Endovascular Therapy

Endovascular therapy was linked with improved outcomes across five cognitive tests in those with acute ischemic stroke, according to research published in Neurology.

Endovascular therapy with stent implantation confers similar outcomes and lower complication rates vs. vascular bypass surgery for symptomatic femoropopliteal peripheral artery disease, regardless of sex, a speaker reported.

DENVER — In patients with ischemic stroke, treatment with endovascular therapy with medical care led to better functional outcomes at 1 year compared with medical care alone. according to a speaker.

Endovascular treatment of peripheral artery disease via radial access was feasible and safe in a small multicenter cohort, with only one patient requiring conversion to femoral access during, researchers reported.

Endologix announced that the FDA has granted approval of its percutaneous transmural arterial bypass system for the treatment of complex peripheral arterial disease.

Assessing safety of lowering BP in acute stroke after successful mechanical thrombectomy.

Lower target systolic BP after successful endovascular therapy demonstrated a signal of harm and only a marginal probability of benefit toward infarct volume and disability, a speaker reported.

Endovascular access to the sensorimotor cortex was shown to be a successful alternative for placing a brain-computer interface in or on the dura compared with open-brain surgery, researchers reported in JAMA Neurology.

Effectiveness of best available surgical treatment and best available endovascular treatment in adults with CLI.

CHICAGO — In patients with critical limb ischemia, surgical revascularization was superior to endovascular revascularization if there was an adequate saphenous vein conduit, according to the results of the anticipated BEST-CLI trial.