Vascular Medicine News

Two catheter-directed thrombectomy devices demonstrated efficacy and safety in the treatment of acute intermediate-risk pulmonary embolism, speakers reported.

Women with gestational diabetes or hypertension referred from obstetrics to a primary care provider after delivery were six times more likely to attend a visit with a PCP in the first year postpartum, data show.

Despite significant decline in heart attacks since 2004, inequities in STEMI management and mortality by age, gender, income and race, speakers reported.

Use of radial access for PCI has increased greatly in the U.S. over the last decade and is associated with lower risk for mortality, bleeding and nonfatal vascular complications compared with a transfemoral approach, a speaker reported.

A first-trimester algorithm that includes a blood test, ultrasound data and maternal characteristics predicted two-thirds of preterm preeclampsia and three-quarters of early-onset preeclampsia among nulliparous women, researchers reported.

ATLANTA — A system of standalone chest pain units set up in Karachi, Pakistan was associated with good metrics and outcomes for patients with STEMI who could not easily get to a hospital.

Patients with stroke history had significantly poorer CV prevention profiles compared with patients with history of MI, with pronounced disparities based on race and neighborhood deprivation status, according to study results.

Researchers have created a novel tool that predicts a person’s risk for cardiovascular complications after bone marrow transplantation.

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.

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.