Reperfusion

In an effort to help more patients in need of lungs receive a transplant, researchers are considering a technique that pumps blood to a donor’s organs and re-perfuses the lungs, according to a press release.

Sodium thiosulfate before and after STEMI for ischemia/reperfusion injury.

WASHINGTON — Sodium thiosulfate, administered before and after reperfusion for STEMI, did not improve infarct size between 4 months and 2 years compared with placebo, a speaker reported.

LivaNova announced it received regulatory approvals and has initiated a targeted commercial launch if its patient-tailored monitoring system for use during cardiopulmonary bypass procedures.

Women are more likely to have an in-hospital vs. out-of-hospital STEMI, with women experiencing an average 10‐minute delay from symptom onset to reperfusion compared with men, according to an analysis of registry data.

Intra-arterial alteplase after successful reperfusion with mechanical thrombectomy for large vessel occlusion acute ischemic stroke conferred better neurological outcomes compared with placebo, a speaker reported.

Administration of low-dose IV tenecteplase in the 4.5 to 24 hours after stroke symptom onset seemed to be safe and effective in the reperfusion and recanalization of occluded large cerebral vessels, a speaker reported.

Stent retriever plus contact aspiration vs. stent retriever alone in patients with acute ischemic stroke and large vessel occlusion.

For patients with acute ischemic stroke due to large vessel occlusion, contact aspiration and stent retriever therapy did not improve the rate of near-total or total reperfusion compared with stent retriever alone, concluded new results.

For patients with STEMI and multivessel CAD, complete revascularization reduced major CV events regardless of whether the primary mode of reperfusion was pharmacoinvasive or primary PCI, according to new data from the COMPLETE trial.