Carotid Artery Disease

Regardless of country-level income classification, medications for the secondary prevention of CVD remains underutilized and patients likely remain undertreated, researcher reported.

The bioadaptor implant adaptable to vessel physiology was noninferior to a drug-eluting stent for target lesion failure at 1 year, and reduced event rates vs. the DES after 6 months, researchers reported.

Patients with CAD who enrolled in cardiac rehab saw a 42.7% reduction in all-cause hospital readmission or death vs. those who did not attend sessions, a much larger effect size than seen in previous cardiac rehab studies, data show.

NEW ORLEANS — In patients with stable CAD, use of CT-derived fractional flow reserve with on-site machine learning reduced invasive coronary angiography in those who did not need it, but did not improve other outcomes, researchers reported.

Effectiveness of diagnostic evaluation strategies for stable CAD performed in outpatient settings.

CHICAGO — In stable symptomatic patients with suspected CAD, a precision testing strategy was linked to a 70% reduction in death, MI or catheterization without obstructive CAD at 1 year compared with the usual testing, researchers reported.

The Society for Vascular Surgery announced CMS expanded coverage for transcarotid artery revascularization to include standard surgical risk patients within its Vascular Quality Initiative TCAR Surveillance Project.