lotus, Boston Scientific) during transcatheter aortic valve replacement had left bundle branch block and required permanent pacemaker implantation, according to study findings published in JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions.