Coronary Artery Disease

Philips announced it has launched a solid core pressure wire for use in coronary artery interventional procedures after the wire received FDA clearance.

Researchers have found that women with peripheral artery disease were more likely to present with depressive symptoms than men, worsening their health status.

An analysis of the team approach to decision-making for multivessel CAD indicated that the consensus of a heart team was discordant with patients’ original treating interventionalist in nearly one-third of cases, researchers reported.

Inferior frontal lobe activation caused in addition to mental stress was independently linked to angina at baseline and during 2-year follow-up, researchers found.

Hispanic and Latino patients with peripheral artery disease underuse guideline-recommended CV medications such as antiplatelet and lipid-lowering therapies, researchers found.

Obstructive CAD is not always the best predictor of CV events, especially in women, so a better characterization of coronary pathophysiology is necessary, according to a speaker.

Consuming chocolate at least once per week reduces the risk for CAD, researchers found.

Available data have shown that CT-derived fractional flow reserve is effective in evaluating CAD and should be integrated into clinical practice, according to a researcher.

Coronary artery calcium scoring can be used as a decision aid, although more trials are needed for guidelines to endorse its use as a class IA recommendation, according to a presentation at Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography Annual Scientific Meeting.

BioFreedom stent (Biosensors) vs. Orsiro stent (Biotronik) in patients with atherosclerotic coronary artery lesions.