Angiography

Presence of CAD was prognostic of increased mortality for patients with heart failure, even for those with only mildly reduced ejection fraction, according a study published in the Journal of the American Heart Association.

Faster initial capillary density loss was associated with more rapid visual field progression and increased risk for event progression, prompting researchers to suggest the addition of OCT angiography for risk assessment in glaucoma.

In two trials, OCT-guided PCI demonstrated superiority in imaging endpoints and improved procedural success compared with angiography and fluoroscopy alone, speakers reported.

AI accurately predicted several measures of cardiac function from coronary angiography that would otherwise require additional tests such as echocardiography or catheterization, a speaker reported.

Cook Medical announced its hydrophilic selective catheter is available again for use in the U.S. and Canada.

Compared with angiography, IVUS may improve care and outcomes of patients requiring interventional peripheral revascularization, according to an expert consensus roundtable sponsored by several medical societies.

Among adults presenting with chest pain, those with CAD confirmed by angiography had significantly lower levels of the cytokines interleukin-4 and interleukin-17 compared with those without CAD, data show.

Intravascular imaging-guided PCI showed benefit vs. angiography for patients with left main CAD, with significantly lower risk for cardiac death or spontaneous target vessel-related MI, researchers reported.

A novel bioabsorbable scaffold for tibial vessels was safe and associated with a low rate of restenosis in patients with Rutherford class 3, 4 or 5 peripheral artery disease, according to the results of a first-in-human study.

New data presented at the European Society of Cardiology Congress indicate that use of intravascular imaging during PCI improves clinical outcomes, but the issue of adoption is complicated.