Peripheral Artery Disease

Walking at a pace that induced ischemic leg pain in patients with lower-extremity peripheral artery disease improved 12-month walking velocity and Short Physical Performance Battery score vs. a pace that did not induce pain, findings show.

In adults with peripheral arterial disease, a directional atherectomy system significantly reduced vessel stenosis and plaque burden vs. an orbital atherectomy system, even after drug-coated balloon treatment, researchers reported.

Compared with endovascular therapy, thromboendarterectomy surgery was associated with better 1-year patency, but longer hospital stays, in patients undergoing revascularization for common femoral artery lesions, researchers reported.

Prespecified, real-world study assessing long-term safety of paclitaxel-coated devices vs. non-paclitaxel-coated devices for femoropopliteal artery revascularization in PAD.

Women exposed to higher concentrations of a class of endocrine-disrupting chemicals known as perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances are at increased risk for incident hypertension, researchers reported.

Asthma and related allergies are sometimes risk factors for CVD, and the two conditions share common mechanisms, according to a review.

The FDA approved a paclitaxel-coated balloon catheter to treat peripheral artery disease in the superficial femoral and popliteal arteries that is compatible with 0.018" guidewires, Medtronic announced.

ATLANTA — An analysis of 160,000 Medicare beneficiaries demonstrated the noninferiority of paclitaxel-coated devices for mortality compared with uncoated devices for the treatment of peripheral artery disease, a speaker reported.

ATLANTA — In patients with calcified peripheral artery disease undergoing drug-coated balloon treatment, preparing the vessel with IV lithotripsy conferred better 1-year outcomes vs. preparing it with percutaneous transluminal angioplasty.

A Mediterranean diet was superior to a low-fat diet in preventing major CV events in secondary prevention of CVD, according to findings from the CORDIOPREV study.