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Advanced pulmonary embolism thrombolysis ‘underused,’ prone to inequitable use
Use of advanced thrombolysis in the U.S. remains low and is prone to disparate use among women and Black patients presenting with pulmonary embolism, a speaker reported.
Case management, financial incentive interventions improve cardiac rehab use
ATLANTA — Among patients with lower socioeconomic status, interventions based on case management and financial incentives improved attendance at cardiac rehabilitation sessions, according to the results of the HeLP trial.
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Gene therapy improves symptoms for patients with ‘no-option’ treatment-resistant angina
Gene therapy improved exercise capacity and blood flow and reduced chest pain occurrence and nitroglycerine use for patients with advanced ischemic heart disease, a speaker reported.
Study questions practice of routine fasting before cardiac catheterization
Patients not required to fast before cardiac catheterization reported higher overall postprocedural satisfaction with no periprocedural adverse events, a speaker reported.
IVUS guidance bests angiography guidance in PCI for acute coronary syndrome
ATLANTA — Intravascular ultrasound-guided PCI lowered risk for target vessel failure vs. an angiography-guided approach for patients with acute coronary syndrome, a speaker reported.
Ultrasound-guided angioplasty beneficial in symptomatic peripheral artery disease
ATLANTA — IVUS-guided angioplasty was superior to an angiography-guided approach for improving immediate procedural outcomes and 12-month patency in patients with symptomatic femoropopliteal artery disease, a speaker reported.
FDA approves novel bioresorbable scaffold for treating chronic limb-threatening ischemia
Abbott announced the FDA has approved its novel below-the-knee, bioresorbable, drug-eluting scaffold for people with chronic limb-threatening ischemia.
Home exercise plus protein supplementation helps patients with frailty undergoing TAVR
ATLANTA — A home-based exercise intervention with protein supplementation improved physical performance at 12 weeks for older patients with frailty who underwent transcatheter aortic valve replacement, according to the PERFORM-TAVR trial.
Next-generation clot removal system for pulmonary embolism cleared by FDA, launched
Penumbra announced the FDA clearance and launch of its next-generation computer-assisted vacuum thrombectomy system to remove venous thrombus and treat pulmonary emboli.
Survival rates, outcomes favorable for those given ECMO with neurosurgical intervention
DENVER —Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation therapy led to favorable survival and neurologic outcomes for patients who required neurosurgical intervention, according to a poster at the American Academy of Neurology annual meeting.
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